Dwarf Bettas, Can They Happen?

keithp · Mar 12, 2009

Has anyone found or accidently bred a dwarf betta, one who's body size was much smaller than normal and never grew full size. I have never seen one, but I was wondering if it could occur.

If anyone has one, can they have a healthy life? If you have one please post pics!

Netty · Mar 12, 2009

There are wild types of dwarf bettas. The ones we normally come across can vary alot in size. We have a little girl that is still quite tiny compared to some of our others. I suppose it's abit like people.....some are short and some are tall.

White Whale · Mar 12, 2009

Vega (3rd one bottom row of my sig) was a small guy. Come to think of it, all the copper plakats I had seem to be small. Is that genetic?

keithp · Mar 12, 2009

I meant abnormally small, like a person who is a midget.

azulfire24 · Mar 12, 2009

i have a very small male hm, a baby that i bred my self, that is about 1 year old now, and he is very small, his mom was on the smaller size and his dad was a little large , i have several of his brothers and sisters still, well so dose newfishey and the other boys are normal sized maby one or 2 of the girls are a bit smaller then average, but finney is tiny, in perfect porportion, with the best finnage of any hm ive had, but he is only a inch head to the body base of his tail, with his tail a little more then half a inch more... dunno why

Jdubz · Mar 12, 2009

does it depend on how they are raised?

keeping a lot of them and not changing the water stunts growth, so they stay quite small.

keithp · Mar 13, 2009

I would think not changing the water would make them sick, not stunt their growth.

saltynay · Mar 14, 2009

You can giant bettas so the logic would follow that you can get dwarf bettas

azulfire24 · Mar 14, 2009

naww he got the same exact tank conditions and water changes that his brothers got and some of them are twice his size. :blink:

Petlover#66 · Jul 3, 2021

keithp said:
Has anyone found or accidently bred a dwarf betta, one who's body size was much smaller than normal and never grew full size. I have never seen one, but I was wondering if it could occur.

If anyone has one, can they have a healthy life? If you have one please post pics!

I have one and it's also black. I've had him for over 3 years now..