swordtails can u help me

lil shant · Member Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 176

i got 5 baby swordtails i want to noe when i will noe if tehy r male or female

big-pig-666 · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject:

you can't tell the sex untill there larger...

Tank · Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 22

I don't promise but I think if you have 5 one will turn out to be a male as i believe they can change sex. I'm sure i read it somewhere.

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3437

Nope, they can't change sex. Granted, there are some marine fish that can, but none of the freshwater ones commonly kept as pets do. But what sometimes happens is a male will be a late bloomer. He'll look like a female, but will really be a male that just hasn't developed the male characteristics yet.

-Chelle