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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Is this a young Male or Female?
Anyone able to sex this guy? It's a juvie I'm thinking of buying, but only if it's a male. The red betta is the father. | 
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| It looks like a female to me. But i'm not the most experienced person when it comes to bettas so it will be interesting to see if I'm right or wrong..lol. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| That was what I thought, but the seller says it's a male. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| It should have an eggspot (ovipositor) if it's female. It honestly looks female to me but ask the seller to look for the eggspot. Hopefully they will be accurate. If it's still young (I'm assuming it is), it might serve you better to just find a betta that's a little older so you can tell if it's really male. The anal fin is kind of long but one of my females has a longer anal fin that that. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Not easy to find a good male here. He is selling another one as well, I'll post a pic. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Looks female to me too.
Where are you buying it from? If you can check, see if you can see her white ovapositor (breeding tube) but it's not always visable. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Here. This one is advertised as a male too. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| That one is really cute. I don't think there's really a good way to sex them so young without looking for the eggspot. Have you looked into a different seller? Shipping sucks but you can get some really nice fish. Aquabid or someone like Martinismommy has nice fish. (I don't know if she has any right now for sale) | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I'm in NZ. Can't use Aquabid or Martinismommy unfortunatly. ( I'd love one of hers!) The LFS has a few males but they're in poor shape, so if either of these is a male it'd be ideal. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Those are both males..... | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Excellent! I was just about to PM you to see if you'd take a look. Thanks  | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| You're welcome....Are they veiltails? | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I assume so. It's hard to get any kind of Betta's other than Veiltails where I am. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Wow, thanks MM | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinismommy  Those are both males..... | Thanks MM
I thought for sure the first was female. Same shape as Prissy.
The second one, I didn't have any idea. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Which one looks better to you guys? | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy Thanks MM
I thought for sure the first was female. Same shape as Prissy.
The second one, I didn't have any idea. | Same shape as my little girl Frosty too..lol..
And that my Folks is why MM is the Betta expert..  | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Goody Which one looks better to you guys? | I like the second one a LOT more | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| get 2 tanks and get em both  | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I'm betting they are males because of the length of the ventral fins...Do you happen to know how old they are? I personally like the blue male better... | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Can't do both unfortunatly  Whichever I get is going to be a daddy! I already have a lovely female, but my male is to old to breed with. My female is blue........... | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| They are still young. I just spoke to the seller, he said they look very different to their sisters and both act like males, so I'm fairly happy that they are both males. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| If you plan on breeding them then go for the blue...He's the better fish....I wish there was a way for me to get a fish to you!
Can you ask him to send a pic of the females?
Last edited by Lucy; May 13th, 2009 at 06:44 AM.
Reason: merged posts | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I'll try. I am leaning towards the blue as well..... And yes, I wish there was a way to get one of your guys here too! | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| This is my girl. I 've decided on the Blue. Going to pick him up now! | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| She is a very nice female....She is actually better than either one of those males..Is that the only boys you can find for breeding? | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Unfortunatly yes. Unless I buy a beat-up petstore Betta. They also have another that I don't have a pic of, but I'll have a look at too. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by ibetta The father was blue genotypically, that is a female cuz it has a fatter more rounded belly, still it could be a male, look for an eggspot. | Egg spots don't even show until they are older...Oh, BTW lots of juvies have big bellies  | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Just got back with the new guy, he's in his bag, floating in his new tank at the moment. I didn't get either of those guys. She had a third with the same colouring as my female, so I bought him home instead. He's a bit stressed at the moment but I'll post a pic once he calms down! | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Cool! Can't wait to see him! How did the other 2 males look? Did they look like (well males) lol | |
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