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skunk
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male australia
hi all, does anyone out there know how to sex calvus ? beisdes looking at them & judging by size ?

plz help, as i need to know Urgently. gota know b4 i can go thru with a sale which invloves alot of money & i dont wanna spend all this money & both the fish turn out to be the same sex! the current owner of the fish is 90% sure they are a pair, but i want to be 300% sure the are. jsut in case

thnaks heaps guys.
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inkodinkomalinko
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male usa
Its really hard to sex. Basically the males will have a more ounced head. The whole head would be bigger, (compare the fish vs body). The vertical fin would also be longer. If you observe them in a colony, the males usually will be more aggressive and fierce.

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