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gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	I went to Racso's store today INTENDING on buying ONLY a filter for my 10g. Well of course i just HAD to look at the fish as well. I ended coming home with the filter and a red betta Oops! This betta is hard to figure out. It has really short fins, but they don't look like they've rotted away or been nipped. I can also see a white spot that looks like an ovipositor. So which do you think? Really big female or short finned male? [img]C:\Documents and Settings\D\My Documents\My Pictures\betta\betta 001.jpg[/img][/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	[img]C:\Documents and Settings\D\My Documents\My Pictures\betta\betta 014.jpg[/img] ]<]Dani<]<[/font] [span class="edited"][Edited by gartenzwerfe 2004-09-05 17:54][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	If you're going to upload the picture directly from your computer (that's what the address in "Properties" looks like), you have to hit "Attach photo" and go from there. -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	Please fix Dani we wanna see!!! -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	Ok so I don't know how to do it. Guess the old fashioned way has to work for now http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lilagluckpilz/detail?.dir=2315&.dnm=2ab6.jpg http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lilagluckpilz/detail?.dir=2315&.dnm=1a5e.jpg&.src=ph ]<]Dani<]<
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Daniel Banned Posts: 600 Kudos: 524 Votes: 12 Registered: 25-Jul-2002	Bad quality pics... and I cant see an oviposter but it doesnt look like a plakat to me... Perhaps a juvie male... but perhaps not.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Racso Mega Fish Some Assembly Required Posts: 1163 Kudos: 1442 Votes: 35 Registered: 19-Feb-2002	Ok, I was the one who decided it was a female, and I am still sticking to it. First off, it caught my attention by its short fins. Then I took a closer look to see if it had an ovipositor, and low and behold, it did. Ok, test number three, since males do occasionally have that little white spot, I put her jar up next to a male. The male Flared like a typical betta, however the female looked at him and backed off. No flairing, no sign that she was in any way a male. That is my story and I'm STILL sticking to it. its a female
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
xxmrbui3blesxx Fish Master Posts: 1760 Kudos: 905 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Nov-2001	Hmmm.... so maybe when I was trying to breed bettas I DID have two males...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
girlunderrainbow Big Fish Posts: 323 Kudos: 230 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	I see an ovipositor in the top pic.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Stella Big Fish Posts: 387 Kudos: 974 Votes: 16 Registered: 23-Feb-2003	I'm with you Rasco - I think its a female - it does have the ovipositor and in the last pic it looks like its got the stress bars that females get(Not sure if the males get these too) Thats just my 2 cents worth, Stella EDIT: I can't spell [span class="edited"][Edited by Stella 2004-09-06 18:42][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17
Shannen Banned Posts: 1160 Kudos: 1686 Votes: 98 Registered: 17-Feb-2004	I think it's a girl, but still it's kinda hard to tell for sure from the pics. As for the tail, the shape looks like what is known as a shovel or spade tail. They used to be very common but not so much anymore.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:17


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