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April 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| maybe a pair?
My 2 Angels (Pepper and Mustard) have been 'hanging around' together, whenever i look at the tank, 90% of the time they are within 6" of eachother, Peppers Breeding tube is starting to show so i think he is a male but im not sure about the other
this is pepper before the breeding tube started to show  
could some one help me sex them and tell if they are becoming a pair?
Thanks
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Honestly I stink at sexing Angels..Shawnie is good at it!!..lol...But you only know for sure when they spawn..If you could get a pic of the breeding tube then I'm sure someone could easily sex it. | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| hmmm ...the top one is deffinately a male(hump in his brow area if fish have a brow lol and pointed topfin )....and the bottom looks to have the start of a hump brow but his taller top fin looks not as pointy (all the males ive seen have the pointed fin and fems is more rounded) so im not sure but falling towards male on the bottom one....carol is actually the angel goddess (wow that sounds majestic!) and maybe she will see this thread ...how old are these beautiful fish? | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| The top one looks like a male and the bottom one looks like a female. It is quite possible that they are pairing up. How large are they? You can't tell for sure that they have paired up until they spawn, but my angels that have paired off became insperable before they started spawning. | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| lol....I might be wrong then.....just a guess........ | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I would hazard a guess as they are both males,the ventral fins are sloped,not straight. The heads on both seem equally rounded. Females have a tendency to be more angular almost arrow shaped.I could be wrong,but not likely to get a pair here,even though 2 females will pair off,not sure about males. | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| males will do the same..its a 50/50 ..sometimes they get along for life ....ive even had 2 fems spawn together LOL (of course without you boyz around, nothing comes of it) and im falling towards 2 males also still..but not 100% maybe 95% | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by Shawnie  males will do the same..its a 50/50 ..sometimes they get along for life ....ive even had 2 fems spawn together LOL (of course without you boyz around, nothing comes of it) and im falling towards 2 males also still..but not 100% maybe 95% | Yeah,angels are fairly hard to sex. My angels have formed a trio.1 male and 2 females,and they are rather mean around spawn time. I would say I am about 95% certain both pics are males. | |
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April 5th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| ok thanks everyone, i brought them quite old, not sure they have grown sinche ive got them, they are about 3.5" body diameter | |
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April 6th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| they're gorgeous!  hopefully you've got a pair, but as long as they get along that's what's really important! | |
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April 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Sorry it took so long but i got a picture of the breeding tube of one of the angels, the other still isnt showing one | |
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April 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by jack--sos Sorry it took so long but i got a picture of the breeding tube of one of the angels, the other still isnt showing one | It would be more accurate if I could see them moving but let's see.
Hard to tell from pic but is the end of tube on silver angel blunt or somewhat sharp?
If blunt then my guess would be both female.
If the tube is sharp, probably opposite gender. | |
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April 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| i think the grey/black angel is a Female, the breeding tube is out more now and it looks blunt, although the other angel has no sign of a breeding tube yet, is this normal? | |
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