Cinnebuns Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) I have decided to practice my breeding skills on petco $2 mutts before investing into better genes. I have had fish for a little over a month now. I got my lone male guppy 2 girlfriends. Or so I was told but am not sure. Before anyone asks or comments I do have plans for fry. 3 different places they can go. I'm questioning if this really is a female. I'm extremely new to this but I don't see a gravid spot yet I see an anal fin. She/He does have a small tail and not brightly colored so idk. I also have noticed that although the male does stick by the other female a lot, he doesn't pay any attention to this one. Does seem to gave a female rounded body but idk. What do you think? Btw I was forced to go to petco for them so I would not at all be surprised if they got it wrong. The other female I got is def a female Edited December 23, 2021 by Cinnebuns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted December 23, 2021 Administrators Share Posted December 23, 2021 Male in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 3:16 AM, Cory said: Male in the photo. Damn, I was hoping my noobness would make me wrong. I guess it's a good thing I learned enough to know better than what that silly store told me. Going to my LFS tomorrow to get an actual female so my male doesn't harass the 1 female too much. Ty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KobaBetta Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 A good way to distinguish between males and females is by looking at the fins under the fish. Males will have a stick like fin and females will have a triangular fin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 When you look for the difference in abdominal fin shape, keep in mind that females regularly "fold" their fan-shaped fin for a moment here and there, making it look like a gonopodium. So if you see a clear fan-shape, it's very likely to be female. (Rarely, it's a late-blooming male.) But if you see a gonopodium shape on a fish you really like, and the body shape doesn't make it obvious that it's a male, keep staring at the abdominal fin for a minute to see if maybe it'll open into a fan. You might get a really cool female by doing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted December 23, 2021 Author Share Posted December 23, 2021 @CalmedByFish the gonopodium is what immediately made me realize it was male. I was unsure mostly because of inexperience and it's, let's be frank, ugly color and tail. Knowing that a female can disguise this does help for sexing in the future. Tips like that might save me some mistakes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 5:29 PM, Cinnebuns said: @CalmedByFish the gonopodium is what immediately made me realize it was male. I was unsure mostly because of inexperience and it's, let's be frank, ugly color and tail. Knowing that a female can disguise this does help for sexing in the future. Tips like that might save me some mistakes! I don't think his color is ugly 🙂 There are some colors of guppies that look more amazing when there are many of them in a tank, while just one of them is maybe a little plain. I think black Moscow guppies fit into this category. Then there are some where they really stand out when there is just one of them mixed in with other fish, but a whole tank of them is almost too much, like these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 6:57 PM, PineSong said: There are some colors of guppies that look more amazing when there are many of them in a tank, while just one of them is maybe a little plain That's fair. I still vote him ugly and off the island. He's now in my friend's tank lol. When I thought he was female I kinda liked him. For a male I'm not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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