AngelFish Gender

[Hamsnacks]

Got these 2 from a tank that was left behind, initially I assumed male female, they stay close to each other, the whiter one to me is clearly a male so I figured the other was a female.

Lately though the white one has been really pecking at the other Angel and I understand that's regular behavior to create order. However would a male peck at a female, or is there a chance the Orange one is also a male, the orange is very friendly.


Not the greatest picture of the Orange Angel, very nervous fish. But any chance someone can tell me the sex?


Thanks


https://imgur.com/gallery/GwcghbD

 

[betta fish]

They are both females by the looks of things

 

[Hamsnacks]

Really hey, I thought the silver/blueish fish was for sure a male lol.
So maybe that's why they are fighting, if I get rid of one and get a male it should be better?

 

[betta fish]

I wouldn't unless you wanted to breed, angels naturally bicker but two females should get along without too much problems, they look good finwise. I had a pair that got along fine and bred and another pair that were constantly fighting as they don't always like their partners! choosing a male would be difficult too as you know they are not too easy to sex, personally I would leave them as they are

 

[Colin_T]

Older males that are well fed are bigger than females and get a fatty deposit on top of their head that gives them the enlarged curved bit. Females are slightly smaller and don't have the fatty deposit. If the fish are not well fed the males don't store fat and don't get the big curved part on their head.

The only accurate way to sex them is to look at the ovipositor (egg laying tube) when the fish are breeding. The males have a longer thin ovipositor and the females have a shorter wider tube.

 

[NickAu]

These were a breeding pair I looked after for a few months, the striped one is male