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Libero
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 Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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Hello, Can someone help me identify the sex of my goldfish.
Will this pic be sufficient to identify ?
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Ram_a_rosi
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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| One thing I noticed in your tank is that you have kept your aerator pump below the water level without any check valve. In case the power goes the water will go back into the aerator and there would be a shortcircuit with a WET WET floor |
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Rahulrohit
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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Hi,
As far as i know, the only way to identify the sex of goldfish is when they mate. The male goldfish will chase the female goldfish and will force her to throw eggs out of her mouth which it fertilizes.
Yes during this time, the male goldfish would have ich like white spots on his gills and pectoral fins.
hope it helps. :)
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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| Ram_a_rosi wrote (View Post):
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One thing I noticed in your tank is that you have kept your aerator pump below the water level without any check valve. In case the power goes the water will go back into the aerator and there would be a shortcircuit with a WET WET floor
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 you just saved him. but i guess, water wont climb up the height (may be 1 inch)above the water level, as there is only air coming through that pipe.
but why take risk. i'm with you  |
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Libero
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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@Ram_a_rosi,
You sure have a sharp observation ! . I shall lift the pump above the threshold level right away.
@Rahulrohit,
It's sad that i cannot identify the sex of my fish. I was planning to get opposite sex and put them in a bigger tank.
Do LFS ppl know the sexes ? they always sell fishes in pair, do they ever provide with opposite sex or just random ? |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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| Rahulrohit wrote (View Post):
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will force her to throw eggs out of her mouth which it fertilizes
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No, goldfish aren't mouth brooders. |
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crazyomzi
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:35 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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the LFS ppl are not much bothered about the gender of fish which they are selling, they will simply pick up fish at random and give them to you unless you specifically tell them to give any specific fish.
may be this will help you
http://www.bristol-aquarists.org.uk/goldfish/info/sexing-fs.htm
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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gold fish are carps, they require a big space to become adults, and also to breed , they cannot be bred in fish tanks of small size, the sexing is very easy
if u hold an adult goldfish and press gently near the abdomen or the anus it will release sperm as a white liquid, otherwise its a female,and also females have very fat bellies to hold the eggs ,easily distinguished when they are not fed for 2-3 days, it requires 2-3 males to fertilize 1 females eggs properly |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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Hmm.... Alright ! One more query, do you recommend me to keep my tank bare [No substrate] ?
The goldfish is pooping a lot, sometimes i see long poop even when i have not fed him for last 12 hrs ! As you can see from my aquarium pic (above) that i have stones, the poop really penetrates deep, and 100% cleaning by siphon is not possible. Hence i just removed all the stones. I hope i did right thing  |
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crazyomzi
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| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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its advisable to keep some substrate, else all the poo will be floating in the tank. if you can change water daily then you can keep it bare bottom else keep some substrate.
goldfish will continuously take in some sand or any other fine substrate and spit it out. hence i would say that small stones are prefered over sand.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:28 am Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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Goldfish poop a lot........ A good filter with weekly water changes ( gravel vaccuming would be good ) would keep the tank clean.
Like angels, the sureshot way of sexing goldfish is when they mate. The male will continuously chase the female, nudging at her Anal duct with his nose, making her release the eggs. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:31 am Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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@crazyomzi,
Yes, i am ready to clean every day with bare bottom.
@Linelogic,
I knew that goldfish poops a lot before buying them, but never knew they will poop so often ! even when i dont feed them for last 12 hrs, they poop, sometimes very long poop. The sad part about sexing is i have a single fish, I guess i will never know it's sex [ i assume it's a male]. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: Identifying sex of goldfish |
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I went BARE !
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