Petco Betta (male?)

I got my husband a baby betta from petco last month be was labeled baby male,

I got my self one at the same time, my betta grew long beautiful fins and flares at his reflection,

Hid betta .... acts more like a female, Short fins, doesn't flare at anything,

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, or if its been asked a million times, but he wants to know for both naming purpose and what he can add to his tank. Also sorry if the nake looks dirty the MorimorI moss ball recently gave off small hairs,



I have tried to ID it my self, I have seen a egg spot then look later and not see the egg spot, watched the behavior, looked at the size of body,fins ect. also does not blow bubbles ( my other male I got at the same time also labeld baby male " makes huge bubble nests now )

I'm thinking its a female at this point, or maybe a male that's taking a little longer to mature.

we also can't agree on the tail type since we arnt sure on the gender

Also what the other one looks like

 

The cambodian does indeed look like a female.

The blue boy is a veiltail. I can’t see the girls tail so I can’t say what she is.

 

The cambodian does indeed look like a female.

The blue boy is a veiltail. I can’t see the girls tail so I can’t say what she is.

I hope this picture helps with her fins. She's a shy one hard to get her picture

 

Well, I don't think she's anything too fancy. See how the edges of her tail is spiky? That generally means she's not a HM or delta. The web reduction between the spikes isn't nearly enough to be considered a CT either. Can you see how many times a single ray in the tail splits? If only once then she's likely just a VT or non HM plakat.

Another thing, all those white things on the glass look a lot like planaria. They're little worm like critters that explode population wise when there's too much food, decaying plant material, or gunk in the substrate. You shouldn't ever see that many in a healthy, established tank. Might want to increase frequency of water changes and gravels vacs till you notice their population lessening.

 

Husband here. While she may not be anything special, I've fallen in love with her. <3 Thank you VERY MUCH for your help. I'm trying my best to take care of her. First time doing all of this. The tank was home to other creatures before this (a small school of neons, a catfish and ghost shrimp) which have been moved to a larger tank. We originally tried to see if she wanted to live with some platys (only 3) but the poor little thing seemed terrified, hiding behind the filter tank all the time. So after a day of that I decided she would be better on her own, as I had read that betta's could react that way to other fish and leaving her in that situation for an extended period of time could result in her becoming stressed and sick, and I absolutely didn't want that. I recently did a 50% water change with warmer, filtered, water (as I had read that they prefer water in the 80F range and her water felt a bit cold) and will be looking into getting her a heater as soon as possible. I stirred up and removed some of the detritus from the bottom of the tank (there was quite a bit, possibly due to over feeding the previous tank inhabitants, once again, wife and I are new to this). This was when I began noticing the 'fibers' on the side of the tank. They aren't as big as they seem in the picture, none of them are even the size or length of an eyelash, the betta is less than an inch in length, to give comparison. I realized they were worms this morning when I went to clean the side of the tank and noticed them slowly wiggling and making their way across the glass when disturbed. Upon research, I've come to the conclusion that they are either Planaria or Detritus Worms and I'm betting on the latter, given the condition of the tank itself. These little guys will come up for oxygen if the oxygen in the substrate is too low and have a tendency to come in the thousands, especially if there is a lot of detritus in the tank, compared to Planaria that end up coming up in fewer numbers and are usually a bit larger and shaped differently. I'll be taking precautions and measures to get this somewhat cleared up (you never want to completely remove detritus worms, but it is definitely a bad sign to have them come out in that number). Once again, thank you so much for your help.

 

I did notice that she is partially transparent, both in body (I can see her organs and spine) and the beginning of her dorsal. Is this normal?

 

Perfectly normal. Light bodied fish are usually pretty transparent especially when young. Her fins and body may color up a bit as she ages though.