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Old February 10th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
Males or Females?

I just got these two fish from the store. At the store they looked like a male and female pair. Now they look like 2 males. What do you think?
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Old February 10th, 2008  
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The second picture is a female platy, I'm not so sure about the other one
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Old February 10th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
Male or Female Platies?

I posted this on the Freshwater topic but wanted to try and catch everyone's opinion (plus I took some better pics). What sex do you think these two are? I thought one was male and one was female but once I got them home I don't know. What do you think?
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Old February 11th, 2008  
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They look like a female to me.
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Old February 11th, 2008  
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female
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Old February 12th, 2008  
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Welcome to Fishlore.

Beautiful coloring on the platys. They look identical and I think you have 2 females. Their anal fins are both fan-shaped?

Last edited by COBettaCouple; February 12th, 2008 at 02:49 AM.
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Old February 12th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
Thanks! We thought they had good color too. They have the fan shaped anal fin but you can see how it is a little pointed. We have one other that is definatly female but these two swim around with without the anal fin faned out and the way it is pointed proved to be misleading when I was at the store.
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Old February 12th, 2008  
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Looks like they are both females. Sometimes they hold the fin against their body and it looks like a gonopodium.
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Old February 17th, 2008  
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The second one looks like a female but i am not sure about the first one.
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Old February 17th, 2008  
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I hate to say it but unlike what everyone else said, they are now males. Their anal fins are folding over so they are becoming male.One of my female swords' anal fin is folding over. She'll be male very soon.
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Old February 20th, 2008  
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