Should I get a male or female Betta fish?

[ShorKie]

I'd like to get another Betta for my 36g because my old male Betta passed away. He lived with 8 rosy tetras,1 adult and 6 baby platies and 3 Cory catfish.
Is there a different in behavior for male and female Bettas? I understand male Bettas are a little more aggressive. I'm talking about how they will interact with me and their environment. For anyone who has kept both male and female Bettas, what one did you find more enjoyable to have?
I do have a 10 gallon if the Betta I get does not go good with other fish.

 

[BigManAquatics]

I say get whatever you want. No two fish are really the same or necessarily interact the same.

 

[Ghostly]

I know people say males are more aggressive although in my personal experience they are a lot the same.

and again in my experience my females where a bit more interactive compared to the males.

so whatever you want! it shouldn't matter to much!

 

[nanoist]

It’s totally up to you. The only difference I feel like is pretty obvious between males and females is activity level and swim skill lol. Males can be active but they tend to get tired easily and struggle swimming with their larger fins. Females tend to be a bit more fluid and zippy with their activity. Otherwise, aggressiveness and behavior is more so same and interchangeable and depends on the independent fish. My female is a bit more aggressive than my male.

 

[StarGirl]

Aggression wise they can be the same. My female is feisty. They seem to have less fin issues than males IMO. My female is very interactive.

 

[NearMeBettas]

Do what you like, each bettas personally differs. IMO females are more interactive in the way that you can teach them to jump through hoops and such but some males will two.

 

[FishPlanet]

I love both!

 

[Ghost777]

I'd like to get another Betta for my 36g because my old male Betta passed away. He lived with 8 rosy tetras,1 adult and 6 baby platies and 3 Cory catfish.
Is there a different in behavior for male and female Bettas? I understand male Bettas are a little more aggressive. I'm talking about how they will interact with me and their environment. For anyone who has kept both male and female Bettas, what one did you find more enjoyable to have?
I do have a 10 gallon if the Betta I get does not go good with other fish.

IMO, I don’t think it matters…they each have their own personality, aggression levels, socialization, tolerance of tanks mates, some eat snails some don’t etc.

Personally, I work with both. For my boys, I make sure they get extra water changes for all that extra fins and care they need.

For a while, I kept girls even tho they are not as vibrant in color or fins. So I started keeping girls when it was pointed out to me that girls have a harder time finding homes/adoption bc boys are very highly demand. Then there’s the ratio per litter so that does not help. Before that, I’m not even sure if I gave it a thought about girls while being so dazzled and obsess with the males displays fighting stance. So I started keeping girls. They are pretty nice too. For a while I had no boys. I finally got a couple way later. I do find the experience is great either way. I don’t mind working with fighting fish. They are very intelligent so it makes it relatively interesting and enjoyable challenge to work with.

The only jumpers and tricks are my females now that I think about with this post above lol.
I have a female koi plakat out wit a male veil tail with her speed and agility. She’s my hubby’s fish I take care of. Well, the males do have a lotta fin so they cannot keep up. Plus, she’s a jumper so the guys play with her jumping height after they discovered it. She can also jump and evade with precision where she wants to land..like on a giant water lettuce and then hop off safely into the water. I find they tend to predict where she will aim to jump depending on the obstacle course they are playing/testing her. She lives in a pond and a tank in the winter with the water level drop low extra low. Shes 3 yrs old now. Loves human contact. Comes when called. They still play jump with her and measure height.

This is what I do: I’d probably start with a Ram horn snail and see if he/she will hunt/kill or leave it. Then try moving on from there. I just test for socialization levels. I would just watch them for a while and keep them for a while until I get to know them well enough to be around other fish. I hope this helps. Good luck.

 

[Skittlesttr75]

I am a newbie to fish keeping (less than a month). My male Lenny is super active and has tons of personality. Like a dog, he tries to flash his baby blues at me to try and guilt me into feeding him more. I do feed him slightly more strictly because of his activity level (3 small meals instead of 2). His coloring is changing as the weeks progress, which is really fun to watch.