firefish sex

[moopiespoo]

I got a pair of firefish and was just wondering if there is a way to distinguish male from female.

 

[toddpolish]

throw a tv remote in the tank. whichever one goes to it first is the male.
umm...I dunno

 

[aarone]

i think whosever dorsal fin is longer is the male. The bigger is usually the female. HTH

 

[moopiespoo]

Todd, lol but not true, in my house I always hold the remote. Aarone one is bigger but their dorsals look the same size to me. Anybody else?

 

[aarone]

Sorry i just thought that was funny
here check this out it might help.
http://petplace.netscape.com/article...asp?artID=2996

 

[bbuck_camelback]

there really is no way to distinguish externally. Both female and male are too similiar to differniate which are male and female.

 

[aarone]

ok lets just give up all hope.

 

[steelchromis]

I lucked out, I picked to firefish and they are a mated pair.

 

[toddpolish]

that pic is worthy of a printout!!! nice...

 

[fshhub]

unfortunately I hae heard the theories
longer fin, not true(esp since they often loose some or all of it)
larger size, not true either, could also be merely age difference
there really is no way to tell for sure, not that we can or would do anyway. no visible external differences.

 

[jp0379]

Originally posted by moopiespoo
Todd, lol but not true, in my house I always hold the remote.

Congrats, Moo. You should be very proud.