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Male or Female Zeb?????

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:03 pm
by NeoCult
these are the only pics i have, can you tell me if you think its male or female??

cheers

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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:31 pm
by Rob
A little to young to tell. Is this one of the ones from the e-bay seller?

Do you have any images of them that are a little closer?

rob

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:35 pm
by NeoCult
nah ebay ones are sold m8 and thats the only pics i can get

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:25 pm
by Shell231
He got the full price for them as well! he says he came here to check out the sex of them and they are 2 females and 1 male nice little start for a colonie i thought

Well annoyed they are like 2 miles from my house!

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:27 pm
by NeoCult
damn i didnt buy em as he said he thought it was 3 males.... who got em?

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:30 pm
by Shell231
It would of been me if i was 2 hours earlier gettin home from visiting family! GUTTED :x i got an email from him saying the average price of a zeb is £18 :shock: i always thought it was around the £100 mark myself but if u count in good old Wildwoods prices and that idiot in worthing then i guess the average does shoot up!!

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:34 pm
by NeoCult
sure does never ever ever heard of a zeb being £18 n ive had em since they came into the country all them years back lol

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:40 pm
by Shell231
hehe sorry it was a typo £180 lol

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:41 pm
by NeoCult
lol yeah thats what he claimed to me also so who said it was 2x males n females?? its defo males, he said so and the pics look male also

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:46 pm
by Shell231
ill paste u in the email! hang on. :D


Hi,

I'm afraid I don't have any bigger than the 3 pictured on the
listing for sale at the moment, although I do have bigger one's in
my posession. i haven't thought about starting a breeding
program, I just don't have space for additional tanks.

As for price, I would be interested to know what you think is a
reasonable price for the L046 Zebra?

The price reference of £180.00 each came from my local fish
supplier, who told me that one of his suppliers still had L046's
listed on their stock list (although not showing in stock) and
they would including transit etc, retail for £180.00. He further
stated that he'd been in London where a shop had a few in a
tank that had been reserved, the price marked on the tank was
£180.00 each.

As these lovely little fish become harder to aquire, the price like
everything that becomes saught after increases beyond, what I
would classify as, a realistic price.

The three on offer here I think, although as stated I can not
guarantee, are made up of 2 females and 1 male (smallest),
judging by the angle of their pectoral fins. The 2 larger ones
pectorals appear to be more arc like than the smaller one. This
according to Zebraplec.com is a characteristic of the female.

I'm sorry you feel that the fish I have listed are over priced, but I
have researched the average price to be @ £180.00 per fish. I
would suggest that the Buy It Now price I have chosen of
£375.00 (equivalent to £125.00 per fish) is a bargain compared
to the individual price of each fish.

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:47 pm
by NeoCult
different emails for different people, weird

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:49 pm
by Shell231
what did yours say basically the same but with the sexes swapped about?

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:50 pm
by NeoCult
told me he was sure it was 3 males and sent me pics so i dunno, he txt me also before he put them on ebay and said 3 males so no clue lol

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:51 pm
by Shell231
Oh right how did u get all his contact detail before the auction? do you know him personally?

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:53 pm
by NeoCult
he contacted me on planetcatfish