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bettachris     Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004   | how can u tell a male moonbeam from a female. i currently have two can can't tell. the guy at the lfs said that's a pair.  |
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sirbooks     Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004  | Males usually have reddish-orange pelvic fins (the long 'feelers'), and females have yellow ones. I'm not sure whether this applies to juvenile fish though, so you might have to wait to sex your fish. |
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solublefish Fish Addict Posts: 562 Kudos: 850 Votes: 40 Registered: 27-Feb-2004  | I was under the impression that the actual feelers are not colored, but the front part of the anal fin has color. My male gourami has a bit of orange coloring on the anal fin. As sirbooks said, the red-orange color indicates a male, and females usually are yellow or colorless. How large are your fish right now? Last edited by solublefish at 19-Dec-2004 21:17 |
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