im not sure what sex my flame gourami is how do i tell

thank you

once again I have only had gourami's since last Friday, but I'm sure that females look like a totally different fish...and apparently most people don't import females.

haha I had to look it up to see what it was! For those who didn't recognise the name, he's talking about a red coloured Dwarf Gourami. Cool looking fish and full of personality (some of them anyway).

And yep, females are grey and have very little colour. Not normally imported because they're not attractive (harder to sell) and because it would encourage private breeding. Well at least that was what I was told when I asked.

I've got a big plump female who snuck in with some boys. Dont actually have a boy to breed her with just yet, her husband-to-be got dropsy and I haven't been able to find another good male since, seems to be a dose of the uglies going around.