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| Spade Tail red betta |
You just don't see Spade Tail bettas very much anymore, though they were more easily found when I first got started in bettas in the early '90s.
This tail form is pretty basic; the caudal has a wide base that narrows to a delicate point, like a spade. Having never bred Spade Tail to Spade Tail, I can't say for certain whether the trait even breeds true. I can only give you the results of my experiments breeding spade to other tail types (like DT or delta) and can report about 30 - 50% spade tails from those spawns.
I think it can be safely said that most "spade tails" are simply a variation of the Veiltail, and pretty commonly seen on females and juvenile VTs whose finnage hasn't reached full weight and length.
This tail form is pretty basic; the caudal has a wide base that narrows to a delicate point, like a spade. Having never bred Spade Tail to Spade Tail, I can't say for certain whether the trait even breeds true. I can only give you the results of my experiments breeding spade to other tail types (like DT or delta) and can report about 30 - 50% spade tails from those spawns.
I think it can be safely said that most "spade tails" are simply a variation of the Veiltail, and pretty commonly seen on females and juvenile VTs whose finnage hasn't reached full weight and length.
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