new flowerhorn male or female?

[scotth42]

heres a pic of my new flowerhorn i picked up yesterday i was wondering what it could be a m/f? i was told it was a male but i have seen males smaller with the hump on the head so i dunno

 

[House 64]

This should be posted in the Hybrid forum...

I'm thinking male as well bc there isn't a black mark on the dorsal fin.

 

[Angler]

Size of the kok is not a good way to sex Flowerhorns. It is kinda hard to tell by that picture if it is male or female.

 

[scotth42]

yeah the guy i got him off said he had 3 2 females witch looked smaller and had pale color and this he told me was a male. but after looking at some pics his head does not have much of a hump so i didn't think male but i am hoping he is

 

[xiahaolong168]

how much did you buy that for? I'm not liking it too much. no offense.

 

[scotth42]

that pic is washed out let me try a new pic

 

[Gage]

no one will be able to give you a definite answer, because there are no 100% accurate method of sexing visually besides venting it. Black in the dorsal, kok size, body shape etc, are far from 100% accurate way of sexing these guys.

why isnt this in the hybrid section, there is a hybrid section for a reason

 

[scotth42]

yeah i didn't see the hybrid section i put it there now

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

could a mod move this please?

 

[lfelicilda]

Hi. it must be a female. head isnt good. nice though