sexing oranda

[jobon]

Can any one tell us how to sex a oranda . when buying from a pet shop. these days looking at biger belly you can be fulled as some mix breed with rufkins to get the short body . just want a easy way to tell when you are in a pet shop wanting to buy. thank you

[alanmin4304]

It is not easy to tell unless they are large enough to breed and in breeding condition. The female's belly becomes distended, often more to one side, as it swells with roe. The male develops pimple-like lumps on the gill plates and leading edge of the pectoral fins. The male chases the female and the female lays the eggs. Not easy when young and in the off season.

[craig]

keep an eye on those front fins,the front edge,girls thin,boys thick but only on adults. in breeding season that part gets even thicker and white and pimply in boy's.

hope this is of some help,this is just going on what i have seen in my own fish. could be wrong. boy's always seem prettier,leaner. :lol:

cheers shell/craig

[jobon]

I brough a nice red cap from a pet shop deep red not the surface type head growth like a golf ball yes it has a lean body but the front fins are not thick the lady in the pet shop said it has been mix but is a male .

I am only guessing you are graig that has some of i loves fish .

as he mixs with rufkins they all seem to be round at the back .

i am wanting to get a female or 2 with resonble head an dont want to end up with a hole lot of males . i hope too have first real go at breeding this season. as i use to breed show budges breeding birds where hard to find in season . So i am hoping to find a good female oranda before breeding season