lmsmith Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 I can take some pics of their tummies if that's helpful. They're about 6cm right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted July 13, 2009 Report Share Posted July 13, 2009 both look like males to me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 both look like males to me? How do you tell? I thought they look quite similar too. They are almost exactly the same length, but the second pic is slightly thinner across the body and appears to a sharper nose. Maybe I was just staring too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 they are both pretty slim. can you get some more pics? particularly of any spiny things like hairs on the fins and body, head etc. last resort - vent sex them but its not so easy. now where is mr. pleco? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 they are both pretty slim. can you get some more pics? particularly of any spiny things like hairs on the fins and body, head etc. last resort - vent sex them but its not so easy. now where is mr. pleco? :lol: I couldn't hold them upside down. They kept squirming when I tried to pick them up and I think it was pretty stressful for all three of us. I'm just uploading them all to photobucket now, I'll put them in a folder then post the folder link here. I'm not sure how much it'll help though, I didn't get any good pics of their spiny things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 http://s400.photobucket.com/albums/pp88/laurenmariesmith/L270/ Alrighty, there's all the pics I have of them. Thanks in advance; they look the same to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Relax Mate. At 6cm and one yr old you are 18mths away. your fish's parents were over 3 yrs and 9-10cm and the sexing was only possible at about 8cm. My advice if you want to breed these guys is get another 3-4 over the nxt yr or so and build up a breeding colony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Relax Mate. At 6cm and one yr old you are 18mths away. your fish's parents were over 3 yrs and 9-10cm and the sexing was only possible at about 8cm. My advice if you want to breed these guys is get another 3-4 over the nxt yr or so and build up a breeding colony. I'm not too concerned about breeding them right now or anything, but I would like to know if I should expect some more fighting between them as they get older; right now they live in the same cave and hang out together all the time; I'd prefer that they stay friends that have to separate them or move them to a big tank to stop the fighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 They hang because they are juvi's and as a co;ony fish they would hang in numbers while young, the young males eventually driven off. You should be safe from any skirmishes relating to territories for quite a while yet. The cave is probably the preffered hiding spot at this stage. Maybe have some hidey spots right around the cave if there isn't already. If you did have breeding in mind down the future then bldg up and introducing them young would be the go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamosfish Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Hard to say at that size but would have to say 2 males... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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