Determining sex of arowana when 9 inches
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I have written a book on how to determine the sex of an Asian Arowana, regardless whether it is a fry or an adult, based on my experience of owning more than 50 arowanas over more than 20 years. It is available for sale in Amazon. The sex of this fish is actually written on its face, even when it is a fry. It's very easy to tell. My book will tell you how :
1st pic : the rear end is wide and fat. the head is narrow and sharp. Its a female.
2nd pic : Near to camera : female(smaller head relative to fat body). Further away : male.(larger, wider head with slim body)
3rd pic : Male (larger, wider head with slim body.
2nd pic : Near to camera : female(smaller head relative to fat body). Further away : male.(larger, wider head with slim body)
3rd pic : Male (larger, wider head with slim body.
Ok, Thx to you my 2 Arowana are currently going through a gender identification crisis -- or rather I am (most assuredly they already know
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But kudos on taking the time to write and publish a book regarding one of the more mysterious aspects of Asian Arowana keeping.
Actually I'm not at all interested in breeding my Aros even if they were opposite sex, it's more just curiosity/personal convenience. But I checked out your book on Amazon (though I don't use Amazon so I'm sorry I can't buy it), and could see your main points and quite interesting info by clicking on the photos.
But getting back to my first point, if I correctly understand your criteria, it's possible that I've mis-guessed the gender of one or maybe both of my Aros (both from Malaysian farms): a GHXB that I guessed/kinda felt was male, and a BBXB that I have been guessing is a female. I've had them since last Dec & Jan, when they both were about 10-10.5".
Of course I'm fully open to the possibility I've been wrong with 1 or both, so would appreciate your opinion on their gender. Here are some pix of them taken with the last few hours:
).But kudos on taking the time to write and publish a book regarding one of the more mysterious aspects of Asian Arowana keeping.
Actually I'm not at all interested in breeding my Aros even if they were opposite sex, it's more just curiosity/personal convenience. But I checked out your book on Amazon (though I don't use Amazon so I'm sorry I can't buy it), and could see your main points and quite interesting info by clicking on the photos.
But getting back to my first point, if I correctly understand your criteria, it's possible that I've mis-guessed the gender of one or maybe both of my Aros (both from Malaysian farms): a GHXB that I guessed/kinda felt was male, and a BBXB that I have been guessing is a female. I've had them since last Dec & Jan, when they both were about 10-10.5".
Of course I'm fully open to the possibility I've been wrong with 1 or both, so would appreciate your opinion on their gender. Here are some pix of them taken with the last few hours:
Im so interested in your Book im looking it up now to find out more about the condition of the water and certain parasite...If it just consists of sexes that is okay i need the INFO......Do you raise fish to sell or just write about them?
There is a Book on Amazon that seams similuar to the one you have publish im going to try to purchase it regarding sexing the Arowanna...
Hmmm, still no reply to my sexing query -- I dunno, maybe he's busy writing another book. But frankly I'm starting to wonder if perhaps it's not always so cut and dried after all...that's cool, my Aros certainly don't GAF what I'm calling them.
1st fish has the lower jaw jutting out. that one looks female
3rd fish does not have lower jaw jutting out. It looks male. It is not the same fish. Look carefully and you will notice, bro..
another thing, look again. 1st fish has intact tail. 3rd fish has a broken tail, probably due to fighting. So its not the same fish.