L46 - Identify sex

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teng
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L46 - Identify sex

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Hi all, I've a group of 9 L46 that I've been keeping for about 1.5 years; size range from 2.25 - 3 inches. Are they ready to breed at this size? And please help me sex these follows from the attached image.
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Fish 4 - 9
Fish 4 - 9
Fish 1 - 3
Fish 1 - 3
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claro
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Re: L46 - Identify sex

Post by claro »

Hi,
1,2,6 male
3,7,8 female
5,9 probably male
4 probably female
:-C

Milan
teng
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Re: L46 - Identify sex

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Thansk Claro for helping identifying these beautiful fellows.
I doubted about their sex because I'm deciding on brining in another group of 10 L46 to join my existing group. The age of 8 in the new group are about 1.5 - 2 years with a paired that is more than 4 years old which spawned before. Of course they are the parent of the 8 L46
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Re: L46 - Identify sex

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I forgot almost to answer your question.....yes,they are ready to breed at this size :d
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Re: L46 - Identify sex

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Thanks Claro.
Here is the pic of a new group, 9 of them size about 1.75 - 2 inches. Have no idea on how many male & female.
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claro
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Re: L46 - Identify sex

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Hi,

These are for determining the sex a bit small,i guess 3-4 male and 5-6 female.

Milan
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Re: L46 - Identify sex

Post by Jamie24 »

Only 5 & 9 are females others are males or young males. in the other pic, too young to sex.


Jamie
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