What is the difference between Fighting Betta vs Peaceful Betta?
Both fighting & peaceful bettas are available at fish shops. Fighting betta is called Betta splendens commonly known as Siamese fighting betta. Peaceful betta is called Betta imbellis, & it is not as famous as Siamese fighting betta.
How can you differentiate b/w Betta splendens vs Betta imbellis?
As the names suggest both
fighting & peaceful bettas have their own personalities, different from
each other. Fighting bettas are territorial, & they fight with their own
selves so you cannot keep more than one betta in a single tank because they
will fight with each other until death. Male fighting bettas show more
aggression & they are highly territorial than female fighting bettas.
Hobbyists usually separate fighting bettas from their own kind when keeping
them in a single aquarium using an aquarium divider.
Peaceful bettas like to live with
other fish in community aquariums. They are not aggressive towards their own
kind. Therefore, you can keep a group of peaceful bettas together with their
own kinds & others in a community aquarium.
Peaceful bettas might confuse you
as they also show aggression if defending a bubble nest. However, they are
milder & their tails are shorter, so fish do not like to bite their smaller
tails. Fighting bettas have long tails that entice fish to bite them; hence,
they make fighting betta aggressive towards them.
Betta Imbellis or peaceful betta
can be kept in community aquariums with other fish as well as with their own
kinds. Hence, aquarists who love to keep multiple bettas will be satisfied
without purchasing multiple aquariums for housing bettas.
Peaceful & fighting bettas
are a little different from one another, but the difference is not very obvious
as fighting bettas are born through different breeding that mostly have
different tail shapes & colours.
Fighting bettas have a variety of
colours as well as tail shapes & lengths. If you want to differentiate
between a fighting & peaceful betta, then look at the tail of peaceful
betta as it is outlined in a red crescent. Hence they are also known as Crescent Betta.
Peaceful bettas are comparatively
less popular than fighting bettas, but they live peacefully in groups with
other fish.
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