Betta Fish Mature Female

In the wild it is the female betta that selects the male betta based on their size color fin length and the quality of their bubble nest.

Betta fish mature female. To determine the sex of a betta fish you ll need to wait until your fish is at least 2 months old since that s when male and females start to look different. A gorgeous young mature red natural twin tail female betta photographed in one of our aquariums by one of us. Once your betta fish is mature look to see if it has long fins that are 2 3 times its body size which is typical in males.

However in captivity the likelihood is you have already chosen a pair to mate so you need to ensure the conditions are optimal. A mature female will not always have eggs. Female bettas will develop a small white spot on the underside between the ventral and anal fins.

Click on each picture to see a bigger picture. This will help your female stay away from your male if she needs to and reduce the chance of aggression between. Do female betta fish always have eggs.

They should go through a conditioning phase where they must feast on good quality food to allow them to produce eggs. If your betta fish has shorter fins it s probably a female. In some of the more mature siamese fighting fish the fins can be so long that they inhibit the fish s movement.

Keeping a single male and female betta fish together. 4964 premium unique rare natural twin tail female betta. How to tell how old a betta fish is.

Once your female betta fish is sexually mature you should be able to identify its sex using the egg spot. Feeding live food such as bloodworms and baby brine shrimp is arguably the best food that you can give to female betta fish in order to make them. They ll even challenge other species of fish if they have big fins.