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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by sam » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:45 pm
Hi here are pictures of my two Zebs, let me know what you think.
The first one is 8cm long and the second is 7cm long
Zeb 1
Zeb 2
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by PlecoDamo » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:03 pm
Pics are not working for me
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by zebrastorey » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:23 pm
Can't see the pics
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by Jamie24 » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:11 pm
i would say that number one is male and number two posibly female
hope for you that they are one of each. are they yours or you looking at buying them?
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by John » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:31 pm
looks like two red crosses of the same gender to me
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by smithrc » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:39 pm
John wrote: looks like two red crosses of the same gender to me
Actually If you look closely at the 2nd X its got a slightly thinner profile...
I'd say fisrt X is male 2nd X is female
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by sam » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:59 pm
Could you please explain what you mean by "Red Cross"
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by sam » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:21 pm
are they yours or you looking at buying them?
They are my own fish, I have had them for about 3-4 years now, and are hoping to have a go at breeding Zebras
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by zebrastorey » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:27 pm
Looks like a nice pair to me
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by smithrc » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:06 am
The pictures wernt working, so we could only see the little red X
...they are now though - the first looks male - the 2nd looks female.
Good luck.
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by Miezekatze » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:38 am
smithrc wrote: The pictures wernt working, so we could only see the little red X
...they are now though - the first looks male - the 2nd looks female.
Good luck.
same here..
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by rich1988oxford » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:05 pm
yup, id also say male top female bottom
Good luck with breeding them they both look very healthy
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by John » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:28 pm
Confirmed, looks to me like the fem is a little on the thin side.
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by sam » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:40 pm
Thanks to everyone for your opinions.
I'll hopefully be having some baby red crosses soon
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by PlecoDamo » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:42 pm
lol
Hopefully so lol