I might have a problem

Well, I can give you pics from my pair. The fish in the two bubblenest pics looks like a male though. Females are normally not in on the bubblenesting. They are also normally much paler.

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If you do have a pair I'd watch out. Mine bred when I wasn't paying attention, and did a number on their tankmates. of course I expect kribs with babies won't be pushovers.

--Mia

Originally posted by mwood322
Well, I can give you pics from my pair. ...........If you do have a pair I'd watch out. Mine bred when I wasn't paying attention, and did a number on their tankmates. --Mia

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Nice pics Mia.. I had Paradise fish way back. They are very colorful!! And, aggressive.. Interesting specimens they are..

O-man 21, I am not too familiar with Paradise Fish morphology, but, from what I can tell you, it is possible for this to be a pair of females. My logic: while I can't remember which Betta book (Maurus, Wolfsheimer, the Hargroves, or Ostrow), I do remember that one of the authors had two bettas which paired up to make a bubblenest. The catch...the bettas were both from a strain where the females had fins to rival the males, and both of the bettas were, in fact, female. While it is a rarity, university studies seem to find a growing number of female-female pairings among the bubblenest-building Labyrinth fish. Okay, it was a round-about answer, but hopefully it at least gave you a little more piece of mind if nothing else.

The top one is definitely a male, the bottom could be a female, or a smaller male. Mainly the females do not colour up as well, nor do they have very long fin extensions.

--Mia