Hello,
I ve just adquired my first flowerhorn, i have similiar fish like midas and trimac but this is my first FH. What i would like to know is how to distinguish sex between FH, at the petstore there where 2 FH for sale, both around 1,5 in or so, i wanted a male i and picked the one with more pointed dorsal fins and kind of slimer body... however the other FH was more colorful (more red in it) and had somewhat bigger eyes, the pet owner told me the latter one was probably the male but i followed "my instinct" and picked the other one... :/ I wonder if there is any way to diferenciate sexs at this size and if there is what clues should i follow? (i was particularly reluctant about the color because usually the males are more colofull and still i picked the less red colored fish based more on "his body shape")...
I thank you in advance for any advises,
When i have the oportunity i will try to put some pics,
Thx
I ve just adquired my first flowerhorn, i have similiar fish like midas and trimac but this is my first FH. What i would like to know is how to distinguish sex between FH, at the petstore there where 2 FH for sale, both around 1,5 in or so, i wanted a male i and picked the one with more pointed dorsal fins and kind of slimer body... however the other FH was more colorful (more red in it) and had somewhat bigger eyes, the pet owner told me the latter one was probably the male but i followed "my instinct" and picked the other one... :/ I wonder if there is any way to diferenciate sexs at this size and if there is what clues should i follow? (i was particularly reluctant about the color because usually the males are more colofull and still i picked the less red colored fish based more on "his body shape")...
I thank you in advance for any advises,
When i have the oportunity i will try to put some pics,
Thx
