White Betta- male or female?
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Onion01;1137789; said:wow, that looks so much nicer than those horribly inbred ones at lfs. I envy you
Did getting it help you feel better about the recent loss? I hope so
I had this guy through it all but he was in the other fish room.. and just hanging out talking to all of you helps .. thanks
X24;1137788; said:
yes platinum would be the right way to discribe his color..boy or girl i am happy ..thanks everyone!
Judging by the length of the pelvic fin, I'm going to say male as well. Does he flare up at the other bettas? He's a beaut!
Great looking platinum.From the body shape Ill guess male,but Ive never kept plakats,you going to breed any?
It can be harder than most assume when it comes to sexing bettas in some cases. 
The white pore should be a really reliable way to sex a betta, and used to be, but most folks have come to the realization that really young males and oddball males can have them as well.
I like to sex them by overall body shape, looking for particular characteristics or using simple tricks. Many times holding a prospective female in front of a light and trying to look through will reveal a light-colored trapezoidal shape inside her body cavity. This would be where the eggs are stored and would confirm female. It might not work on dark, solid colored bettas though. Unless stressed.
Other times a ripe female will bar up with vertical bars but this method of sexing is useless in very light-colored bettas and you can usually tell whether or not you've got a female before she bars up.
Other good sexing cues are the larger beards (gill flaps) on flaring males and big bubblenests. Some females flare and even blow bubblenests but these are not nearly as large or impressive as those on males.
When it comes to plakats the ventral fins of a male should be longer than those on females and the unpaired fins of a male should still be of good length and come to slightly longer points on the dorsal and anal. Female's fins (especially the dorsal and anal) are normally tightly squared off.
The white pore should be a really reliable way to sex a betta, and used to be, but most folks have come to the realization that really young males and oddball males can have them as well.
I like to sex them by overall body shape, looking for particular characteristics or using simple tricks. Many times holding a prospective female in front of a light and trying to look through will reveal a light-colored trapezoidal shape inside her body cavity. This would be where the eggs are stored and would confirm female. It might not work on dark, solid colored bettas though. Unless stressed.
Other times a ripe female will bar up with vertical bars but this method of sexing is useless in very light-colored bettas and you can usually tell whether or not you've got a female before she bars up.
Other good sexing cues are the larger beards (gill flaps) on flaring males and big bubblenests. Some females flare and even blow bubblenests but these are not nearly as large or impressive as those on males.
When it comes to plakats the ventral fins of a male should be longer than those on females and the unpaired fins of a male should still be of good length and come to slightly longer points on the dorsal and anal. Female's fins (especially the dorsal and anal) are normally tightly squared off.
Thanks Benzjamin.. He is really pretty if i could get a pic to focus up closebenzjamin13;1138019; said:
ShadowBass;1138022; said:It's definately 100% a male.
I guess the first pic was just a crappy angle. Very nice pick up
Thank you.. for all your help.. this one had me quessing but i am leaning towards male too since i did not find egg spot and yes he flairs ...not as much as the others but he does.
