At the risk of asking an incredibly silly question...

I have to do it. I have a gorgeous black moor. Is there a way I can tell what sex it is? I've tried to find an answer here but may be looking in the wrong place.

Thanks!

Deanna RN

There's a couple of ways of determining the sex of ur fish:

1. If ur fish is already mature (1 year+), a male will have breeding tubercles on his perctoral fins and gill plates.

2. A female will have an "outie" anus & a male will have an "innie" anus

3. A male's first ray of the pectoral fin is thicker than female's

d_golem.. thankyew for posting that, there was a couple i didnt know and im questioning my fishies at the moment i think i have one male and one female.. i think i will try a bit of crossbreeding in a year or two! Orandchu.. lol oor Ranchanda (Lozbug came up with them!)

Hey! Thanks so much! I'll check it out right now.

Deanna

Is that why my Rukin has those pin hole looking things on his gills?

sounds like male...they look like white pimples?

He is definately a male. These are really tiny kind of white they don't really look raised like pimples and definately not the breeding stars. Looks like someone poked him with a pin several times on each side. We've had him a year this past July.

dmhosea I hope I didn't tread on your thread