nemines Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 hi, does anyone know how exactly to sex duboisi apart from waiting for them to breed. cos i've got 10 and they're starting to mature, fast. three have lost the spots entirely and are developing blue heads. any ideas? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakyfish Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 The only true way is to vent sex them This is very difficult to do on tropheus especially at that size Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 i havnt had alot of experince with these fish... but from talkn to some ppl they have said the behaviour can help...but as with every thng this is not 100% venting them is the only real way as brad has said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 I used to have a female t duboisi and she bred with any male malawi in the tank that wanted to :roll: :lol: Are your ones yellow or white bands? Also just out of interested how much did you get them for and what size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Well the ones with the blue heads that are losing the spots might be big enough for you to tell from this webpage: http://www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm With the adults I have you can see the difference..... I have 4 adults, 2 subadults and 4 juveniles that are yellow bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Good luck at that size. They are no where near maturity. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bOi Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 why are they with rainbow fishes? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Its quite common to stick rainbows in with africans I know ive seen it in a few tanks and also seen it recommended on a few sites.. At one stage I had some in a display tank also they seem to do pretty well and look cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Yeah some species of rainbows are often used as dithers, rather a few use them as Ryan said and they can quite happily live in the harder conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Yep, they make good dithers. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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