Regular Member Aimi Thomas Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 My daughter was given 2 goldfish one has developed white spots on its gills and along the edges if its front fins but the other one hasn't developed them. Does this mean its male as it keeps chasing the other fish around the tank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Photos would be helpful. You can upload them to an image-sharing website like photobucket and link them here. Edited January 26, 2015 by ChelseaM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Lis. Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 hello, welcome to the forum It does sound like it may be the case, but as Chelsea suggested, photos may be helpful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fish Of Gold Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 Welcome to Koko's. Yep you may have a male! Pictures will make it easier to tell if the white spots are breeding stars or something else. Just want to make sure for ourselves so you don't get any wrong info 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Aimi Thomas Posted January 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 Any tips on getting a picture as have tried but it wont stay put and i dont want to handle it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 Try scooping it up into a smaller container. Tupperware works pretty well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member motherredcap Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 Does this help? http://www.sg.com/2012/09/goldfish-breeding-tubercles.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Aimi Thomas Posted January 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) not a very good pic but tried my best <a href="http://s76.photobucket.com/user/Aimi_Thomas/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150126_183754_zpsfoyvtggj_1.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j15/Aimi_Thomas/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150126_183754_zpsfoyvtggj_1.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_20150126_183754_zpsfoyvtggj_1.jpg"/></a> Edited January 26, 2015 by Jazzetta 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Aimi Thomas Posted January 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 <a href="http://s76.photobucket.com/user/Aimi_Thomas/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01-26_19.05.31_zpsirvv28xe.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j15/Aimi_Thomas/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01-26_19.05.31_zpsirvv28xe.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2015-01-26_19.05.31_zpsirvv28xe.jpg"/></a> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member motherredcap Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 Does he tend to hang out under the filter? If yes, you may want to start a D&D thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Aimi Thomas Posted January 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 No hes normally bombing it around the tank but if someone goes near the tank they either go under the filter or behind a castle in the corner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shakaho Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'm not sure why people are requesting pictures. If the white dots are only on the gill covers and the front of the pectorals, I can't imagine how they could be anything but breeding stars. The fact that he is also chasing the female gives further confirmation. He's all boy. If the spots were all over his body or if he had other symptoms it would be different. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'm not sure why people are requesting pictures. If the white dots are only on the gill covers and the front of the pectorals, I can't imagine how they could be anything but breeding stars. The fact that he is also chasing the female gives further confirmation. He's all boy. If the spots were all over his body or if he had other symptoms it would be different. It's one of those 'just need to be sure' things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member hassan.zidan Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Yes stars are a chive indicator for your fish as male. In my near past experience female to female chasing observed i think just to force the other female to scatter her eggs for a meal. Edited January 26, 2015 by hassan.zidan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DieselPlower Posted January 26, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 the original post said the white dots were on the gills, not the gill covers, which is why I did not respond with breeding stars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Aimi Thomas Posted January 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 26, 2015 Its on the gill covers and the edges of the front fins but no where else 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member motherredcap Posted January 27, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted January 27, 2015 I think we are pretty much going for breeding stars If you notice anything else, like clamped fins, white dots elsewhere or an unnatural interest in the filter, you could post a D&D 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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