Young Female Betta Fish

This will help your female stay away from your male if she needs to and reduce the chance of aggression between.

Young female betta fish. But with the passage of time they reach adulthood. They should be roughly the same size and the female should be slightly smaller than the male. Typically female betta fish have less vibrant coloration than males.

Dec 28 2016 this article helped me a lot by knowing that my fish was not sick just old. Male bettas have more flat thinner and elongated in shape. If yours has long fins maybe even two to three times its length that is very likely a boy.

In addition it helps to know whether your betta is male or female. Betta fish love to eat premium fish food pellets. You can easily tell if it s male or female betta.

Though again while this will only help for the first three to fourth months of life it can still help determine the age of young betta. How to breed betta fish. Never use a large female and a smaller male.

Betta fish are carnivores so their diet should be high in protein. Females tend to be smaller in size. We have a detailed blog on feeding betta fish which can be followed for sororities.

A beautiful very young and very small female red betta fish that was swimming in one of our aquariums when one of us snapped this picture. Female bettas never get long flowing fins like the males do. If you keep 3 female betta then there is a possibility that two might gang up against one and therefore 4 or more female betta is a safe bet.