Finally! Old enough to sex :)

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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Finally! Old enough to sex :)

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Zebra #1 About 3" (US) and I'm thinking female...

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Post by crazie.eddie »

Zebra #2 About 2.5" - Maybe a (young male)?


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Yes I agree the second one looks like a young male. Do you have a profile picture of the first one?
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Post by crazie.eddie »

I edited my original post and added 2 more photos. I don't like disturbing the zebras, so I took the opportunity to take a photo of them when I give the bigger zebra a bigger cave.
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so the fish in post nr 1 stays in a cave?
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Yes, Zebra #1 stays in the cave. I remembered reading an article on here somewhere that the female tries to seduce the male into here cave by curling inside it. Well, that's what it does all the time. The original cave was actually just a trial I made before and was small. Since it is has grown allot, practically adult size, I figured it was time to move it into a bigger cave.

The zebra in pic #2 also stays in the cave, but not in there all the time, as it always peeks it's head out. This is a pic of it's typical "checking me out" position...

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So is Zebra #1 a female or just a fat male?
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Post by twinspots_goby »

I think #1 is a matured female. I also have a female staying inside of cave ocassionally.
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I think zeb no 1 is a lovely looking female, just like mine before i knew for definate she was a female until she laid!

I have 3 definate females that live in caves & come out to feed during the day, where as my males i never see any further than their porch.

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Post by crazie.eddie »

I added a closeup headshot to see if it will help. I will try to take more photos of Zebra #1, so it can be a confirmed female.
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Looks female to me :)
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congratulation you got female :cheers:
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Post by crazie.eddie »

Cool. My 1st zeb bought was fortunate to be a female, the 2nd zeb a male. Too bad there's probably no chance of them breeding. My only hopes are the new juveniles a bought a few weeks ago will fill in as the dominant male.
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hi

first female, second male
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Thanks :)
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