Well, here's my bunch
I know nr one and nr five are males, nr five being the daddy of all the fry.
Nr three and four are females, they have spawned.
The others I'm not sure of, but think nr 6 is a female also. What do you think?
I heard somewhere that it is possible to tell from the size of the pelvic fins. large pelvic fin is male, smaller is female. Is ther eany truth in this? It sort of makes sense if it is like this, as the male is using these fins to keep the cave clean and venting the cave when he's guarding eggs....
But I don't know, It's easy to identify a fully grown dominant male, and if he has a typical female sitting next to him that's easy to see too as she's smaller, and her pectoral fins are thinner seen from above....
I don't find it easy to tell the difference at all
My bunch
Nr one two five and seven should all be males. nr seven tried to sneak his way to spawn with nr three before she thought better of it and went to nr five to lay her eggs
So the unsure ones would be nr six and eight, although I belive nr six also is a female. It's always even harder to tell by pictures....
Where's your bunch Cascudo? You say it's above, but I can't see it?
So the unsure ones would be nr six and eight, although I belive nr six also is a female. It's always even harder to tell by pictures....
Where's your bunch Cascudo? You say it's above, but I can't see it?
Thanks Rob and Des!
Nr8 is the smallest of the lot, so it might be a bit difficult to tell for sure yet what gender it is, but I'm hoping Rob is right
I agree Rob, Nr 5, the alpha male, is a beaut isn't he
Only a month ago I was quite sure I only had males, I'm very happy to see that there's at least 3 females in my groups
Thanks again!
Nr8 is the smallest of the lot, so it might be a bit difficult to tell for sure yet what gender it is, but I'm hoping Rob is right
I agree Rob, Nr 5, the alpha male, is a beaut isn't he
Only a month ago I was quite sure I only had males, I'm very happy to see that there's at least 3 females in my groups
Thanks again!