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jakieblak  Hobbyist Posts: 82 Kudos: 75 Votes: 3 Registered: 23-Jul-2005   | Hi, does anyone know how to sex a Black ghost knife fish? thanks. |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07 |     |
bettachris    Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004  | i think the only way is to get some full grown adults and fatter ones may be females. i haven't heard of them breeding, except the on from F.p and my best guess, if u have a tank large enough get a group and let them pair off like angelfish. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07 |   |
| jakieblak Hobbyist Posts: 82 Kudos: 75 Votes: 3 Registered: 23-Jul-2005 | A man on the Gold Coast in australia is breeding them but is not keen on giving away his secrets. I'm not certain there's a way to sex them, especially not as juveniles. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07 | |
| joannecl Fingerling Posts: 21 Kudos: 24 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2005   | This site may be able to help you: bgk.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=bgk&action=display&thread=1081078116" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bgk.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=bgk&action=display&thread=1081078116 The males head is thicker & larger, The males head is shaped more like a horse head than the females. The males eyes are more towards the top of the head. The females eyes are lower down, & to the front of its head, close to the mouth. If you grow up a group together the males are quicker growing, & tend to get to a larger size. |
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