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02-02-2010, 10:17 PM
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Location: NC
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Sexing my Angelfish
Hi all,
I am finally going to ask for help sexing my angelfish, Sunshine. He/she is nearly a year old, and just over 3 inches across not including fins. I have noticed a bump on his forehead recently but am still unsure. Sunshine is kept with Bolivian Rams and no other Angelfish. I recently purchased another Angelfish, Morse, who I hope to add to Sunshine's tank once they are near the same size. I would like to know their sex before trying to introduce them. I think Morse is still too small to sex, but I believe Sunshine is at a good age/size to guess.
This is sunshine.
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02-02-2010, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Johns Creek, GA
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I'd be inclined to say male, but it would only be a guess. There isn't a tube down yet. Males tend to have larger head bumps, darker color on head, a thinner look when seen head on and a slightly different shape to the bottom of the fish as well. But its much easier to sort siblings than to compare unrelated fish. What is a big forehead in one line, is a small one in another.
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02-08-2010, 10:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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It would be my guess that, until you actually view the tube, that this is a female. Typically an adult Angel Fish that is male will have long flowing and beautiful fins. Whereas the female fins are more blunted looking. However, both genders can look exactly like yours, so until you see the tube you will not know for sure. A male tube will be more pointed and a female tube will be more rounded, thus enabling the eggs to flow through. Cylindrical in shape like a grain elavator or a straight pice of PVC pipe. The male's tube is pointed for ease in fertilizing the eggs. I like to ask if that is your one and only Angel? If so, it is easier to sex, breed, and pair them, if you by 3 or 5 at a time, of similar age, so that you are more likely that you will get a pair, but most importantly they will be ready to be parents at the same time.
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