Male or Female?

We all know how difficult it is to identify the sex of these fish, so please post a picture in here and we'll try to help you (or at least give an educated guess!).
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Male or Female?

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hi guys,

on saturday i picked up 3 more zebras to start another group with.

i would love your opinions on what sex they are!

they are all around 2.5 - 3 years old

cheers,

andy

Zebra 1:

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Zebra 2:

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Zebra 3:

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My Pleco's:
4 x L46
5 x L174
5 x L134
5 x L287
5 x L257
2 x L236
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Post by John »

#3 looks a female to me :wink:
can you get better pics of all of them?
Greetings,
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Post by andrewcoxon »

i can try :)

just got them in tho so dont want to unsettle them too much, these photo's we're took by the person i bought them off.

cheers john!
My Pleco's:
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5 x L174
5 x L134
5 x L287
5 x L257
2 x L236
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Post by hamish99 »

1 male, 2 female, 3 female, good looking fish, bet they were pricey,
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Post by andrewcoxon »

cheers hamish.

little beautys arnt theyt?!

hows your zebs doing mate? big cheese had a female trapped for 3 days a few weeks ago but nothing came of it..... least he's still getting his leg over tho! lol :D :D :lol:

the 2 little ones are filling out nicley too, 1 in particular has really grown loads during the last few months.
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4 x L46
5 x L174
5 x L134
5 x L287
5 x L257
2 x L236
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Post by hamish99 »

sounds like he's having more luck than me lol,
ive just sold the last of my zebs to highlandken, he lives just round the corner from me, im just to busy at the mo so i thought i'd let someone else have a go, but i do have fist choice on the fry if he gets any!
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Just from the body sape - they all look female to me
Like bus's aye - you wait ages for one them loads turn up! :D
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Post by Miezekatze »

hi

1 and 3 are female !
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