Staplez Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 First of all hi people haven’t been here in a while A short about the stupidity of both me and a LFS. About 4 months ago I bought a betta from a LFS (I won't say which one it was). The thing is it was MEANT to be a female. The tank was filled with females and so that’s what I thought I was buying. Having a bit of past experience with bettas it also looked like a female to me. Any way when I got it home it went into a trap in a tank with a large male. They seemed to get along rather well for two days so I released this supposed female in with the big male. They got along fine for 3 or so months until the big male came to the end of his time. Now buy this stage I should have figured out that is was in fact a male from it body shape although it’s fins where very small and colour very dull. How ever I finally did figure out it was a male the hard way. I got a beautiful new white crown tail put him into the tank where I lost my big male. The supposed female was in the trap and all seemed well until I put them together and they absolutely destroyed one another. It was then when I finally found out it was a male. They have both recovered and healed rather well. The one thought to be a female has grown very large fins and can no longer be mistaken for a female. I am disappointed in myself for not noticing earlier that the fish was a male not a female. I’m also just as disappointed in the LFS how have a very experienced staff but didn’t see this either. I wonder how many others got males instead of females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Don't be so hard on yourself or the shop, these fish can be very hard to sex sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Welcome back dude 8) Sucks about your new CT, where'd you get it by the way? My male's gone AWOL (Suspected cat involvement) so I'm looking at getting a CT myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staplez Posted October 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Through a friend that went for a road trip to Rotorua. He got a couple himself. I'm looking at getting discus's now. it's going to be my first time keeping them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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