Got a new female, and made sure she is a she. I call her velvet and she is an iridescent white with purple fins. I'll post a pic with her in her new house and my new cage. :)
He's a handsome boy.. hmpk I believe.. possibly a hm without the pk but is still growing out the fins.. one way to tell the sex with short finned bettas- not just the ov spot (as real young males may have them too) is the ventral fins.. just looking at the first pictures you can see they are a good length. Females have shorter ventrals and males have much longer, double the size.
your blue one very beautiful! she reminds me of my VT girl, Annie. Annie and Shoes make a huge bubble nests in my 25 Gallon if I keep my sisters fish, Andy, in a jar next to them.
Velvet reminds me of a red velvet cake with vanilla icing!