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big_bad_jon2006
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Registered: Mar 2004

posted 03-05-2004 07:41 PM

How do you tell if a gold fish (or any fish for that matter: my oscar) is a male or female?

edited for language.

[This message has been edited by Hooben (edited 03-06-2004).]

t_chelle16
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Posts: 501
From:Missouri
Registered: Feb 2004

posted 03-05-2004 08:26 PM

As for oscars, the only ways to sex them are to watch a successful spawning (female will have a larger breeding tube), disect them (not recommended ), and vent them. Here's a couple articles on venting fish. I've done it with a few species of african cichlids and my 2 oscars, but sometimes there is very little difference between males & females so it takes quite a bit of experience to do it with any certainty.
http://www.thecichlidgallery.com/article_venting.htm
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/gender.php
http://www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm

-Chelle

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