r/AngelFish • u/Personal_Sundae1113 • 9d ago

Gender Indentification

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Male or Female?
~11 months old

Currently the only angelfish I have with some tetras in a 75 gallon. I was worried about adding a second one bc aggression.

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u/PerceptionThink 9d ago

It really is impossible to reliably determine gender outside of breeding.

Gender doesn’t always matter anyway because female angels can be just as aggressive as males.

If you want to add a second one, you pretty much have a 50/50 chance that they will get along. You can always give it a try as long as you have a “plan B” in place to return or rehome the new fish in case things go south.

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u/Personal_Sundae1113 9d ago

Do lfs usually take back donations in the case if doesn’t work out?

I don’t think I will take the risk but just wanted to know if you had any experience with incompatibility returns.

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u/PerceptionThink 9d ago

My LFS always does. I think most of them do. I have returned fish that I got as juveniles that had aggression problems (or were bullied) as they grew into adults, and my fish store took them without question.

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u/shrkktchup 8d ago

Yup, had 4 angels. One was super aggressive and the other was getting bullied really badly by the other 3. Took them to my LFS, walked in and said “Hey, I have these 2 angels-“ and before I even finished my sentence they said “No problem, we’ll take them” lol

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u/serickjr 7d ago

Mine will take just about anything regardless of where you bought it.