male or female opaline gourami?
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Dragonwolf
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I want to say female. The females usually have a shorter rounded dorsal fin and a broader breast than the males. The male's fin is usually longer and ends in a point and the male's breast is slim like the rest of him.
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So I got my gourami a mate. The fish store man said my opaline was a male and advise me to get a female. So I picked a gold gourami and this is her. (Or so I thought). When I put her in my tank, the blue was very curious and kept following her and it looked like love at first sight. About an hour later, he started picking at her tail and kept chasing her and wouldn't leave her alone the whole night. This morning when I went to check on them, her tail was ripped
. Now I wonder if I really do have a male and female, or 2 males, or 1 very aggressive female and 1 passive female. I separated them and kept the gold one with my oranda goldfish. Surprisingly, they get along great. Can anyone tell me if I really did get a gold female? If so, why would the blue male go after a female like that? Im not sure what to do right now, I might just leave the gold in with my oranda since they are friends now...here are some pictures of her/him? Sorry if theres a lot, I tried to get as much details as possible. Thanks everyone!
So I got my gourami a mate. The fish store man said my opaline was a male and advise me to get a female. So I picked a gold gourami and this is her. (Or so I thought). When I put her in my tank, the blue was very curious and kept following her and it looked like love at first sight. About an hour later, he started picking at her tail and kept chasing her and wouldn't leave her alone the whole night. This morning when I went to check on them, her tail was ripped
. Now I wonder if I really do have a male and female, or 2 males, or 1 very aggressive female and 1 passive female. I separated them and kept the gold one with my oranda goldfish. Surprisingly, they get along great. Can anyone tell me if I really did get a gold female? If so, why would the blue male go after a female like that? Im not sure what to do right now, I might just leave the gold in with my oranda since they are friends now...here are some pictures of her/him? Sorry if theres a lot, I tried to get as much details as possible. Thanks everyone! Attachments
Dragonwolf
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To me it looks like you have 2 females.
Dragonwolf
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What gave it away?
Angel_fish
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Deffinently female. The dorsal fin is rounded, if it were a boy it would be pointed.
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