How do you tell a male from a female?

i have two kissing gouramis how do i tell if they are male or female and if i have a pair how do you breed them a couple of sites said they make bubble nest some said plant nester please help me ps they are pink kissers
Answers:
It's hard to tell.

You'd have to wait until they breed, and which one lays the eggs...


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The females are characteristically fatter.

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There are no visible differences. The female is fatter during the spawning season.
This species is difficult to breed. Higher end of the temperature range required for breeding, between 78 and 80 degrees. Provide floating vegetation or a Styrofoam cup sliced in half lengthwise. No bubblers or you break up the male’s bubble nest. He’ll coax her under his bubble dome and “squeeze out” hundreds of tiny, floating eggs. Once the eggs appear, you can remove the parents. Gourami eggs float. The fry also float (because of a tiny bit of oil in each yolk sac). Eggs hatch in around 24 hours. Their eggs as well as the fry, are lighter than water and float to the top.

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Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina! Lol! Sorry I couldn't help it.

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try this, I extracted this from the following link.

http://www.attention-to-details.com/news...

The way to tell the difference between male and female kissing gourami is to look at their sides. The males look like you pinched them on either side between you finger and thumb.You will see small indents. The females are full and rounder.