Goldmoon
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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Hello everyone! We recently got “baby girl” bettas from our local pet store but I’m starting to doubt that two of them are actually females. The two in question have fins that are much longer, their ventral fins are longer/sharper than a normal females and I can see a ‘beard’ on both of them. Although they are still young, they are beginning to look like veil tail males.
They’re both in a 20 gallon community/sorority betta tank (the community part meaning some guppies and mollies) and they never flare at any of the fish, show aggression, etc.. The two bettas in question swim by each other, swim by other fish, etc. with no problems or aggressive behaviors.
The one I’m more concerned about is the yellow one as I had a suspicion from the beginning that it wasn’t a girl, but I’m getting more concerned about it now that it is showing more signs of being male. If they are in fact male but stay nonaggressive, will they both be okay to keep together with the females and the other fish in the 20 gallon? I don’t have any more tanks/ space for two male bettas. Sorry these pictures aren’t great, they move around a LOT in the tank and it’s hard to get a good picture. I appreciate everyone’s help in advance.
The dark blue and red one in this picture, not the lighter blue one (ignore the algae).
They’re both in a 20 gallon community/sorority betta tank (the community part meaning some guppies and mollies) and they never flare at any of the fish, show aggression, etc.. The two bettas in question swim by each other, swim by other fish, etc. with no problems or aggressive behaviors.
The one I’m more concerned about is the yellow one as I had a suspicion from the beginning that it wasn’t a girl, but I’m getting more concerned about it now that it is showing more signs of being male. If they are in fact male but stay nonaggressive, will they both be okay to keep together with the females and the other fish in the 20 gallon? I don’t have any more tanks/ space for two male bettas. Sorry these pictures aren’t great, they move around a LOT in the tank and it’s hard to get a good picture. I appreciate everyone’s help in advance.
The dark blue and red one in this picture, not the lighter blue one (ignore the algae).