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Old October 5th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Can anyone help with sexing?

This is my Blue Acara, (going to the toilet), I've had he/she for around 6 months and theres a Male around the same size for sale locally. If she's a she then I think I'll get her a boyfriend, but I'm not familiar with the differences between sexes of this particular species. Can anyone help?
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Old October 5th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Unfortunately blue acaras look the same except when breeding time. It is at mating that the male develops six to eight green-gold spots but the female remains the same (as usual).

With monomorphic fish (e.g. Oscars) I've had to use the help from my fish vet.

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Old October 5th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Oh darn, I thought they could be sexed. It'll have to be guess work then..........
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Old October 5th, 2009  
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Hello Nick. When I saw " going to the toilet" my first thought was you were going to flush your fish! eeek!!!!!!!! lol. Then I looked at the photos. Just thought I'd share that with you Beautiful fish!
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Old October 5th, 2009  
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Beautiful fish, Nick!
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Old October 5th, 2009  
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That's a gorgeous fish!
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Old October 5th, 2009  
Fish Keeper
 
Hard to tell right now. Females stay smaller then males, and males will also develop the pointed fins at the back that extend past the tail of the fish. Females normally don't have this, but you never know until you see them breed.
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Old November 15th, 2009  
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Yup that's a feme 100% sure of it. They are easy to sex if you know what too look for. The head shape is differant onthe females they have a slope and males are more square. My female is also a darker color but I would not go by that. The head shape is the only ture way to tell.
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