My new girl

Got her 2days ago. my first thought was, "what a nice boy".. but got told shes a she

Solex: you know what tail this is? she was sold to me as a super delta?

 

Super Delta crossed with DoubleTail from the looks of it. Very nice fishy you have there bru . Now get to conditioning and then breeding jong I'm dying to see other ppl breeding bettas as well (and post it on here of course)

Cheers
Dale

 

so she is a she.

Thanks solex!!

 

Looks a bit male-ish to be honest....check underneath the belly of the fish for an eggspot. If you see one, then female...if not, then male.
Another way to confirm sex, place mirror on side of the tank. If the fish sees itself in the mirror and goes completely ape (flaring at the image), then it's a male. If the fish doesn't even apepar to be phased, then it's female.
The fins are also questionable for it to be female.
It's face also looks a bit like a male to me

Check these things pls and let me know

PS - Did you buy this fish when it was in a tank with other bettas in, or was this fish in its own jar/tank?

Cheers
Dale

 

it was with a bunch of others exactly the same as her/him...

 

Then it is a female (unless the shop is stupid enough to keep all males in one tank)

Cheers
Dale

 

okay..

well i did the mirror test. she/he flared up a bit. not as much as tobasco though.

do females flare?

this sucks..

 

Dale: would you be interested in getting some actual fighting fish in SA? http://www.atisonbetta.com/Bettafighters.asp this gu sends to the US, maybe if we get a few people interested an import some crazy fish it might be worth it

 

or just some nice stains..

 

Females shouldn't flare at their mirror image (well none I've encountered anyway). Did it happen immediately when 'she' saw herself, or did it take her a while whilst 'she' was staring at the image? Check for the eggspot pls, that'll confirm it for you.

Don't bother with Atison, I've been in contact with her before and she is VERY expensive with her bettas. She does have beautiful bettas, but the amount of cash she is charging + shipping just doesn't make it worth it. I've browsed her site inside-out already

I can get any tail type I want, but the colour variations are tricky. I guess we can't have our bread buttered on both sides here in S.A, hence we have to try and purify strains ourselves (unless someone imports them at those high prices and onsells it for more)

 

okay..

ill check for the egg spot

 

okay..

so is an egg spot a white dot inbetween two the two bottom fins?

 

let me try rephrase that

a white dot inbetween to ventral fins?

 

Yep, then female she is

 

a he she it

 

stoked!! you must see the male iv just picked up..

 

phoooooootooooo!

 

being uploaded as we speak..

 

yay

 

which uploader are you using, >15 mins