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Hello please help me distinguish male or females plecos are labeled 1-5 when pictures are clicked upon


http://s121.photobucket.com/user/colter ... t=3&page=1

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Hello please help me distinguish male or females plecos are labeled 1-5 when pictures are clicked upon


http://s121.photobucket.com/user/colter ... t=3&page=1

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plecoluver7 wrote:Hello please help me distinguish male or females plecos are labeled 1-5 when pictures are clicked upon


http://s121.photobucket.com/user/colter ... t=3&page=1

Thank you!
Please don't double post. I've moved this thread to the correct forum...

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sorry #-O didn't even realize I did that. Still getting the hang of this.
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OK, I looked through the pics a couple times. I think there is at least two females and one male, from what I could see by comparing the markings of the fish. Honestly I'm best at being able to tell you if you drop a plastic ruler and all the fish in the same 5 gallon bucket and take a nice clear set of shots from above. Fish hoohoos all look the same to me, but I have friends that are great at venting, so hopefully they will chime in. ;)

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Awesome Barbie thank you I will keep that in mind for the next time i have them ooooot and aboooot!
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I am far from adept at sexing via "hoohoos," but it is the only way I know to be close to reliable. But to do it I have to remove the fish to a photo tank and get shots from below. I have found that having clean and cooler water in the photo tanks tends to help get the "hoohoo" out. As a rule of thumb the female's look more like a rounded blob and the males are more pointy looking. I don't have pics of zebras per se, but I have pics for other hypans:

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I know for sure I have both sexes of these fish as I have fry. But in the end I have found I am much better at sexing them based on their behavior once they get near spawning size/age. And its a lot easier than pulling and photographing.
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"Get the hoohoo out"! OK, I'm dying over here! I'm going to try it, but still dying! =))

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