Another One - Male or Female

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:33 am

hi guys,

iv got the option of buying this fish and i want to know if it is a male or female. looks female to me but i want an expert opinion!

inia · Post by **inia** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:32 pm

It is a young male, or a female. It looks somehow more a young male to me...

Post by **John** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 4:19 pm

I'd put my money on young male, what's the size of this zeb?
Is it over 2 inches yet?

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 5:00 pm

its fully grown apparently. about 3" in length.

any thoughts?

chanettt · Post by **chanettt** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:15 pm

nice male with nice blue eyes, i would buy him with that condition

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:10 pm

nightmare, i thought id finally found a female

.....any more opinions?

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:42 pm

Alistair · Post by **Alistair** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:23 pm

Nice looking young fish though!!!!

twinspots_goby · Post by **twinspots_goby** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:33 am

A nice your male.

zebrastorey · Post by **zebrastorey** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:12 am

I would also say Male don't worry though i am sure you will find a Female soon enough

CDNAqua · Post by **CDNAqua** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:40 am

And the quest continues...

Sorry Andy,
its looks like a sub dominant male to me.

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:47 am

hehe thanks guys....

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:44 pm

are the vast majority of zebras babies male then? iv been searching for a female for months and not found any. it seems like everytime one turns up its male, even if the seller doesnt know the sex themself. it cant be 50/50 can it? i think the 2 one and a half year olds iv got, one of them definaltey looks female but is it too young to tell? i can post a pic if not. there about 2 - 2.5 "?

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:20 pm

i think its because more people hold onto females or the ratio of females to males in a colony is greater.

blueblue · Post by **blueblue** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:33 am

andrewcoxon wrote:are the vast majority of zebras babies male then? iv been searching for a female for months and not found any. it seems like everytime one turns up its male, even if the seller doesnt know the sex themself. it cant be 50/50 can it? i think the 2 one and a half year olds iv got, one of them definaltey looks female but is it too young to tell? i can post a pic if not. there about 2 - 2.5 "?

Your posted one should be a male.

Though it's a bit difficult to tell for sure for a young specimen, you may wish to post your young "female" L46 for us to take a look...