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!).
Jaz
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by Jaz » Mon May 24, 2010 6:13 pm
Just got 2 new zebs. Hope you can sex them.
Number 1 looks alot like a male, but don't know about number 2.
Both looked a bit unfeeded. They were in a tank with large discus, they might have not been fed that well in there.
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http://www.puuantti.fi/joonas/1.JPG
http://www.puuantti.fi/joonas/2.JPG
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by dconnors » Tue May 25, 2010 2:13 am
Both look to males for sure, and mature at that.
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by Jaz » Tue May 25, 2010 5:21 am
Well I feared that a bit.
However they were still worth bying for. 100 euros / fish. Now I Just need some females.
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by John » Wed May 26, 2010 10:19 am
Definite males, price is ok though
Greetings,
John
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by dconnors » Wed May 26, 2010 10:06 pm
I think because the photo is such a close up shot what we are seeing is normal odontodal growth for an adult male. If it were disease or parasites it would be much larger. Pretty sure it is just the odontodes on the scutes.
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by John » Sat May 29, 2010 8:29 am
I think because the photo is such a close up shot what we are seeing is normal odontodal growth for an adult male.
Absolutely right
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John
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