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Light_Bright Moderator Posts: 1156 Kudos: 1403 Votes: 351 Registered: 16-Jan-2002	I want to say short tailed male but it is so hard to tell. I had trouble sexing my own short tails. Does it flare at all? Do you have betta male you can sit beside the tank? Try the mirror trick. ___________________________________________ If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Yeah, I agree, based on the lack of egg belly (a shape they get when full off eggs)and the length of the ventrals (even though one is broken) i'm 99% certain it is a plakat male, and a nice one at that He has just got to unclamp those fins! For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	I guess it's a male then. I kind of like that he has shorter fins... makes him... different. Plus, I don't know if you've noticed, but one of those two long fins on his underside is broken in half.. it was like that when I bought him And as for the flaring, I'm not sure what you mean by frilling, but the gill covers flare out to the side and a little from underneath big time. Well, it's good to know, thanks everyone! *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Betta23 Fingerling Posts: 29 Kudos: 23 Votes: 0 Registered: 07-Mar-2005	Those red fins underneath its belly are long and bright red, usually a sign for me to distinguish a male from a female.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	hmm, after looking closely at the first pic, there is a rounded belly, when it flaired did it have much frill? a male will have large frilling while some females wont have any at all or very little, or close to a male, but not quite, u get that alright? EDIT: u know what? i am changing to being positive its a male, although the fins look too small for the body, look at the head structure, larger, more full, and look at those ventral fins wow a female would never carry such fins, so i am positive it is a male, oh and very nice steel blure coloration Last edited by fishyhelper288 at 08-Mar-2005 20:09
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	dont forget that some males aren't aggressive and wont flare , also that females can be agressive just like a male. i really don't think that that is a female b/c the body shape doesn't look like it. the body is two bold for a female which most of the times have rounded skin. i am willing to bet on it is a male. the just on the fact that the fins show male(not a good tester) the body looks like a male with dull, bold built. Last edited by bettachris at 08-Mar-2005 17:39
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	I tried the mirror trick. It didn't go crazy or anything, but it did flare a number of times - flare, display fins, turn around, flare, display fins, turn around... that sort of thing, over and over. So if that's any indication, I may have to change my betta's name from Leela to Lee *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
trystianity Mega Fish Posts: 1028 Kudos: 926 Votes: 49 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	male. the body shape looks male and I have never seen ventrals or a dorsal like that on a female.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	I say male plakat. Not looking at the fins, it just looks like a male. The body shape, head, everything. I can easily imagin long fins on that fish. Not so with the pictures of the females. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
denver Mega Fish Mile High.... Posts: 1031 Kudos: 205 Votes: 110 Registered: 25-Jul-2000	females flare. good way to tell is to stick a mirror near by - some females will flare (i had one that was confused), but the male will flare, and come back and keep doing it. but i think its a female.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	It does flare, but not very often. Do females not flare at all? *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	OK, a few weeks back I posted about how I rescued what I thought was a female betta. I just wanted to check and get a consensus: Is this a male or a female? NowherMan6 attached this image: *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004	I still think female. That's my story and i'm sticking to it! Last edited by Jessnick at 06-Mar-2005 20:49
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	So.. I've been trying to get a better picture of my bettas finnage, and this is the best I can do... it's blurry and the glass is dirty, but does this give a better indication of whether it's a male or female? It's still on the small side, 2" or so. NowherMan6 attached this image: Last edited by NowherMan6 at 06-Mar-2005 20:46[/font] *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
ontariobetta Enthusiast Posts: 227 Kudos: 243 Votes: 2 Registered: 17-Jul-2004	See if you can get a pic of the belly.. For now iam gonna say male, cus the body shape looks more like a male. But it looks young still so i can't really say...how big is it? ashley
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	When you feed them nice hearty foods, it's like conditioning them to breed. Females tend to get more stripey than males (never actually seen a male go stripey). When females are stressed or scared or simply showing submissive qualities (like to another more dominant female), they'll go pale with dark horizontal stripes. Breeding stripes show as the female showing light colored vertical stripes or bars, and sometimes the main body color gets darker. Lemme see if I can find examples... [/font] ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	try getting another pic. but from the face and fins it looks like a short tail male.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	So if I feed her bloodworms or live food, she'll get stripes? vertical or horizontal? dark or light? and what's an oviposter? Sorry for the q's, but this is my first betta. *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
skullbash05 Banned Posts: 4 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Feb-2005	I agree. Wait until she is mature and then tell but currently it looks like a female.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	Stuff him/her chock full of yummy goodness (bloodworms, etc) and wait until they come into breeding colors... if it's female, she should go stripey and you should be able to see the oviposter. Of course, this doesn't work with all bettas... I still have one that I can't tell if it's male or female. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
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