i want 2 female dwarf pygmy puffers.how can i tell the sex?? ive tried looking at the link on this site but it does not work
also would there be much aggression from 2 females??
help sexing dwarf puffers??
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babycham87
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
2 females would be fine.. theres more aggression in the males.
The way i sexed mine was to look for wrinkles behind the eyes.. those are the males.
The way i sexed mine was to look for wrinkles behind the eyes.. those are the males.
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babycham87
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
but how young can they be till you can see this?
Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
If they are too young to see the wrinkles and you are unsure then id leave them till you can see the difference between them. Up to you.. but there will be someone on here that will twll you that you or i have done wrong...
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babycham87
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
yeah i think i will do just that. thanks 
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
Males have a line down their tummy
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
Males are slightly bigger , at first the dots on them become less vibrant and join into lines , wrinkles develop under thier eyes and lastly a dark stripe develops running down the centre of the belly . Females are a bit smaler , are more ' dotted ' and more vibrant , and sometimes show what looks like tiny specks of blue on them .
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
Fish at the store are usually to small and young to sex, but if they have a bunch you might be able to use this to give you better luck...
These are the youngest pics I have but you can see how the male's spots have formed a line along his side. He also has a darker olive color on the top of his head and has much more yellow/gold color around his tail and belly.
The female has a lighter and rounded belly. She also has smaller more defined spots along her side and of course no wrinkles.
These are the youngest pics I have but you can see how the male's spots have formed a line along his side. He also has a darker olive color on the top of his head and has much more yellow/gold color around his tail and belly.
The female has a lighter and rounded belly. She also has smaller more defined spots along her side and of course no wrinkles.
There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
Here's the same article we had on this site before the library zonked out:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_4/ ... Puffer.htm
I always found my females were significantly larger than males.. mostly belly, but definitely larger. That was when fully mature though.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_4/ ... Puffer.htm
I always found my females were significantly larger than males.. mostly belly, but definitely larger. That was when fully mature though.
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Re: help sexing dwarf puffers??
What happened to only getting one?
As the others said it'll be hard to sex them when they're that young. I've had mine almost a year and he only started showing (that I could actually tell, maybe I'm blind) about 3 months ago that he was a boy, he got the wrinkles and then the stripe on his tummy.
As the others said it'll be hard to sex them when they're that young. I've had mine almost a year and he only started showing (that I could actually tell, maybe I'm blind) about 3 months ago that he was a boy, he got the wrinkles and then the stripe on his tummy.