male or female (lucys zebs)

civicr · Post by **civicr** » Sat May 19, 2007 12:40 pm

hello guys,im hosting this for lucy as she was not able to load the images up.i think i male have the pics of her to zebs mixed up but im sure she can put numbers to pics.

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:08 pm

Ryan - thanks for posting these for me!

1st,3rd,6th & 8th picture are fish A
2nd,4th,5th & 7th pictures are fish B

Would value your opinions on their sexes

Thanks!
Lucy <><

Post by **John** » Sat May 19, 2007 3:29 pm

My opinion?

2 females

Jo · Post by Jo » Sat May 19, 2007 4:49 pm

looks like 2 females to me aswell with the big round bellys......congrats

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:59 pm

nr1 female, nr2 male is my opinion.

They are both in very good shape, well done

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Sun May 20, 2007 10:29 pm

Thanks for your replies!

Could you tell me on what you base them? I've looked & looked at the fish & McEves excellent guide at how to sex 'em & I still don't see it!!

I forgot to say that they're only 2 1/2 mths old at best - maybe a couple of months younger - does that make a difference?

Lucy <><

ZebMan · Post by **ZebMan** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:00 am

They look pretty big for that age.

Post by **John** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:28 am

Lucy wrote:I forgot to say that they're only 2 1/2 mths old at best - maybe a couple of months younger - does that make a difference?Lucy <><

Lucy,

You probably meant 2 1/2 years, right?
What size are they?

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:52 am

These are not fry

She must have meant years.

It is very hard to tell for sure what sex young adults are, but I base my guess on a combination of things. It's easy to be fooled by a fat belly, or not so long odontodes, or a bit too much of it so forth

There's always an element of guessing involved

I would have put both of them in the female ranks, if it weren't for the odontodes on nr two that seem to extend a bit too far over the pectoral fin. Even hairy ladies' odontodes stop before the pectoral fin (in most cases

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smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:40 pm

McEve wrote:These are not fry She must have meant years.

It is very hard to tell for sure what sex young adults are, but I base my guess on a combination of things. It's easy to be fooled by a fat belly, or not so long odontodes, or a bit too much of it so forth There's always an element of guessing involved

I would have put both of them in the female ranks, if it weren't for the odontodes on nr two that seem to extend a bit too far over the pectoral fin. Even hairy ladies' odontodes stop before the pectoral fin (in most cases )

glad you put "in most cases"

There is no way they are 2 1/2 months old - if the grew that quick the market would be flooded with adults

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:57 pm

Sorry!!

Yes of course I meant years . That's what comes of writing emails when being hassled by the kids!

At this point I don't mind what they are, I'm just glad they're still here!
I had a major catastrophy with one of their filters yesterday & am still sorting out the wet carpets!

Thankfully I caught it just before there was no water & a big bang!!

I do appreciate all your replies though.

Lucy <><

male or female (lucys zebs)

male or female (lucys zebs)

Sorry!!!