made by:merbella studios
cost: $2,600
wait: 248
add ons: basic scales and performance fluke
+ a free necklace!!!!

production
I ordered my tail on june first 2014 and within the next two days i had stent my design, measurements,and money over to her.i got an update on september 10th saying that my tail had been started, and another on november 13 saying that it was fully constructed and awaiting painting. i got my first picture on december 29th and i really liked it. i asked Raven to make a few changes and she sent me a photo a few hours later and it was perfect! I got my final pictures on january 11 and raven planed on shipping it within the week but I ordered a top to go with my tail and she made that really fast but it did hold up the shipping a week or so. my tail shipped around january 23 but we had a massive snow storm and I didn't get it until january 29th, but when I di oh my gosh it was incredible!!!

tail
my tail was so much more beautiful than I was expecting and it was really heavy (about 20 pounds)the colors were so vibrant and beautiful i just couldn't believe it was happening. my seams are very hard to see exempt for a very small area where you can see some overlap but you have to look very closely for it. my scales are nearly perfect exempt for some extremly hard to see little spots where the silicone derped a little but i dont mind at all and you can't see them. the indside has a type of mesh lining the silicone and it is very stretchy and awesome! i have a modified version of the new drainage system in my tail and it works so well i can't believe. i just hold it up for about 20 seconds and all the water drains out. my mono fin is pretty tight but thats just because i ordered it that way, and i noticed Raven wrote "Annika mer" on the straps. i thought that was really cute! ;) i have no complaints on my tail i think it is perfect for me!

swimming
my first time putting the tail on i was in a chlorine pool and i struggled for about 5 minutes trying to get my feet into the pockets with no success so i just swam with my toes inside the mono fin. i saw no difference with my feet not in the fin i could swim relatively fast and could do fin slaps and twists. i was very sore after (as was expected) and cleaned and dried my tail that night and went swimming the next day, i got my feet in on my second swim with very little trouble and i could go really fast! i was very popular at the pool and had everyone taking photos of me swimming, the manager even lets me go for free now ;):):):):):) the tail has a very fluid motion and looks very natural underwater the fit is amazing around my legs but does gap a little at the waist which i totally expected because i lost 10 pounds since ordering my tail but it doesn't bother me at all and you can't see it in photos/videos i did get very suddle blisters after my second swim but i swam for 4 hours straight and 3 the day before so i understand,in my more recent swims i dont get them anymore. here is me swimming for the first time https://www.dropbox.com/s/m7jp1a2ix9...83931.mp4?dl=0

overall i love my tail i think it was one of the best decisions i have ever made in my life and raven made me a necklace free of charge yahhh!!! I have no complaints or problems with it. she swims like a dream and looks like one too!