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Venting your plecos
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:54 pm
by Zebrapl3co
Hi, I am not sure if this ever came up, but I see all these pictures and stuff the give you hint of a male or female. But not all are so easy to pin point.
I've known that in the fish hobby, some people vent their fish to determine the sexes. How come this is not done or ever documented here?
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:29 pm
by zebra046
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:55 pm
by smithrc
Anyone got any actual comments on this method??
I've looked at ours but never been able to compare....
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:28 pm
by Zebrapl3co
Wow, zebra046. Your picture says everything. These should be posted on the Sex ID web page. They go a long way for makeing positive ID of sexing zebra pleco.
Thank you.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:57 am
by Frontyking
At what age are you able to vent sex them from? Does the male always have that high concentration of black dots?
Nick.
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:29 am
by alga
zebra046, I must say, well, I'm
. First off what a great set of photos. Were those fish isolated? or in the tank with photo from the bottom? What size were they?
Finally, do you also work at a "mansion" taking photo's in a grotto?
thanks-
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:15 pm
by PanaqueL27
Great pics i will be needing these i a few years lol.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:52 am
by onemisterchristian
I'm with smithrc on this one. Why isn't this method far more widespread, it seems to be quite definite, judging by the pictures. Sorry if I sound completely naive, but how is a fish vent sexed? Is it dangerous for the fish at all?
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:42 pm
by smithrc
from what I've read in the past - its believed that males are pointy, females rounded
