How To Sex Angelfish

[ApistoNut]

i have 2 angels that are mature now but i would like to find out if they are male and female??

how do i sex them?

 

[SchottayB]

I'd like to know also. I hear they are quite hard to sex.

 

[minnnt]

They are notoriously hard to sex. Some males develop a small nauchal hump on their heads, but this isn't very reliable. The only true way is to vent them but I have no idea how to do this. The females tube is thicker than the males.

 

[Ludwig Venter]

I'd like to know also. I hear they are quite hard to sex.

Yes... they are hard to sex, the only infallable method is when they are ready to breed, the ovipositor of the male is more pointed that that of the female..... However!!.... (this is not published anywhere and I will not vouch for it) BUT my personal observation is that the distance of the ventrals to the gills in males are shorter than that of a female.... My opinion exclussively, but I have a 96% success rate in sexing them.

At the end of the day though.... get yourself some 8 to 12 Angels to ensure you will have at least one of each sex and let them pair off naturaly.

 

[ApistoNut]

i picked up 2 angel fish from a local paper and was told one lays eggs but not too sure on it just have to wait and see as hey told me they were a pair