I found one
I found one
At an exorbiant price, but I managed to haggle it down a bit.... I just hope I managed to pick a female? What do you think? *crossing my fingers*
I am no expert, not at all, I am sure I can't tell a male from a female, but aren't the leading edges of the pectorals supposed to be thicker and 'spikier' on a male than on the female? The bottom pic shows a nice thick leading edge with spikes, though I have definitely seen spik,ier ones in pics on other sites.
Thanks Barbie! I was well on my way to only look at the proprtions between the fins when trying to identify the gender, but this fish didn't quite fit that characteristic. On the other hand, it has very crescent shaped pectoral fins, it has the pinched look by the gills, and it also has a "forehead". I was hoping this was good enough to identify it as a girl.
It's so much harder to identify a fish when you stand there in the shop, comparing one fish to the other, and thinking I must find a girl! Much easier to look at a picture of somebody elses fish - why is that I wonder
As you say, I hope she thinks she's a girl as well! There's still a not so small amount of guessing involved, and I'm very happy you think she's a girl as well
Rob and Des, Adam and you others - care to share what you think?
It's so much harder to identify a fish when you stand there in the shop, comparing one fish to the other, and thinking I must find a girl! Much easier to look at a picture of somebody elses fish - why is that I wonder
As you say, I hope she thinks she's a girl as well! There's still a not so small amount of guessing involved, and I'm very happy you think she's a girl as well
Rob and Des, Adam and you others - care to share what you think?
Thanks both
Here's a side view of her after being acclimitized. Please don't change your mind about the gender now though
I'll make that a link as the picture is rather large
So far she behaves like a female. She has chosen to stay under a pice of slate instead of in the cave available, so I'm pretty confident she will agree she's a she
Here's a side view of her after being acclimitized. Please don't change your mind about the gender now though
I'll make that a link as the picture is rather large
So far she behaves like a female. She has chosen to stay under a pice of slate instead of in the cave available, so I'm pretty confident she will agree she's a she