Faran Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Hi all, I now have 2 good sized Leopard Ctenopomas and wondered if anyone here had experience breeding and sexing them? From the body shapes I'd make an educated guess that one is a male and the other female but they're a bit... drab and asexual as far as colouration and fin shape goes (as far as I can tell). Has anyone bred these ugly ducklings? What is the best way to introduce them to each other? Do two males fight it out like other anabantoids? Internet says that males have spines on body or gill plates and females don't. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Both of mine have spines on the gill plates :-? One just has much smaller spines... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Just give the smaller one to me and I'll set up a tank for him and let Dan feed him baby swordtails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 OHHHH Blue, Thats not a nice thing to say about yor Fishy now is it, :roll: :roll: I thought he was quite coolies when I hand feed him the other day. I definitely wouldn't call him an Ugly Duckling LOL :evil: :evil: :evil: Good Luck with finding the Info you need on these Cute Fellas. :bounce: :bounce: Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 LL - The look on your face when she jumped out of the water and took the food out of your hand was priceless You gotta admit, they're one ugly fish! Amazing predatory skills though. Keri - Dan would love that! Obviously he has a thing for predatory fish so mebbe someday you can set up a big tank with jurassic fish for him? I just brought home a marbled or ornate birchir for a friend and that's one COOL fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Thanks for the PMs and hints and tips. I was right about the sexes (male and female) and will hopefully get them in a tank of their own to spawn some day soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Good luck with breeding them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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