[lizcateyes]

I rescued these 2 from PetCo in November, when they were so tiny I wasn't sure if they'd survive so I haven't named them yet. I feel like they'll live, so they should get names now!

Part of the reason why they're still nameless is because I can't tell whether they're male or female :-/ at the moment, I'm guessing they're both girls, but am not 100% sure. Here are some pictures of them:

The white fish is easier to photograph, she/he is good at ignoring me when I'm not going to feed them lol. When I got them I thought the red mark on his/her head was aninjury, maybe from netting, but as it's grown it hasn't changed and it looks to me it's just a scale coloring? I don't know, even though it's mainly white its got the blue on its fins with a little bit of red coming in now and a lot of iridescence.

The blue fish just goes crazy with her/his food dance whenever I get near, and just keeps swimming or staring at me begging for food. In general, the blue one is also more active.

 

[FishyWater2525]

I'm horrible at telling genders, so I'll just give name suggestions for each gender for each fish... Lol

#1- (I'm almost positive it's a girl..)

Girl-
Ana, Elsa, Periwinke, Mazi, Maxi
Boy-
Rudi, Axe, Xelu (Ice in Austurian), Glacio (Ice in Esperanto)


#2-( Completely unsure... Lol)

Girl-
Nina (Fire in Aymara), Geni, Vatra, Tuli (Fire in different languages)
Boy-
Flame, Hot-Shot, Rip-Tide, Axe,


I have horrible names suggestions (Lol), but they're gorgeous!

 

[ArcticBeauty14]

I'm not good at gender telling.
But here are some names!

First betta:
Talora/Talara
Primrose
Rosin
Roz
Varin

Second betta:
Neo
Streaker
Navin/Navera
Metro

They're really pretty

 

[lizcateyes]

Thanks FishyWater & ArcticBeauty for the suggestions! I really like Roz or Rosin, I'll see what sticks, and Tuli is perfect for #2, she's a little ball of energy and seems to be getting more red in her fins

 

[ArcticBeauty14]

Yayyyy!

 

[FishyWater2525]

Awesome!!!

 

[MeredithNa]

ArcticBeauty - Navin is my last name so I strongly agree. Hahaha. Navin is derived from the Irish Gaelic word (don't quote me on the spelling of the following) cnamh which means "bone".

Since you have chosen the names already I don't have any suggestions. When I accidentally bred budgies I would name them androgynous names such as "Jamie", "Charlie" or "Col" to tell them apart. An idea for you if you accidentally buy another baby betta. :-D

 

[lizcateyes]

Great idea on gender neutral names, Meredith I don't see myself with any more babies anytime soon, the amount of worry I felt at first when I wasn't sure if they were growing normally drove my bf crazy, so he'd probably kill me if I got another baby now that these 2 have grown lol