Midas Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 What do you think? is it a female, or is it just fat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Hi Midas, My Feather Fin also seems to go really fat like that every so often (about every month), but no quite as fat as yours. I have been wondering wether it is them fulling up with eggs as well, but I'm not sure. The only way that I know how to sex synos is this from Planet Catfish - First lay the fish in your hand with its head toward your palm and the tail toward your fingers. Hold the dorsal spine between your middle and ring finger so the fish is belly up and you won't get stuck (Which by the way, hurts like crazy!). The genital pore is in a small furrow of tissue (in healthy fish) and will be obstructed by the pelvic fins. Pull down on the tail gently to arch the fishes spine and the pelvic fins will stand and the furrow open to display the genital pore and the anus of the fish. The male has a somewhat ridged genital papillia on which the spermatoduct is on the back side, facing the tail fin. A gravid female will also show an extended papillia but the ovaduct is on the ventral side of the papillia (And may also show a little redness if really gravid). A thin or emaciated female will have just two pink pores, the ovaduct and the anus. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Perhaps she is just trying to look like your avatar? :lol: Sorry I don't know anything about synos and have not had one so can't help with your query. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish_dude Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 wow thats one fat syno!! and CatBrat said that is the way to sex them, not how fat they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 What the hell do you feed it? T-bone steak? cheers Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midas Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 It gets fed nothing out of the ordinary. Just brooklands crumble mixture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_Tank Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 WOW!!!!! that is one FAT fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count_sexy_tart Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 i take it you have just one synodontis featherfin? when i had just one it was very fat http://badmanstropicalfish.com/identity/identify12.html now i have five in various sizes it has slimmed down lots due to not been able to be a clutten nice pic by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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