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2manyFish

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How can I tell which ones male and which ones female? I only have 2 but I know ones male and ones female cuz I just started noticing them laying eggs.
 
You should have been able to see their breeding tubes. On the female it looks like the blunt pencil eraser and the males looks like a sharpened pencil tip. When about to lay and for a short time after laying the female's tube will be most noticeable.
 
If you can't see the breeding tubes, just look for the one chasing everything away from the eggs; that's the female.
 
If you can't see the breeding tubes, just look for the one chasing everything away from the eggs; that's the female.

I have 6 breeding pairs in the 220g and both the males and females do an equal amount of chasing so that won't work in every tank.
 
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