Myths about sexing bettas

[BettaLover101]

they won't start fighting XP. They are in seperate containers, I was just giving them their daily 10 minutes of face time, lol.

[Hadoken Kitty]

Originally Posted by bettalover2033

Yupp thats JUST females

This is incorrect. I have two males from Thailand that have ovipositors under their bellies. They are 100% male, though.

[GoodMorning]

^those guys are sick or ate too much, lol.

[trilobite]

Me too, Ive had males with a white spot on their bums, although its not an ovipositor, it could easily be mistaken for one. Ive also had males bar up and a female kill another betta.
You can get crazily masculine females with very long fins so short fins isnt an indicator either haha

[Hadoken Kitty]

Originally Posted by GoodMorning

^those guys are sick or ate too much, lol.

Uh, no. An ovipositor wouldn't just pop out from a male eating too much.

[Myates]

I forget what it is called in males.. but it's not uncommon to see males with it, especially very young ones.

[LittleBettaFish]

Nearly all my wild species males have one. It's why it makes it hard to sex some of them because they can be nearly identical in appearance. I find the ovipositor is not a very good way to determine sex.