at first i thought my female was "manly" BUT....

[steppy104]

it had the short tail, and it didn't look like a long tail betta with bitten down tail....i released how she's MORE aggresive than most of my males, but now i'm really starting to wonder....someone said she'd have a tube under her belly if it was a "she". if it's something easy to see, then she doesn't have it....if it's hard to see, then i might have looked over it....

BACK TO THE POINT...."she" made a nest! a HUGE nest! i mean, this nest makes every other nest i've seen made by my betta's PALE in comparison. i don't know about this, but i've NEVER heard of a female making a nest and this just plain out sounds ODD.

HELP?!!?

 

[jacblades]

post a pic-i have females that make nests.

 

[cutecotton]

females will blow nests, it's not just a male that does it.

 

[Teelie]

Yeah, the females just aren't as well known for doing it.

 

[steppy104]

ok...good...she was kinda wierdin me out there. lol

i can't get to the website that the pics in my siggy are in....and i can't find a website that i can load the pictures to to put on here....i tried fotango, but it didn't work...

 

[bkk_group]

how do you know it's not a short finned male?

 

[jacblades]

i think no lfs sells plakats. its sad as they are my favorite bettas

 

[Sorrell]

I got three plakats at a lfs just last week.

 

[bettasplendenlover]

you could try photobucket.com they don`t put their site on the picture!

 

[cutecotton]

why don't lfs carry plakats? and i agree with that beucase all my lfs carries are vieltails, with the few exception of corwntails.

 

[steppy104]

how do you know it's not a short finned male?

i DON'T know that it's not a male.....i'm seriously thinking that it may be....are there any real distinct markings or anything? someone mentioned a tube under her belly, but i didn't see anything....

 

[jacblades]

um your betta is probably a female because lfs's usually dont sell plakats (i have never seen any)

females

most of these females are veiltails like lfs females are likely to be

plakat male

another male plakat (that ir eally want but can afford the shipping)
can you tell the difference?

 

[jacblades]

i think the main reason people buy bettas in lfs s is because of the long tails. plakats are often bred fro fighting purposes too.

sorrell-thats really wierd that you got them from a lfs, was it a chain store?

 

[bittersweet]

i have to say people under estimate what some lfs have in stock. I got both my pineapple SD and my CT plakat at petco and both are very nice looking fish, you just have to go at the right time and be lucky.

 

[cutecotton]

i must be stupid becuase i can't tell the difference between a female and a plakat male