I know there are very few ways of telling the difference between male and female angels....but the question is at about what size do angels start to exhibit signs or start pairing up....I have three right now about 2 inches each and am hoping that two of the three pair up then I'll move the third.
Angel Sexing
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patoloco
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Angels reach sexual maturity when they are around 4" tall. The best way to get a spawning pair is to introduce 6 young specimes in a tank and let them pair up. With 3, you can easily end up with 3 males or females.
I was told once that males' dorsal fin tends to bend backwards, but it's not completely accurate. Just when you see them pair up you know you have a pair, and just after one of them lays eggs, you will know their sex.
I was told once that males' dorsal fin tends to bend backwards, but it's not completely accurate. Just when you see them pair up you know you have a pair, and just after one of them lays eggs, you will know their sex.
Dangerdoll
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This can sometimes be inaccurate also as there have been instances where a female has acted the part of the male such as when he cleans the surfaces, bully's others and even goes through the action of fertilizing. The truest way to tell is by the differences in tubes on both male and females.patoloco said:
I know that I could easily end up w/ three of either sex....but I figured that I'd have better chances with three than two. Im just hoping at this point though.
patoloco
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Now Dangerdoll game another worry to add in my head. :help:
Then, sexing angels can be quite difficult. BTW, Doll, by "tubes" you mean the protuberances shown by males whan spawning or anmother internal organ?
Then, sexing angels can be quite difficult. BTW, Doll, by "tubes" you mean the protuberances shown by males whan spawning or anmother internal organ?
Dangerdoll
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hehehehe, I'm so sorry to have had to break it to ya that way, Pato 
but it does happen.
Sexing Angels isn't really difficult at all if you do indeed have a male and female to compare each other to. Sexing is almost impossible until they are mature and/or ready to spawn. The Angels breeding tube called the papilla becomes very evident just before and during the spawning process. The papilla is a small protrusion located between the ventral and anal fin..... A female's papilla looks tubish-like and is larger than the male's. It looks as though it can release eggs as it has an opening at the end whereas the males doesn't. A male's papilla is not as large, meaning it's thinner and evidently smaller than a female's. Males will also expose their papilla to establish territory if in a tank with a gravid female and multiple males.
but it does happen. Sexing Angels isn't really difficult at all if you do indeed have a male and female to compare each other to. Sexing is almost impossible until they are mature and/or ready to spawn. The Angels breeding tube called the papilla becomes very evident just before and during the spawning process. The papilla is a small protrusion located between the ventral and anal fin..... A female's papilla looks tubish-like and is larger than the male's. It looks as though it can release eggs as it has an opening at the end whereas the males doesn't. A male's papilla is not as large, meaning it's thinner and evidently smaller than a female's. Males will also expose their papilla to establish territory if in a tank with a gravid female and multiple males.
The male's is thinner as Dangerdoll said, and also pointy (angled) at the end. The female's is blunt. At least that's how they looked when I used to have breeding angels.
Dangerdoll
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