Advice about tail weight

**SeaSerpentessLeviatha** · 01-20-2016, 01:38 AM

So I'm not sure if this is the right thread. but here goes. lol. So I'm a curvy merlady. and that has raised concerns about whither or not i should get a full silicone tail or not. i would love to get one but i keep wondering if the added weight would make it hard to move in. i plan on getting a wheel chair. but at the same time. if i take it in the water, and something happens, would it be too much to get me out? i'm trying to get advice on if i should just go with a hybrid tail or if getting a full silicone tail would be alright. i want to know before i commit

**Mermaid Wesley** · 01-20-2016, 02:16 AM

Do you mean the weight of the extra silicone? In the water it does not sink, it's slightly buoyant, but it will be heavy out of water. That's a fairly common problem though. There are lots of mers who have very heavy tails and so long as they are supervised while swimming and follow all those good rules about swimming safely a little extra silicone weight is not that big of a deal in my book. It's up to you, it is a safely risk, but so is all Mermaiding.

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**SeaSerpentessLeviatha** · 01-20-2016, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by Mermaid Wesley

Do you mean the weight of the extra silicone? In the water it does not sink, it's slightly buoyant, but it will be heavy out of water. That's a fairly common problem though. There are lots of mers who have very heavy tails and so long as they are supervised while swimming and follow all those good rules about swimming safely a little extra silicone weight is not that big of a deal in my book. It's up to you, it is a safely risk, but so is all Mermaiding.

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Thanks so much

i was worried that my own weight plus the weight of a silicone tail would be too much

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