Christmasfish
Aquarium Advice Addict
Colisa males have one thing different from 4 months on..that is body shape...
then soon after the fins start elongating to a point more clearly.
This applies to most popular gourami types.
Many times a tank trouble making female are actually a male that was not yet colored, babdly coloered, sick or stressed. Colore is not the best judge..females are almost never highly colored...but males can drab down to female coloration. Specially young ones.
So here smallfry..as I said I would: id reference
then soon after the fins start elongating to a point more clearly.
This applies to most popular gourami types.
Many times a tank trouble making female are actually a male that was not yet colored, babdly coloered, sick or stressed. Colore is not the best judge..females are almost never highly colored...but males can drab down to female coloration. Specially young ones.
So here smallfry..as I said I would: id reference