Male Or Female Angels I Can Find Out!

[angelfishbetta]

just in front of the anal fin im sorry but i got this all off a book!!!!!!

can someone just close it down im getting in all this hassel thinking what i believe and now i know that i may not be correct

this topic is no longer gonna be used

 

[Miss Wiggle]

I don't mean to hassle you angelfishbetta, I've tried to phrase things tactfully and in a friendly way so as not to upset you. I understand that you are just trying to help people out, but I'm sure you can understand why we must query this when we think people are giving out incorrect information.

Information and advice given on this forum affects the lives of animals in our care, they aren't toys, they are living breathing creatures, so we need to do our best to make sure that information given out on this forum is correct.

Can you imagine if someone acted on bad advice from us and ended up killing their fish? It would be horrible, so if that means sometimes we come across a bit harsh when we are trying to make sure the correct information is out there then I don't mind that. I'd rather have someone think I was harsh than have someone else's fish put at risk from bad advice.

 

[angelfishbetta]

how do u close it down some one tell me!!!!! plz

 

[Miss Wiggle]

you can't close topics yourself, one of the mods has to do it, i've sent a request to them saying you would like it to be closed.

 

[DiscusAngel]

discusangel i think your one is a male!!!!!





good fish

well its a female lol a pair i used to have and that was the female

 

[Genesis]

Looking at his/her profile -

Birthday: 24 May 1999

That being said, if you get a group of angels, it doesn't really matter if they're male or female as there is bound to be some variety.

 

[Tolak]

You have to remember that straight guessing is 50% accuracy. If you have been working with a particular strain for a while you can get better with guessing, but nothing is 100%. Much of it is an instinctual thing, much is based on observing behavior of a group of acclimated & settled in pre-adults or adults.

With older angels, the humpier the head the more likely it is a male. Males are generally skinnier lower down, where females are fatter. Males tend to have an anal fin that is more vertical on the leading edge. In a group of maturing angels the males tend to be a bit larger, as the female's energy is being routed to producing eggs. Males will tend to be more aggressive as well. One trick is to take a known male, and add him to a group, observing how the other fish react. The fish that act aggressively towards the newcomer are usually males.

These are just trends, you can have a fatter male with an angled anal fin, or a large humped aggressive female. Using this, observing behavior, and gut instinct you can get closer to 75% accuracy, which is about two out of three, not really accurate at all.

Since much is based on observing behavior, sexing via the internet using pictures is 100% accurate 50% of the time.