Odd question...

[Dwarfs]

Could my female Betta, with her opivisitor (sp?) be a male, or just extremely aggressive?
I moved her into a divided 10g with 2 males (I'm using her old 10g to raise gobies) and she slipped behind the divider and beat the crud out of one of the males, I was at school and I found them in the same section of the tank, with pieces of the males fin on the bottom

The dividers all fixed now, "she" hasn't attacked since. Do I have a psycho Betta or something?

In case anyone was wondering, the male is doing fine and he is getting some growth back on his fins I wish I could find someone to take these bettas off my hands

 

[steppy104]

it's probably just a mean gal! lol. i have a girl just like that....she was in the same tank as, yet seperated from, one of my males....well she got out, and i came home to a pissed off girl and a near-dead male...

some girls just think they're guys right now, that same female is having a nesting contest with one of my males

 

[Dwarfs]

So she has anger problems, great
She's bigger than both of my males, that could also be a source of the problem

 

[steppy104]

ya, mines pretty big too....it's like betta gals on steroids. lol. gotta luv em!

 

[littlefishie]

It could very well be a male, as occasionally they appear to have ovipositors as well..
What about the anal fin? Is it long and pointy, reaching the caudal fin, or does it fall just short? If it's longer, it could be a plakat male.
Another thing is, when she/he flares, is there a noticeable 'beard' extending past the gill covers? Most females have little or no beard, whereas it's very noticeable in the males. It's what makes them look so big and intimidating.

 

[SRC]

Both of the Crownie girls I got from Wuv are tuff stuff lol. They are down right hostile towards the guys at times, when I let them see each other. lol and can build just as good or better bubble nests.

See, just proves, girls can do anything a boy can do...and sometimes better . hehe

 

[Texaswoman]

Well, check out the others tips to see if it's male or female. The male betta can have that spot too, and according to Dr. Gene Lucas, this has been falsely labled as the ovipositer spot, but he says it is not but something entirely different. Suppossidly, they all have them, just some more prominant than others. There is mention that he is/was trying to get IBC to alter the current beliefs that this is a fault. I don't know, but this is what I have learned through my club president who was present and spoke with Dr. Lucas after his seminar on that. So, I have a male that has one so prominant it looks like a huge egg on his belly, just like a female.