Im a bit confused. I have two female crowntail bettas. The Red one is named Stella, the Orange one Mayra.
Stella is bright Red while Mayras colours are more dull.
Stella was there first. I got her like 2 weeks ago and Mayra 3 days ago. I had mayra in the bag floating in the fishtank Till Stella stopped flaring.
They seem okay with each other.
BUT
They always stay close to each other even though they have enough room. Its a 33 Gallon tank.
This morning i saw them bend around each other like they were mating. They were at the top of the tank but there is no bubble nest. I read that sometimes the males look like females till they are seperated.
Im scared that one of them might be a male.
They look female to me but im not completely sure.
Do you think they are two females?
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Posted by Josy6283
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if they were curling together and actually mating and not fighting… separate them immediately. if they both are actually girls, then that just means they’re straight up fighting. i suggest either increasing your number of girls to disperse the aggression, MAKE SURE they are female, and see if that will work
They shouldn’t have horizontal stripes, that’s a sign of stress. They look female to me, which means they’re fighting. They need to be separated immediately. You can’t do a sorority of two. Personally I don’t think sororities are ethical at all, but you really need at least five females to spread out the aggression if you insist on doing it. Right now they have nobody to get aggressive with except each other, and whichever is stronger is going to kill the other. It’s only a matter of time.
They look like females but your pics aren’t that clear. Look beneath their bellies and if you see a little white dot like the end of a tiny, tiny tube, then they’re females. Also, if they get vertical stripes/discoloration when they get a little older, that means they’re females and ready to breed.