What is a Halfmoon?

[Yong87]

Originally Posted by kian_john

well...different people got their point of view so...

ehh...bro, i don't quite agree with you on this point, a SD is a SD, a HM is a HM.
You wouldnt call a short-fin betta a halfmoon or a crowntail will you?

no offence bro.

[Yong87]

Originally Posted by kian_john

but if the parent both are HM and the out come if haven reach a HM we call it SDs?mind explain?

Yes, i will call it a SD as long as the criteria for HM is not met.
E.g. No matter how much potential a country soccer team have, until they win the world cup, only then they can call themselves world champion isnt it?

Even if both parents are HM, we wouldnt call all the fries HM.
E.g. both parents full mask, fries come out not full mask, will we still name it full mask?

To me,good hm or hmpk have D shape, 180deg no less.
Quality hm or hmpk have D shape BUT with its 1st rays of the caudal is long making a sharp corner before the curve.Then also need to see the overall balance finnage too

[Benjy]

Originally Posted by Yong87

ehh...bro, i don't quite agree with you on this point, a SD is a SD, a HM is a HM.
You wouldnt call a short-fin betta a halfmoon or a crowntail will you?

no offence bro.

Originally Posted by Yong87

Yes, i will call it a SD as long as the criteria for HM is not met.
E.g. No matter how much potential a country soccer team have, until they win the world cup, only then they can call themselves world champion isnt it?

Even if both parents are HM, we wouldnt call all the fries HM.
E.g. both parents full mask, fries come out not full mask, will we still name it full mask?

Exactly , i totally agree with you bro yong.

Originally Posted by FD3S

Well there must be somebody with a picture of an ideal fish? Or do you mean all of us are shooting/keeping/posting cull quality pics?

Regarding the second part, you have anyone in mind?

refer to IBC standard

to me , a good hm = caudal must perfectly D.
first ray and the last ray of its caudal must be the same length.
all the secondary rays branching must be equaly spread. (4 , 8 or 16 )

[robi2000]

now all hell break loose...., judges coming

come on mr judges, you need to speak up, otherwise those newbie and season hobbyst like me leave in the dark when talking about HM

[kian_john]

Originally Posted by Yong87

ehh...bro, i don't quite agree with you on this point, a SD is a SD, a HM is a HM.
You wouldnt call a short-fin betta a halfmoon or a crowntail will you?

no offence bro.

hais..wad i mean was..some thing like people out there dunno what is betta so they call it fighting fish...and some people dunno wad is halfmoon call it long tail?i`m trying to refer to this

Originally Posted by robi2000

now all hell break loose...., judges coming

come on mr judges, you need to speak up, otherwise those newbie and season hobbyst like me leave in the dark when talking about HM

i oredi share my views on caudal parts.

[FD3S]

Originally Posted by nismo83

refer to IBC standard

the IBC standard I found was a sketch and some descriptions