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Old 05/24/2004, 09:16 PM
Noffler Noffler is offline
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how can you tell male from female

I just bought my first 2 perc clowns the other day. Is there a way I can tell if they are male and female? It'll be just my luck to find I have two females
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Old 05/24/2004, 09:20 PM
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Start by reading this FAQ sticky.
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=215098

Generally, if one of them is bigger than the other, then that is (or will be) the female.

The best way is to get two small/immature clowns and let them decide who will be femal and who male.
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Old 05/24/2004, 09:21 PM
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The Female are usally alot larger than the males. If you got them very small in time one will develop into a female and the other a male.
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Old 05/25/2004, 12:21 AM
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As long as the fish are 3/4" or smaller, the larger shoudl develop into a female and the smaller shoudl develope into a male. I am currently doing the same to my percs. If you see them fighting alot.... dont worry, theyre going to fight alot for a bit. The large one needs to establish dominance to become a female. GL
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Old 05/25/2004, 11:05 AM
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I do see one of them do a lot of head butting. Thought he was just being playful.. Also the lighter colored one seems to have developed a very small white spec of something right above it's left fin. I'm on day 3 now. Should I be worried as of yet?
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Old 05/25/2004, 11:11 AM
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just watch for ich.... but dont worry yet
 


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