Dixon1990 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Out of 20 3month leaopardfish young only 2 are females. Any ideas on why this is happening? They are at 22 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Sex of offspring is often determined by the temperature, try keeping them cooler and see if there's a better ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I thought that may have been the problem. How much cooler? 18? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Drop whatever temp they are at by a couple of degrees and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 You may of cause just lucked out, when I was breeding them at 24C I was getting good numbers of males and females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted July 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 they are at 20 now and finally starting to get a good number of female Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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