Sexing.

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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Andrew C
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Sexing.

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Sorry, i don't have the full sized pictures, and don't want to disturb the zebras again to get more pictures.
I used Adobe Photoshop to crop the pictures and touch them up, and after previewing them before posting, they were far too blurry to use full size, so i have resized them again for normal web viewing :oops:
Hopefully they will give a possible indication to sex ?

Bottom Tank Zebra A;
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Bottom Tank Zebra B;
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Bottom Tank Zebra C;
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Bottom Tank Zebra D;
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Bottom Tank Zebra Male;
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Top Tank Zebra A;
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Top Tank Zebra B;
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Top Tank Zebra C;
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Top Tank Zebra D;
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Top Tank Zebra Male;
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Post by McEve »

Wow, quite a task you've presented us with here :lol:

Ok, I'll start by telling you which ones are the females:

Bottom Tank Zebra C - ready for some courtship too I believe ;)

Top Tank Zebra B;

Top Tank Zebra C;

You have identified the males yourself, so that leaves:

Bottom Tank Zebra A; looks like a young male

Bottom Tank Zebra B; looks like a young male

Bottom Tank Zebra D; Looks like a male

Top Tank Zebra A; crecent shaped fins, but fin looks too thick to be a female.. I would still guess young female - I think... and

Top Tank Zebra D; which I think is a male


Hope I managed to keep track of them all :lol:

And as usual - I've been wrong before...
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Post by Andrew C »

Thanks McEve
It's good to have someone more experienced look at them.
I had written down mostly males in each tank, apart from Zebra C in the bottom and top tanks, but was mainly going on nose shape.

As long as there is one female in each tank !
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Post by inia »

Bottom tank
A:Young male?
B:Female
C:Female
D:Female

Top tank
A:Male
B:Male?
C:Female
D Male
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