Are female Betta's smaller than males

[ral]

Got a cute new female Betta. She is rather small though. An inch or so fins and all. Is she just young or are female Betta's really small.

 

[GuppyDude]

your female is just small, probably just young, my adult females are about and inch and half long from end of tail fin to mouth. size does sometimes vary thogh. good luck with her, female bettas have the best personalitys i think

 

[ral]

Thanks GuppyDude.

1.5" I better get her a 2.5G tank

 

[Murdoc]

Well, I have a female and I swear she's a male in disguise. Mind you she's the ugliest beast (er... fish) I have ever seen

My other female is tiny. Like guppydude said, she is probably young.

And a bit of advice, if you are getting into breeding, I wouldnt breed a HUGE femal with a tiny male. That's where some ass kicking will come in curtesy of the female!!

 

[ral]

No plans of breeding. Read about it, but the thought of having to care for 60-600 jars scares me

 

[Shark_Lover]

I thought bettas got up to 4"?

 

[Murdoc]

I've never heard of Bettas growing up to 4" but maybe they do.

My friend used my now deceased crowntail female betta to his male double tail. Mind you, we had some pretty awesome fry. I wanted to post pictures as they grew up... but yeah, apparently the neg's didnt turn out.