I have fighter fish. How can I know it's gender. Please help.

Question

I have a beta splendons. It is allmost in peacock neck blue color. How can I know its gender?

Can I get another one to make them breed?

Answer 1

    Female fishes are usually bigger in size than male fishes.

Answer 2

The majority of bettas sold in the pet trade or males.  Unless you got a fish specifically labeled as a female then you almost certainly have a male .  Females are generally only sold in fish specality stores and are clearly labeled as females.

Generally bettas sold in the pet trade (not sold specifically for breeding) are past their breeding prime.  Bettas are most active for breeding when they are young and to allow for the long flowing fins that most people want most bettas that are sold in petstores are at least a year old and past their breeding prime.

Answer 3

urrr Check if its got a p***s.....I dunno much about fish...try wikipedia.

Answer 4

Male bettas have brigher colors and longer, more flowing fins than the female bettas.

Breeding is not an easy task since they require some intense conditioning, as well as a lot of caution to avoid injury to the female. Also, they produce a LOT of fry - so a single breeding could result in LOTS of baby fish, and if you have no outlet for them, you'll quickly be overrun with fish tanks to care for them.

You can learn more about them here: http://www.bettatalk.com

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Answer 5

if its a betta...the male is really pretty with the longer fins whereas the female is sorta ugly with short fins...

The male is ready to breed as soon as he starts making his bubble nest. The female will have a distended stomach culminating at the ovipositor. (white egg spot protruding from her abdomen) You will also see verticle stripes on the females flanks when she is ready to spawn.

Answer 6

if you can't s*x them, don't attempt breeding. breeding bettas is very very hard work and needs to be done only after a ton of research and financial contributions (a breeding pair, NOT pet store fish, will set you back upwards of $20 or equivalent, the rest of the breeding set up upwards of $150-$200 or equivalent - if you already have grow-out tanks that is, if not, add another 100 or more to that).

as for sexing. females will only ever have short fins, males are the only ones with long elaborate finnage. to throw a spanner in the works, you can also get short tailed males, called plakats. indeed all wild betta splendens are short-tailed.

here's picture references:

male:

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Bet... (double tail)

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Boo... (veil tail)

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:CTc... (crown tail)

female:

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Bet...

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Cam...

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Ste... (note white dot on her belly - tell tale sign of a female)

male plakat:

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Pla...

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Tra...