How To Distinguish Male And Female Cupang Fish: Beginners Must Read

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YOGYAKARTA - How to distinguish male and female betta fish is actually not difficult, it's just that knowledge, perseverance and experience are needed. But the name of the beginner is of course different stories. This time we will discuss it here.

For beginners, the appearance of betta fish, both female and male, is almost the same. But when you already know the characteristics of the fish, it will certainly be easy to distinguish them, even with just one look.

But keep in mind, young betta fish may not show sexual differences. Therefore, you need to listen to this article to find out how to distinguish male and female betta fish.

Well, to find out the method of distinguishing male and female betta fish, pay attention to some of these things:

I. Body shape

Usually, the female betta is slightly shorter and is wider than the male betta. Male betta fish tend to have a more elongated body that is slightly flatter, from side to side.

II. Color

Male cavities are more luminous than females; however, color alone is not a definite gender prediction factor. Men usually show brighter colors than girls, but girls can also be very colorful.

III. Vertical Line

Cupang female will show vertical lines on her body when ready to mate, on the other hand male or not.

IV. Posture

When the betta expands, the difference between genders becomes clearer. The male betta fish display a large beard, on the other hand, the female betta fish have a much smaller beard and are not very prominent,

Females can also take a lower head posture when it expands, a posture that is not shown to be manly.

V. Aggression

Female betta fish are barely like male fighters, but they can be rude to each other as well as to other fish.

Aggression between females can be very tense, especially if there are only 2 females and one tends to bully the other.

For this reason, it is recommended that if you maintain more than one, you must maintain at least 5 females in the same aquarium so that aggressive behavior is more spread and not shown to the same individual.

VI. Bubble Nest

Usually, only male bettas blow bubble nests. This is a nest made of saliva bubbles made by fish on the surface of water to protect eggs throughout breeding. Once again this is not absolute, because sometimes the female will blow the bubble nest. However, this example is quite rare.

Male bettas make bubble nests as preparation for breeding with females and will make nests, even though they do not have a partner in the tank.

VII. Similar

Male sawps have longer fins, sometimes as many as 3 or 4 times the length of the female fin.

While some male betta varieties have short tail fins (tails), most female varieties have shorter tail fins and male have longer fins. The male belly screen looks longer and thicker than the female

VIII. Places Of Eggs

Adult female betta fish show "oil spots" between stomach fins and rectums. This is actually an ovipositor, which is used to lay eggs. Meanwhile, male betta fish rarely show egg spots.

IX. Jenggot

Cupang has a membrane under the insang plate covering called the operculum membrane. This input appears as "janggut" and is displayed when the fish widens its insang plate.

Male betta fish have a bigger beard, so they are often seen especially when male betta fish do not expand. Meanwhile, female betta fish have a beard, but are much smaller and not visible when the females do not inflate.

X. Behavioral Characteristics

The male Cupang is dubbed the Siam fighter fish for some reason. Male betta fish are very rough with each other and with female bettas, hard enough to lower their life expectancy.

This is why you shouldn't have more than one male betta fish in one tank. This is also recommended not to mix male and female betta fish in the aquarium, except to mate.

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