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About Chris Robbins
Expertise
I have 25+ years of personal experience as a pet
store employee and manager in the family pet store
business. The main part of our business was
Freshwater Fish. I can answer questions on; Fish care, diseases,
parasites and fish identification, feeding your
fish, breeding and sexing your fish, setting up
your aquarium, cleaning your aquarium, and
"what`s this weird stuff in my tank/on my
fish" questions. I am not an African Cichlid expert, Plant expert or Brackish Expert. No Pond or Saltwater Questions Please.
Experience
I worked in and managed my family's fish and pet and fish store for 26 years and maintained the 35 aquariums. My experience also has included occasional in-home consultation and aquarium maintenance for my clients.
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You are here: Experts > Animals/Pets > Pet Fish > Fish > Male or Female??
Expert: Chris Robbins
Date: 3/9/2008
Subject: Male or Female??
Question
Hi, I have 3 fantail goldfishes. 2 of them are orange and the other one is a calico fantail. I just got them and at the petstore they didn't put the females and males in seperate tanks and I really would like to know how to tell the difference between male and female. Hope you can help! Thanks
Answer
Hi Shauna;
It's very difficult to tell male and female goldfish, and it's pretty much impossible while they are still babies under a year old. There are no obvious differences until they are actually ready to breed, usually springtime. Male goldfish will develop little spots on their gill plates and front edges of their pectoral fins called "breeding stars" or "breeding tubercles". Females don't have the tubercles but lack of them doesn't necessarily mean the fish is female. The fish could be an immature male that doesn't have them yet. Here is a web page with photos and more information about it;
http://thegab.org/Articles/SexingGoldfish.html
Good luck!
At Your Service;
Chris Robbins
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