a few of my zebs to sex

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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a few of my zebs to sex

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these are the biggest zebs out my group what do you guys think?

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Is pic 3,4,5 the same fish?
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hi john no they are all diffrent zebs in the pics but i do think 2of them are from the same spawn"1s with the broken black line over there head"
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from the body shape alone all 3 of the bigger ones look female...

how do they behave in the tank?
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i dont realy have a zeb in the tank that "owns"a cave they always seem to move about every day or so 1 of the bigger zebs does use a cave sometimes and fights with other zebs when they come near his entrance to the cave and 2 of the other bigger zebs hang around dark areas near caves.
onb closer inspection a few of the bigger zebs look slighty hairy aswell
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any1 else?
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smithrc wrote:from the body shape alone all 3 of the bigger ones look female...
I had the same thought, how big are those 3 fish now?
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the bigger zebs must be near the 3years of age there prob a good 2 1/2 inch maybe going on 3.

thats great news if they are female just need a mature male now lol
it may take years to grow out zebs but im almost there,
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