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Post by cashay on Apr 1, 2009 8:02:13 GMT -5
I got an orange and a powdered blue yesterday, I put them in my 20 gallon, with my baby mollies, I tried to take pictures but i didnt really get any good ones yet, my camara is slow compared to them! lol
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Post by Carl on Apr 1, 2009 9:26:38 GMT -5
Gouramis can be difficult to sex, however I have found that with Dwarf Gouramis the makes are much more colorful (such as in the Powder Blue where the female is more washed out and grey in color; basically this would be color dimorphism for Dwarf Gouramis) This basic article has a section about sexing Gouramis: Aquarium answers; Sexing FishCarl
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Post by cashay on Apr 1, 2009 9:28:48 GMT -5
hmmm I must have two males then because these are very pretty in color.
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on Apr 1, 2009 12:44:06 GMT -5
It is very hard to find a female gourami at a petstore...I have only seen a few but did not want them at the time.
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Post by corycatwoman on Apr 1, 2009 15:02:14 GMT -5
the dwarf types have different top fins. the males have a fin that comes to a point. but you cant always use this because the way they keep them in pet stores theres so many males in one tank they may nip off the point of the fin. but ill post a picture for you to show you what a males fin looks like and what a females fin looks like.
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Post by corycatwoman on Apr 1, 2009 15:05:06 GMT -5
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Post by murdock6701 on Apr 1, 2009 16:13:17 GMT -5
be warned, males gouramis can be territorial - if you have 2, one may end up beating the daylights out of or even killing the other regardless of species - just had that occur not too long ago with an orange dwarf and a pair of powder blues.....good luck and keep an eye on them - one will end up being dominant
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Post by corycatwoman on Apr 1, 2009 23:28:28 GMT -5
exactly murdock. you should keep only 1 of them in the tank unless you have alot of room for them if your only using a 10 or a 30 gallon tank only keep 1 male.
thats also why in my previous post about sexing with the top fin technique doesnt work everytime just because there soo aggressive with other males that they will nip at them and sometimes not all the time but more than you realize youll think you have a female but really another male nipped the tip of the tail off leaving it look rather rounded.
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Post by cashay on Apr 2, 2009 8:20:20 GMT -5
well they both actually look like the female, And i did notice the orange is more out in the open and the blue took right up under the little bridge thing I have, and stays under near the filter alot , but i haven't seen any aggression yet, I have to try and get my pics up here.
Thank you for the pictures corycatwoman... ;D i am going to try and get my pics on here tonight. In the pics above it looks like the males top fins are more narrow and shorter then the females too?? hmmmm
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on Apr 2, 2009 9:28:12 GMT -5
be warned, males gouramis can be territorial - if you have 2, one may end up beating the daylights out of or even killing the other regardless of species - just had that occur not too long ago with an orange dwarf and a pair of powder blues.....good luck and keep an eye on them - one will end up being dominant Maybe that is why I am down to just 1 gouramis!!! I had 4 and only have 1 now!!! I have them in a 55g.
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Post by corycatwoman on Apr 2, 2009 12:32:59 GMT -5
ya gouramis are very beautiful fish and with my experience with them you need to be very careful with there ventral fins. it can be very crucial to there survival in a community tank. if they lose or damage one of them there behavior drasticly changes and in my case lead to death.
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Post by cashay on Apr 2, 2009 17:17:41 GMT -5
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Post by cashay on Apr 2, 2009 17:19:05 GMT -5
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Post by Carl on Apr 2, 2009 17:34:20 GMT -5
I am not confident based on the picture what sex the powder blue is, but the last picture definitely seems to be a male to me.
Carl
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Post by cashay on Apr 2, 2009 17:35:55 GMT -5
the blue one is behind the orange YEP I think they are both males also...
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Post by corycatwoman on Apr 2, 2009 19:15:08 GMT -5
id say they are both males. just keep an eye on the orange one because it apears to be bigger and prolly more dominant size matters in the fish world. nice pics by the way. try taking more during feeding time or right before the lights turn off they hold still better and seem to be lazier later on in the night.
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Post by murdock6701 on Apr 5, 2009 18:07:38 GMT -5
The best way to differentiate between the male and female Gourami is by the dorsal fin. In the male, the dorsal fin is long and pointed, while the female's is shorter and rounded - hope this helps.....
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Post by corycatwoman on Apr 5, 2009 19:05:55 GMT -5
thanks for shortening my answer but it doesnt always work depending on where they were kept before being baught some of the larger more dominant males definately might nip off chunks of the fin but its always a start on trying to figure out the sex then would be to purchase and observe if they are agressive with eachother chances are you got 2 males.
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Post by cashay on Apr 10, 2009 13:34:18 GMT -5
Yep I believe I have got two males, And the orange one is so mean to the powder blue one! I see him bumping into him and chasing him all the time, I will have to seperate them huh? had I known the orange was going to be so mean!, I didnt notice him picking on any of them before I bought him.... Other then seperating them is their any other thing I can do,so he won't hurt the blue one?
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Post by cashay on Apr 10, 2009 16:54:02 GMT -5
This is the blue one, see his fin? it seems like it has a chunk taken out on the top
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