My Betta all grown up ^^

[minjinseng]

I bought this betta as a baby back in September, and this is how much it has grown. Actually I wanted to know whether this is a female or male... it has such long fins.. but I have had it for such a long time and so far I have not seen any bubble nests or any attempts. And.. how would you identify? (I'm guessing a delta... but.. )

anyway enjoy ^^;;

[AlphaBetta1]

Beautiful fish, nice color and growth. It's a little hard to tell, due to it being young. It looks like a male PK to me.

[Fenghuang]

Wow, handsome fish. I'm going to say a male delta. Anal fin and ventrals are very long for a female. Females just don't get fins like that as far as I know. The tail looks delta. VTs aren't symmetrical and round like that (though it could still be growing), but there's no 180 degrees spread to make it a HM. PK are usually stouter and have shorter fins.

[via]

awesome fish and timeline.

[BettaDays]

Male for sure, and I third the Delta vote, but you can never be too sure :3

[minjinseng]

you know, now that i think about it -_-; i think he is a male...

i just find it very interesting though he hasn't made a bubble nest at all... since i have had him...
(he's about 2 inches head to tail) :sigh: maybe he's not happy :(

[Skyewillow]

Bubblenesting is territorial and breeding. Your fish can be perfectly happy and not build a nest.

My fella, Hu, is interactive, and healthy, but no nest. My boys Mushu and Skerries used to build nests all the time, but they stopped when the females were no longer in sight.

[mellcrowl]

Definitely a delta male. I love his colors too!

[mellcrowl]

Oh also my delta Paris doesn't build nests. Even when Venus is around he won't, I guess it varies between fish ;)