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just thought id post this pic taken last night. 1 of my male zebs prob 1 of the largest in the tank

he looks good, how big is he now? any of your females big enough to spawn yet mate? any of them look gravid?

Good luck J

well the zeb in the pic is 1 of the biggest males in the tank but hes not had any luck with any females 1 of my smaller males has tho they shared a cave for a few days with a feamle but no luck
also the zeb in the pic has 1 of his brothers in my tank 2 as they both have the broken black line over there body must be a gene thing and are around the same size but 1 lives in a cave and the other hangs around dark areas an near caves i wonder tho m or f but id say m

anyway hes a lovley looking boy in pic
jamie hes around the size of 1 of your big males in your sig

cool, my biggest male is about 3.5 inch now, and fed up nice and plump since the photos from when i got him. i tend to notice aswell that more males tend to carry the broken line gene than females, anyone else notice this? my male has broken line gene and another large male i am hopefully getting has also got broken line gene, one of my slightly smaller fish that i suspect of being male also shows this gene. i dont have a problem with it (some dont like it), infact adds character to the fish and makes it easier to tell them appart, kind of like their own fingerprint i guess...

old pics of my biggest male...




J

Hi,

thought I would post a picture of my Alpha Female, she has the broken line gene too. My smaller female also has it.

Tracey

yes i see that ,every zeb must have there of dna make up so each zeb is special i can tell 4 or 5 zebs from my colony whos-who

from your pic that looks like a male 2me has your zeb spawned ?

also looks male to me aswell,
very triangular head (suggests male)
quite spiny ~(but this isnt always biblical)
and triangular body shape too...


J

Hi,

she is definately female, she is my Alpha female in the tank and has had 4 spawns since October, next one is due in a couple of weeks. The photo was an old photo of her. When I posted it on here everyone said she was male, since I have added more Zebs to the tank it has been proven that she is definately female! Here she is with the smaller female in there little shelves.

I know now that you really can't be 100% on what sex you have, I even thought that she was a male until she spawned.



Thanks Tracey.

Hi Tracey, great to see those pics of your females and maybe give people some hope that they actually have Hairy females and not males.I have a fish just like your large female, a large fish that i was sure was a female, but recently she has started turning a little hairy so not so sure now.
Thanks Al