How can I sex Orandas? I have purchased six of them and would like to start breeding them however my lfs didnt know how to sex themm... Any thoughts?
Goldfish sex
- Thread starter dchava
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My thoughts... there's no lack of goldfish quantity and most goldfish look the same, so why breed?
No offense.
No offense.
I absolutely have no idea, and maybe MFK isnt the best of choices for this selection, i would simply
just search around, i dont know anyone here that keeps goldfish or similiar, sorry man, this might be
the wrong forum, best of luck and return when you have some true monsters,
just search around, i dont know anyone here that keeps goldfish or similiar, sorry man, this might be
the wrong forum, best of luck and return when you have some true monsters,
I have bred fancy goldfish many times berfore.........The person needs fully developed adults..........The males grow white spots on their gill covers and side flippers(sometimes)...........Males are more slim, and sometimes more elongated than that of females...Females are way more easier to sex..Females are way more fat at the belly, more "egg shaped........"Especially around breeding time, The belly becomes well rounded.......When breeding, males chase females around the tank and both expell their eggs and sperm at the same time.............Eggs hatch within 2-3 days and the fry become free swimming within 7 days..............
Same could be said for most of the fish mentioned in the breeding section, only a few specialty breeders regularly post.
Orandas have varying looks as well as Pearlscale goldfish.
This can be applied to basically all fish in the hobby. Like honestly, GT's, JD's, Jaguars, arowanas, mollies, guppies, convicts, this list goes on and on.
"True monsters".. Hmm.. Since when were goldfish not monster fish?
male goldfish(especially fancy goldfish) usually have longer fin and tail than female ( this is about 70-80% right). If you fish are adult fish, try press in their belly near the vent, if you see sperm, it's a male, if nothing(or sometime eggs when the fish is full of eggs) it's a female! Or you can look at their body shape, the male usually have rectangle body while the female is more like trapezoid body with the belly bigger than head! they also have different eating habit, the female will eat a lot and eat continually while the male usually eat a bit and swim around then comeback and eat!