Colors And Appearance
The most attractive feature of the rosetail betta is its dramatic, flamboyant finnage. The name is derived from the individual pattern of the caudal fin, which is spread fully and resembles the petal of a rose. When they court the female to flare their fin as a dominance.
A betta comes with a striking appearance, and vibrant color and pattern. They have a vibrant color and pattern. Their fin has a complex multi-color pattern. Rosetail betta comes with a long and more prominent dorsal and anal fin compared to other bettas. The dorsal fin is a backend of the betta and the anal fin is located in underneath of betta. They can stretch their whole body.
A rosetail betta beauty comes with many other burdens. The weight of finnage is more than they can carry, so they can not easily move around, and very difficult to swim. The result Is they are typically rested and doing less activity.
They are available in different varieties of colors such as solid red, blue, yellow, black, white, vibrant orange, multi-color marble, candy, Nemo, galaxy, fancy copper, cellophane, galaxy koi, purple, and alien. Some Combtails have rare colors such as solid orange, metallic, turquoise, lavender, mustered gas, grizzle, green and purple.
Color pattern
Ø Solid – no color or pattern variation, whole fish has the same color.
Ø Bi-color – Fins color differs from the body color which is a Bi-color.
Ø Cambodian – fins have a solid color whereas the body is colorless or pale in color.
Ø Butterfly – fins have a multiple color pattern like a butterfly
Ø Marble – random patches and irregular patterns throughout the body and fin..
Ø Piebald – Pale flesh-colored face irrespective of body color.
Ø Full Mask – The natural color and pattern of the body is darker whereas the Face and body have the same solid color
Ø Dragon – The main body color is solid with the hard scale on the entire body
Ø Multicolor –multiple colors of the body and fin as well as different types of pattern
Ø Pastel – fin has a light shade, the body remains solid color
Breeders develop different varieties of finnage and scale:
Ø Veil tail – the most common tail type seen in aqua or pet stores. uneven tail and expand finagle length; caudally fin ray split in two parts.
Ø Crowntail – Fin rays are constantly increased and make a look like large crown.
Ø Combtail – Mini version of the crown tail, combination of veil tail and crown tail·
Ø Half Moon – the edges of the tail are straight and crisp; a80 degree rotated in a D shape creates a shape of the moon·
Ø Over-Halfmoon or Super Delta Tail – Caudal fin expands 180° angle (a derived breed version of the half-moons), which can be problematic to betta during the swim time because it’s difficult to swim with big fin·
Ø Rosetail – fold and crisp overlap finagle overlap with each other which resemble as a rose pettle so it’s called as rose tail.
Ø Feather tail – same as rosetail, also a rough look of the rosetail some crisp and freeze.