Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / December 2006

There is only one way to sex carp(or goldfish) that I know of, during
the mating season the males will have small white bumps(look like
pimples) on there gill plates and edges of there dorsal fins. You could
possibly tell females by there larger more rounded bodies.

the only sure way is to see who is laying eggs and who is following the other fish
closely behind them in spring is the male.  experienced keepers can tell by the bulge
in the sides of females.  Ingrid

I have some carp fishes

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at
http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/
sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=en&q=puregold&qt_s=Group+lookup
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website.
I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site.  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan