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Duncan
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by Duncan Fri May 23, 2008 8:57 pm
hi
folks are always asking this, and its a subject people need to know and i have two nice detailed photo's her of the sexy bits
so which ones the the female and which ones the male? trust me these are the business ends
enter the Anonymous for fun poll if you dont want to voice an opinion
dunc
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TerryKoi
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by TerryKoi Fri May 23, 2008 9:45 pm
Hi Dunc and thanks for this post , I was at the window about an hour ago and trying to see the difference on some of my fish not that I'm any wiser , the vent on some of my females appears to be changing and I assume its a sign they are soon to spawn or am I mistaken
boogatee
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by boogatee Fri May 23, 2008 9:54 pm
I have a pond full of males and they all look like a/ so I'm guessing b/ is the female
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by Gazza Fri May 23, 2008 10:01 pm
GERRY5
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by GERRY5 Fri May 23, 2008 10:02 pm
well both jen and i have gone for ...b...
kayoss
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by kayoss Fri May 23, 2008 10:06 pm
I'm going for B - for no other reason than I can't find any koi in my pond that look like it!!
Cheers
TerryKoi
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by TerryKoi Fri May 23, 2008 10:13 pm
Finally went for A as the female
TDM
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by TDM Fri May 23, 2008 10:18 pm
Well I think A is female because I'm sure I read in a carp angling book millions of years ago that the female vent was off-centre. But I may have been thinking of something else............
boogatee
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by boogatee Fri May 23, 2008 10:27 pm
The other reason I chose b/ is the male vent should look like a 'V' and be slightly sunken... a/ looks more like a 'V' ... so b/female
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by Duncan Fri May 23, 2008 11:14 pm
sorry, i put the unhighlited picture of the business end of picture "A" up, but then again ya can change your mind~~~~~
nothing had changed except a fiar critque
this is fun
dunc
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by StuW Fri May 23, 2008 11:20 pm
B for me cos all mine look like A
tomy2ponds
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by tomy2ponds Fri May 23, 2008 11:28 pm
B for me too
brother of feeeshpond
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by brother of feeeshpond Sat May 24, 2008 8:38 am
A = male
Duncan
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by Duncan Sat May 24, 2008 5:01 pm
do you want me to let this run for a while if so say when?
