How Do You Determine The Gender Of A Betta Fish?
• Consider your source. The vast majority of betta fish in pet stores are commercially bred male veiltail or crowntail bettas. If you are looking at a fish in a pet store and it has a long, pretty tail, chances are it is a male. Female pet shop bettas tend to be very plain in comparison, with short fins and muted colors. Be careful if you are trying to find females, though, as some pet stores will mistakenly label short-finned males as females, assuming all bettas with short fins are female. • Male(above) and female(below) of the same strain. Compare fish from the same genetic line. If you are trying to identify gender within a spawn, you can compare the fish to one another. Females will generally have shorter fins, a smaller body, and more subdued coloring than the males. These differences become more pronounced with age, and most full-grown males will have fins that are 2-4 times as long as the females. When the bettas are still young, however, the males and females will look very si
