Peacock gudgeons sexing help!!

[hellaasian]

I have two peacock gudgeons and need help sexing them!!
I also have a badis,amano shrimp and cherry shrimp i also have eggs on my java fern can anyone tell me what kind of eggs they are?

 

[jetajockey]

Looks like 2 females to me, although juvenile males look like females also.

 

[hellaasian]

 

[hellaasian]

Looks like 2 females to me, although juvenile males look like females also.

You sure cause the head on one fish is bigger than the other and they have different fin markings

 

[jetajockey]

Maybe a few more pics of them would help. Those eggs are pond snail or ramshorn eggs.

 

[hellaasian]

 

[hellaasian]

Il get more pics tomorrow and do u know anythin about fantasy eels

 

[jetajockey]

I dug up some photos.

The one on the left looks like it could be a male, does he have larger fins than the other?

Try putting in some PVC tubes to see if they'll breed.

And no, I don't keep eels.

 

[hellaasian]

Yea and the male has a rounder head and the female has a pointy head but the female also has black markings on the outter edge of her fin which the male dosent

 

[jetajockey]

He may still be young yet, I see what you are saying. It looks like the head is getting that flat look to it.

 

[hellaasian]

I hope its a male and do u know where i can get a female scarlet badis

 

[jetajockey]

Females seem to be hard to come by. Your best bet is to find a vendor online who carries scarlet badis and give them an email to ask if they have any.

 

[hellaasian]

Yea i know my gf has a female so i really want one hopefully find one soon thanks for tha help

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

I dug up some photos.

The one on the left looks like it could be a male, does he have larger fins than the other?

Try putting in some PVC tubes to see if they'll breed.

And no, I don't keep eels.

The one on the left is most certainly a male. The males and females have different head structures. On the male on left you can see that he has kind of a large "forehead" area as opposed to the females who are more streamline.

Granted, only more mature fish show the sexual dimorphism.