New Betta - male or female?

[SpockthePuffer]

I have two bettas. I have to disagree I think yours is a female the females have shorter finnage then the males. Males have long flowing finnage check out the one in my avatar that's Merlin my crowntail betta. I have seen females in the small bowls in my LFS as well as the males. The males definitely have to be kept separate or they will fight you really have to know what you are doing if you want to put a male and female in a tank together as well since they can fight too unless they are ready to breed. Female bettas you can put together I have seen them in tanks at my LFS. Yours is a beauty very pretty betta. To be on the safe side keep the fish by itself watch to see if the finnage gets any longer and flowing if it does then you have a male but the fish looks like a female to me. Good luck!

omg, my crowntail is named merlin! how funny is that?

The males bettas my petco has been getting in have been having shorter fins so I'd agree, its a male

 

[Cory Keeper]

Looks very much like a female to me.

I disagree with the poster saying females arn't as colorful, I have 4 females in my 20, And the only differance between the males and the females is the long fins and temperment.

 

[Rbishop]

looks like a vote is needed....

 

[Dwarf Puffers]

Male.

 

[moonstream]

I stick with male, longer fins then most of the females I have had/seen, and no egg spot. anther thign to notice is that female crowntails DONT have such elongated dorsal rays, and the dorsal fin proportions are all wrong for it to be a female.

 

[Rometiklan]

Male, but likes to cross-dress on weekends.

 

[ProAquatics]

I have two bettas. I have to disagree I think yours is a female the females have shorter finnage then the males. Males have long flowing finnage check out the one in my avatar that's Merlin my crowntail betta. I have seen females in the small bowls in my LFS as well as the males. The males definitely have to be kept separate or they will fight you really have to know what you are doing if you want to put a male and female in a tank together as well since they can fight too unless they are ready to breed. Female bettas you can put together I have seen them in tanks at my LFS. Yours is a beauty very pretty betta. To be on the safe side keep the fish by itself watch to see if the finnage gets any longer and flowing if it does then you have a male but the fish looks like a female to me. Good luck!

^^^lmao hahahahah

 

[ProAquatics]

put the betta in a cup with a see through bottom and look for a little white dot on their underside. females have the dot, males don't ( at least so far in my experience i haven't seen a male with one). i dunno about just basing it on coloration, some of my females are just as vibrant as the males.

^^^agreed

 

[ProAquatics]

looks like a vote is needed....

^^yeah!!!


Male

 

[platytetrafan]

^^^lmao hahahahah

what's so funny? I was told that the fins on betta do get fuller and longer especially on males. I didn't know about the white spot that you can find on the females since I don't have them but have seen pics of some females. I was just saying if not sure what sex they truly are better off keeping them by themselves because if it is a male and you put the betta in with another male they will fight.