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	How can you tell Paradise fish male/female apart?
GouramiGirl87 Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Aug-2004	How can you tell if a paradise fish is a male or female?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
baerfin Hobbyist Posts: 53 Kudos: 64 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Oct-2003	I would like to know the same?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	the males are more slender and have longer, more pointed caudal(tail) fins The females are plumper and have shorter somewhat rounded tail fins. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Also, males "usually" are more colorful (to add to what callayta said). Eric
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	That's hard. Adult males have longer fins and more color. Also I noticed my female has a more pointed nose than my male. His head is alot bigger and flatter. Although she is definitely fatter than him I would say my female is more streamlined than my male. He looks bigger and broader than her. The young ones still pretty much look the same.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48


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