Trying to find out if gold cacatuoide is female or male.

[drudnick]

I recently purchased 3 cacatuoides, a pair of triple reds 1 male and female, and then what is supposed to be a gold female. The gold looks like what the description of a male is, high spiky looking fins, top half of back fin has orange and black markings, alittle tint of orange and black on top fins, but very little. I would post pic, but dont know how to get it in the post. Anyways could females show these features? The one in question follows the male all over the tank, and the male seems to do nothing but run away, never really in trouble or threatened physically. If anyone has yahoo im, I know how to show a pic there. SN-chillininri Anyways if anyone has any thoughts based on descriptions I gave please respond. I know it might be tough without a pic

 

[Mike Wise]

Any A. cacatuoides with a "high spiky looking [dorsal] fin" is a male. Females will have pointed tips on the dorsal fin spines, but they never become high.

 

[drudnick]

Thats kinda what i thought. The guy i bought them from said he/she has been in an all female tank, but as a female. Now it seems I have 2 males, and what is supposed to be a female, but still kinda tiny. so I should try and find a couple more females to get in the tank I would imagine?

 

[ragmansrams]

its a female

post some pics

 

[drudnick]

Yo ragman, you get around...lol

I dont know how to post pics on this thing. I tried, it says to input url. Im not very computer savvy. I got a couple nice shots of the gold one. I was hoping to put one in like people do next to their SN, but like I mentioned, not to good with that kinda stuff. If I figure it out I will.

 

[ragmansrams]

neither do i

ask around

 

[drudnick]

Why I gotta do all the legwork. Why dont you ask around and then tell me..LOL

Just kiddin

 

[Apisto ranch]

It's not hard just alot of steps.

To get the url of your picture. Take the picture you wnt to post and move it to your desk top. Then go to www.photobucket.com and set up a acoount then click on up-lod new image and then click on browes. It will open a window that has eerything on yur disktop then simple click on the image to be up-loaded. it will open the image url into the browser.
Then simple just click up-load and it'll up-laod it to photobucket. Then once the picture is up loaded.It will have under the picture it's url. left click on it and turn it blue. then right click on it and copy it. Then come to this site and click on up-load. Then when the window pops up and ask for the url. Right click in the window and click on pasted. There you go not the best instructions but hopfully. They'll help ya'll out some. it's not hard it's just a lot of steps to get a picture posted.

 

[drudnick]

I actually figurednit out however its too big to post so it wouldn't let me

 

[sherry]

female cacs have black pectoral fins.