livebearer_breeder Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Hey can anyone tell me how to sex borelli, i was sure i bought two pairs but not so sure now. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Hi Shae, have a look at the thread here: http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?t=5135 to figure out if you really have borelli or if they're 'steel blue' apistos and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Sorry Shae, if you can't tell the difference, you haven't got pairs. Not IMHO anyway. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Shae, can you post a pic of all 4 fish side on so we can have a good look at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted June 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Cant post pics right now, there is deffinatly a slight colour variation in three, one has very strong blue in his face and body, and the other three dont show as much colour, i deffinatly noticed the swishing an flareing of the tail a few times. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshwest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 I brought a so called pair a few weeks ago . I am sure i have two males . The more dominate male shows more colour than the submissive male which could be mistaken for a female . From what i have seen with Apistos the females are alot plainer in colour and tend to have a yellow hue to them . I have not seen a photo of Steel blue female . It seems the breeders are able to manipulate the spawns with temp/water conditions to produce mainly males . There is the chance that because these are a man made variety that the females maybe more colourfull and hard to till apart . I would be interested to see a photo of your female . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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