Am I a girl??

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I've always assume that this bn was a female. But now that I've been looking at other pictures... I'm not so sure... She's several years old now. What do you think??

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I think that's a boy...maybe... When females have spikes they are usually just small bumps around the lip. I dunno..I mean the spikes are small...at first I thought you meant the obvious male in the pics, but that one looks like it def could be male. hmmm Put a cave in and see if you get babies ;) .
 
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toddnbecka

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If you've had them both in the same tank for several years w/out any spawning they're both males.
 

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The one that's an obvious male is new. I thought the old one was a female. But since the male has been in there (a few weeks), it seems like the tiny bristles on the old one are more prominent. Hmm...

Why would a male have such tiny bristles??
 

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Am I a girl??
I had that same question once but the doctor assured me I was a boy.

I wonder if fish ever look at us and wonder if we're male or female... He has bristles on his chin he must be a boy... but lookat those moobs... he must be a girl.
 
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Ashes2ashes

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I had that same question once but the doctor assured me I was a boy.

I wonder if fish ever look at us and wonder if we're male or female... He has bristles on his chin he must be a boy... but lookat those moobs... he must be a girl.
Ahaha ....it's time for androgyny....To the OP I think you should name the fish Pat, if you remember that SNL skit
 

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Do they fight much? They seem near each other in most pics, seems like 2 males would try to fight or stake out a territory far from each other. I dunno
 

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I think I remember the OP posting about them fighting really violently when she first added the obvious male. That kind of adds to the might be male thing. I know male and female fight a little when first establishing dominance, but that fight seemed a bit worse than a normal male/female spat.
 
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