penguinleo Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Does anyone know how to determine whether a torpedo barb is a male or female? Help will be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Deeper bodied for the female and slimmer and brighter for the male. Problem is, you need a group to choose from, and most LFS won't be stocking big schools of $40 fish. I wouldn't think anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 i heard some where it was to do with the black bits on the dorsal fins . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 never noticed that, i have seen a group of 100 or so. I would go with what alan said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Wow, where did you see that many? At my LFS there are around 10. :lol: Some of them look TOO thin which isn't healthy obviously.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 I heard these fish are breeding well overseas somewhere in the wild, so hopefully prices will come down before too long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Also being bred in large captive numbers in Asia. Hormones are used there to get them going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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