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hi there, can anyone help me with sexing??? i have added a few photos

Without knowing how long u've had it for or how old you think the zeb is, then its pretty difficult to say accurately.
But from the looks of it, it looks about 7cm?, so it could be a female from its head shape as males have a squarer head.

just a guess but all look like young males to me !

hi there, the pictures are all of the same fish, and its length is approx 7cm, not sure of its age

hope thats helpful, any feedback gratefully recieved, it doesnt seem to cave and is quite active around the tank.

If it's 7cm, doesn't cave much and moves around and with that type of head shape, I'm pretty sure u got yourself a female

yep

do you think at this size it will be ok to add to the other 2 males and 2 females? is there any risk to it?


thanks guys for all your help

whitey wrote:do you think at this size it will be ok to add to the other 2 males and 2 females? is there any risk to it?

Should be ok to add to colony, however risk is allways involved, monitor behaviour in the colony closely to prevent big fights.

Hard to say as the fish needs conditioning a little, it may be a female but not showing usual female shape.
Post some more pics in a few months.
I would alter the tank a little when adding new fish, but there is always a risk & I have lost both males & females to disputes, they can be nasty little buggers.