New Betta - male or female?

SpockthePuffer said:
omg, my crowntail is named merlin! how funny is that?

The males bettas my petco has been getting in have been having shorter fins so I'd agree, its a male
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LOL that is funny...yeah when I was trying to think of a good name for him I actually went online under names and Merlin means "By the sea" so I thought that was so cool and the name fits him. My other betta's name is Alvin my husband named him why I have no idea lol. I got Merlin at Petco and Alvin at Petland discounts. Love em both!:grinyes:
 
I personally would have to say male (crowntail). Yes, females do have shorter tails, but the "spikiness" of this ones fins look like a crowntail to me. I could be wrong of coarse.

As far as females being less colorful that is not true, I have 6 females and everyone of them is colorful.
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Here are a couple shots of my females...not sure if it will help or not.
 
this looks to be a male crowntail, just young still. like other posters said, look from underneath to see if you can spot the "spot", right behind the ventral fins. i can't remember the anatomical name, but it starts with ovi.... i think. lol, my brain is dead at midnite-thirty in the morn...

Once the fish is home, see if it starts blowing bubblenests, then you have a 99.99% certainty it is male, but my female makes teensy nests once in a while.... fish can be so confusing! another thing to try is putting a small mirror in front of the tank, most of the time males will flare at their reflection, but then again i've seen females flare too.....
 
i thing that you have got young males they can very easily be mistaken ,for females even good fishkeepers & aquarium owners can and have been confused sometime, when i started i got sold 1 male betta and 1 female ........ and the female turned out to be a male!!!! lessons got learnt!!
 
chefrossco said:
i thing that you have got young males they can very easily be mistaken ,for females even good fishkeepers & aquarium owners can and have been confused sometime, when i started i got sold 1 male betta and 1 female ........ and the female turned out to be a male!!!! lessons got learnt!!
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Are you talking about mine?? If you are...no, I know they are females.:)
 
Thanks guys for your help. I think the betta is indeed a male since I have seen no egg spot and he seemed to flare at my other betta. He's currently doing really well in a 5 gal hex
 
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