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Betta of dubious gender


bdspider

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Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the gender of my fighting fish.

At the shop, we thought it was a male, it was very colourful & bright. When we got home, it had paled from the stress of transportation and had very obvious brown, horizontal lines, and we were convinced it was female!

It's too young to tell by fin size, but it does flare quite a bit (mainly out of anticipation of being fed)

Some days it is really bright and nicely coloured (male) and some it is pale with the stripes (female).

Today I noticed it'd built a bubble nest!! Is it only males who do this?

Sorry I can't put up any pictures, I don't get a camera until next week.

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It's about 4ish cm. From Organisms. Most of the others in it's tanks looked female, with another 2-3 that were male-ish looking. We were having a conversation about male fighters, so I'm sure John would have said something if he thought/knew it was female. Then again, maybe he expected us to have enough knowledge to tell.

& yes, will seeya tonight. I'm baking hokey pokey biscuits!

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