Telling Betta Fish Gender
Also note the color of your betta fish.
Telling betta fish gender. Knowing the sexual differences in aquarium fish is important when trying to breed fish and also for choosing the proper balance of fish for a community aquarium. That being said using the fins is often the easiest and most reliable. Determining the gender of a betta fish is generally quite easy but sometimes they look similar enough to make a decision challenging.
There are some male bettas with short tails called plakats. Koi do not get pregnant and are not live bearers. Taking the following characteristics into account should help you determine the gender of your betta.
Keep in mind that juvenile fish may not display sexual differences. Bowls are for soup not fish. If you study their behavioral differences as well as physiological.
To distinguish between male and female betta fish there are some signs that i will tell you in this guide. Taking them into account you can easily know the gender of your fish whether your fish is male or female. If you see white specks that on places that aren t under the stomach that means it has a disease called ick.
Telling a betta s gender. If it s bright and colorful it s probably male and if it has a dull or subdued coloring it s most likely a female. The females tend to be rather plain almost mousy with dull colored fins that match the colors of their bodies.
The males of the species have bright colors. Method 1 sexing a betta by appearance wait until characteristics begin to develop with age. Typically you can tell the gender of a betta by the age of 3 months.