How To Identify Male And Female Betta Fish

Females tend to be short in size.

How to identify male and female betta fish. This is why you should never have more than one male betta in a tank. That being said using the fins is often the easiest and most reliable. Male and female betta fish have subtle differences in body shape.

You can also determine sex by looking at other secondary sex characteristics such as the egg tube females have but males can have a faux egg tube. Observe the coloration and fin shape. The best way to differentiate male and female betta fish is by using multiple methods instead of relying on just one.

This is a subtle difference. Male wild bettas lack the flowing fins and brilliant array of colors that are boasted by their captive bred relatives being a somewhat dull gray green color with short stubby fins. Here is some clip that show you.

The longer finned males also need a lower flow than females and while they can be housed with other bettas of the same sex they need much more room than females do. Male bettas have more flat thinner and elongated in shape. Males tend to be long and thin.

Male bettas have distinct differences from female bettas. Wild betta fish look completely different from those that you see in pet stores. In wild betta fish females look very similar to males although they are slightly smaller.

You can easily tell if it s male or female betta. You will probably want to familiarize yourself with obviously male betta fish to use this method to sex bettas. In addition the female betta tails are not as long or showy as those on male bettas.