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bratyboy2  Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004   | how do u tell the males from the females.i have a female i believe |
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Catcha_Cat Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Sep-2003   | The females are grey.  |
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| bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004 | what color are the males do they have anything noticable from the females?   |
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SheKoi Fish Addict Posts: 667 Kudos: 553 Votes: 4 Registered: 11-Feb-2004 | the females are grey with a darker grey line down the middle on the fish. the males are brown/red with black and yellow fins. www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk |
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joe fishy Fish Addict Posts: 605 Kudos: 1355 Votes: 65 Registered: 21-Apr-2003 | Younger ones are pretty similar. The females tend to be a little bigger, and sometimes have a thin brown line (as mentioned) along their sides. If you see ones with blue on one of their fins at the LFS, do NOT buy them as they are most likely dyed artificially. Mature males when spawning will sometimes have a deep blue underside, but you'll never see that at the LFS. |
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| jungle-jim Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 223 Votes: 0 Registered: 15-Jan-2004 | You can also look at dorsal fin shape...in most gouramis, a more tapered, pointier-ended dorsal fin is found on males, while a shorter, more rounded dorsal fin is found on females... here's a male: http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/photos/gallery.asp?id=bluegourami_profile&page=4D0B46254136411E39DA4E148896A5469C6CAB509DBB8DEA3E88918DA2099838 and here's a female: http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/photos/gallery.asp?id=bluegourami_profile&page=45664A00486739D3441A8091AB479765AE5B92B587EE35879388AA079735 Good luck! |
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bettachris  Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | i used to have honey gouramies and i could tell them apart by there color. My male was golden and the female was brownish. |
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| LadyInBlue04 Fingerling Posts: 33 Kudos: 17 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004  | that's weird, i have 3 female honey gouramis and they are all an orangy/yellowy colour. does this mean they are died, god i hope not. does anybody know? i will try to get a picture up if it helps! LIB |
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| joe fishy Fish Addict Posts: 605 Kudos: 1355 Votes: 65 Registered: 21-Apr-2003 | Could they be 3 young males? |
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