Gender bender.
Gender bender.
Just when I thought I had finally got my head around the sexing thing this zebra comes along.
Pregnant female or extremely fat male, you decide. By the way the fish is very active, alert and obviously feeding well. (S)he is usually first at the dinner table.
Pregnant female or extremely fat male, you decide. By the way the fish is very active, alert and obviously feeding well. (S)he is usually first at the dinner table.
Hi Adam
I don't want to worry you but the fish (could be either sex as you have said, I'm totally 50:50 with this one) but I have seen fat zebras but your fish doesn't look right to me. You can even see the vent! I would say either this fish is severely egg bound or it has an internal problem. Obviously it otherwise looks and acts healthy so I wouldn't worry too much. Maybe others can suggest something?
Cheers
Tom
I don't want to worry you but the fish (could be either sex as you have said, I'm totally 50:50 with this one) but I have seen fat zebras but your fish doesn't look right to me. You can even see the vent! I would say either this fish is severely egg bound or it has an internal problem. Obviously it otherwise looks and acts healthy so I wouldn't worry too much. Maybe others can suggest something?
Cheers
Tom
i seriously doubt this fish has any health problems. most of my fish looks like that after feeding, all their vents are visible.Tom2600 wrote:Hi Adam
I have seen fat zebras but your fish doesn't look right to me. You can even see the vent! I would say either this fish is severely egg bound or it has an internal problem.
Cheers
Tom
in my opinion, i think its a male??
I'm still at work, but when I get home I'll post the pictures of bubba that I took last spring. He looked very similar. It's just a good sign he's in condition for spawning, IMO. Mine showed the same vent and what not.
Barbie
Barbie
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Definately at fat one,male at that!! I'm not sureprised he can't be bothered "wooing" the luvely ladies. He's probably scared he will miss out on a feed.
Going with the general consensus here, I would agree that he is just fine? Is it frozen or fresh shrimp?
Rob
Going with the general consensus here, I would agree that he is just fine? Is it frozen or fresh shrimp?
Rob
The perfect white lie..."Of course I didn't pay that much for the fish honey"
I'm having gallery difficulties, basically swahili for I pissed off the script gods, so I'm stuck not uploading too many, and these aren't directly linkable because of their format. Grrrr, some days I hate computers. They seem to hate me back, so I guess it's all fair
http://www.fishaholics.org/phpBB2/album ... user_id=52
Is the addy of the gallery. I also uploaded the picture of the first female that spawned. That was within a month or a bit less of the day they spawned.
Think this female is in condition enough? Now if I can just figure out what I'm missing in trying to get them triggered! Here are the rest of the pictures I took of them last night.
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female2.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female4.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female5.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female8.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female9.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134females.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134females2.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134females3.jpg
Barbie
http://www.fishaholics.org/phpBB2/album ... user_id=52
Is the addy of the gallery. I also uploaded the picture of the first female that spawned. That was within a month or a bit less of the day they spawned.
Think this female is in condition enough? Now if I can just figure out what I'm missing in trying to get them triggered! Here are the rest of the pictures I took of them last night.
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female2.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female4.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female5.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female8.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134female9.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134females.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134females2.jpg
http://www.plecos.net/images/L134females3.jpg
Barbie
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