My Queen Arabesque

mlb7225 · Post by **mlb7225** » 16 Feb 2010, 07:19

FIRST

SECOND

THIRD

FOURTH

Lihn · Post by **Lihn** » 16 Feb 2010, 08:55

Fantastic nice L260!
The most of them looks like males?

I have 12 pcs in an aquarium prior to feeding. They are approx. 1 ½ years, so they need just a little more size before they are ready for breeding.
How old is your?
How big are they?

mlb7225 · Post by **mlb7225** » 16 Feb 2010, 09:01

They are 3"-4". About 4 yrs or so old.

DJ-don · Post by **DJ-don** » 16 Feb 2010, 12:45

i would say all of them are males except maybe the second one or fourth!

great fish though!

mlb7225 · Post by **mlb7225** » 17 Feb 2010, 00:17

DJ-don wrote:i would say all of them are males except maybe the second one or fourth!

great fish though!

Yea, I think one of them is a female, hoping so any way. I would love to get more but I know that is near impossible.

dconnors · Post by **dconnors** » 17 Feb 2010, 01:12

Honestly looks to me like all are definately male

. I am basing this on odontodal growth, thickness of the pectoral fin, and most importantly head/body shape. They all have male heads, the only one that looks the least masculine is #3, but I suspect this is due to the angle of the photo, none of the have the nice wide child-bearing hips either

. Assuming these guys are wild caught, this makes perfect sense-when fish are collected fisherman usually collect them from caves and crevices yeilding horrible male to female ratio for the aquarium trade. If you have had them for 4 years and your water quality is good I would suspect that they probably would have spawned by now. Keep your eyes peeled and you will find some, they are out there-mostly f1s that you will have to grow out, but they are out there.

mlb7225 · Post by **mlb7225** » 17 Feb 2010, 05:17

I will be keeping an open eye.

mlb7225 · Post by **mlb7225** » 19 Aug 2010, 22:50

Just an update. I am pretty sure they are all males. I have had them for several years now. They are all fully grown, looking really great too. I am now very much in need of a couple females. I know that is a common statement, but if there is anyone out there that is willing to part with a female or two for a fair price, please let me know.

Thank you,

Mike

LEO Taiwan · Post by **LEO Taiwan** » 23 Aug 2010, 22:25

i had some breeding experience including this Species.

the fourth could be male,others should be female.

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