can you sex my l134's?

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solvent123
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can you sex my l134's?

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i belive the top 1 is female with a orange vent.

3 and half inces
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panaque
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Re: can you sex my l134's?

Post by panaque »

Looks like female on top and male on the bottom. Apart from the clear difference in body shape, males also have a longer snout. If yours are anything like mine, you'll probably find that the male turns very hairy in autumn which signals the start of the breeding season.
solvent123
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Re: can you sex my l134's?

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i just broke up my 7 i had, 3 of them looked a bit dodgy, ( u can see the pics in the what species are these catogry )

2 of the ones i got rid of was haird up now, have been for a month. easy to spot a male, very hard to spot a female.

can u upload some pictures u have?

thanks for the reply
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panaque
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Re: can you sex my l134's?

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solvent123 wrote:
can u upload some pictures u have?

thanks for the reply
Have a look in this thread: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 85#p235295
solvent123
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Re: can you sex my l134's?

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very nice post u got there, very interesting aswell, have u got a oicture of your set up? i take it ur are wild?

the babys u have are very nice looking!
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Re: can you sex my l134's?

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I believe the top one to be a female, but the bottom one could be male or female. They are very nice looking fish.
Thanks, Josh
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