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khai Small Fry Posts: 14 Kudos: 9 Votes: 9 Registered: 18-Feb-2007	I have 2 dwarf gourami, 5 yellow barb, 5 tiger barb in 120L tank. Anybody here know how to determine which one is male or female in dwarf gourami? is it the intense coloring?
Posted 21-Feb-2007 11:27
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Typically males are more brightly colored, with females being a bit more greyish brown. The male's dorsal fin is usually more pointed than the female's. Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 21-Feb-2007 16:13
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	Male gouramis are red and blue, females are not, they are grayish pink and it may or may not be possible to make out the striping. It will be very obvious if one is a female, it will look drastically different. Just google "female dwarf gourami" to see pics. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 21-Feb-2007 22:04
juwel-180 Enthusiast Posts: 291 Kudos: 212 Votes: 17 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	the males are normaly more colourfull, where as the females are normaly compleatly silver/grey. the male is normaly bigger in my experiance. But as So_Very_Sneaky said put dwarf gourami female then male on google images a see if your fish look like the pics
Posted 21-Feb-2007 23:09
Two Tanks Big Fish Posts: 449 Kudos: 328 Votes: 13 Registered: 02-Jun-2003	I don't recomend having dwarf gouramis with tiger barbs. Tiger barbs are nasty little fin nippers that will go after your slow moving gouramis. It is rare to find female dwarfs, so both of yours are mostly male. Males don't always get along that well with one another, sort of like male bettas. Your tank is big enough, at least, for the fish to hide from one another, but still - tiger barbs and gouramis and not such a good idea.
Posted 22-Feb-2007 08:07
khai Small Fry Posts: 14 Kudos: 9 Votes: 9 Registered: 18-Feb-2007	hmmm so far i haven't seen any aggression by the barbs, maybe because they are busy with their own school, they just leave the dwarf doing their stuff
Posted 23-Feb-2007 13:29


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