i was soo excited to see 2 half moons in the petstore today but decided to wait until tuesday(today)because if you buy one fish you get a second of the same for free. i was thinking maybe it wouldnt be included but it was.

heres the half moon. his fins are a little torn but it is a rare occasion to see this in the petstore(b/c i never had before) so i had to get him plus hes all white except for some blue tint to his fins but ive wanted an all white one for a while.)he was 9.99 he will heal like my crown tail(his was split down to the base but in just 2 weeks he is almost fully healed) anyway here he is i need a name for him.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...newfish0044.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...newfish0039.jpg

heres the free one he was flareing and since my other ones wont flare i got him. i need a name for him too.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...newfish0038.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...newfish0040.jpg

what do you think. remember i need names

They are both lovely but the second male - is it a veil? Is just a fantastic colour. Very, very pretty fish.

yes it is a veiltail also is the half moon a male b/c i was just looking at a website and they look exactly the same(male and female) i think it is a male but how can i be sure i can tell in the other kind of bettas VT and CT but they dont look that much alike. thanks for the comlements. can anyone think of names

Very, very preatty fish! Love the colors!

Does it have a white spot at the vent? If so its a female. It does have the longer fins of a male but breeding throws up some masculine females

ill check to see if it has a white spot brb. nope no white spot it must be a boy. can anyone think of names? thanks

they are very beautiful fish, I love them the second one is the same color as my smooches was

How about Rainbow for the veil and Zeppelin for the white one?

those are pretty names i hope i can remember them(bad memory)

They are absolutely beautiful. A good name also. 2 thumbs up...

Very pretty fish, both of them. Lovely shimmery scales. I'd call them Shimmer and Glitter.

Can you put some dark paper behind the container next time you take a photo?

The anal fin on the first one looks pointy so you might have a super delta instead of a halfmoon.

Exactly my thoughts. The outer caudal rays are also shorter making the edges look rounded so yeah, might not be a halfmoon.

Congratulations on your two new Bettas, they are both beautiful

Congrats on the lovely Betta's.I'm terrible for naming fish as I go by their personalities and such,but let us know what names you decide. ,

Here is an old pic of my halfmoon who is no longer with us but he doesnt have a pointed bottom anal fin. Its really when they are flaring can you really tell the difference.

That's a super delta, sands note the angle of the spread is not 180 degrees and the staggered outer caudal rays that made the edges look rounded

It sorta has to be a real capital "D" and the anal fin on the bottom has to feed seamlessly into it... so they breed them a little rounded rather than the natural point.

The shop probably didn't know the difference.

Love the aubergine colouring on that one!

Well I never... I got him as a halfmoon, im shocked, but now looking at him i realise youre right and he doesnt have the D expected.
Well, you learn something new every day

Sandy came up with a good suggestions of Rainbow for one of the the names. How about naming one Rainbow and the other Cloud? That would make it easier for you to remember.
as for what kind they are. The first one may also be a veiltail. her is a pic
http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=763
here is a pic of a halfmoon
http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=758
here is a pic of a super delta
http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=759
here is a crowntail
http://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=943

I think it is just a different type of veiltail

Nah, it's not a veiltail. VT and (some) CT only have secondary branching, meaning each caudal ray only branched out once, where a super delta or a halfmoon will have tertiary or even quarternary branching, meaning branching out twice or even thrice.

So, yeah, ilovefish's first fish is definitely not a VT.

here is a pic of a male white veiltail that looks a lot like yours
http://www.aquaria.4t.com/photo.html
look at the pic of the male white round veiltail

I don't think it is a halfmoon either. What ever it is it is a beauty. I have friend that knows betta types well . I will see if she can identify it. I sent her a message with the pic. She should be able to identify it. She breeds bettas.

the second one is a veiltail and the petstore said the first one it was a halfmoon. grrr i hate when they do things like that. the first one i will name cloud. it was all white and then today it has some black on the tail od you think maybe it is healing from amonia burn? here are some better pics of both of them.

heres rainbow
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...newfish0038.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...terpics0020.jpg


and heres cloud(i put a mirror up to get him to flare and then he was acting all bad trying to "attack" rainbow b/c there tanks are right next to his(even tough he is half rainbows size hehe)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...terpics0023.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...terpics0022.jpg

It is disappointing when a fish you have turns out to be not the type you thought. He is a really pretty fish whatever he is, though a veil he isnt.

That second bunch of pics is a lot better of Cloud. You may be right. you could not see his tail that well in the first bunch of pics you had. But it does look like a half moon now that I see the other pics. you are one lucky girl. you usually don't find hm at lfs

thanks i should have snached up the second one but he looked bad and i dont know if he would make it or not the best part was that he was really 10 dollers but i really got him for the price of a regular b/c i got the other one free.

Those pictures are great, they really are beautiful Bettas. Rainbow and Cloud are lovely names too

bettaqueen here is a better pic than the other ones just in case you didnt get it from the pm

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/ash...terpics0019.jpg it is not much better but that is all i can do

i just called the store and the manager said they have been out of the halfmoon bettas for about a week and that it was labeled wrong so he is going to give me the money for the extra i spent.grr i really wanted a half moon.

it is good that you are getting your money back. But he is still a pretty fish. you aren't going to give him away are you

no i could never do that i hate when peole dont get exactly what they want so they give them back i get attached too quickly and hes still pretty.