sexing L066

gizulon · Post by **gizulon** » 01 May 2018, 18:39

hi all,
i have L066 that i want to know his sex,
what do you say? male or female?

Jobro · Post by **Jobro** » 03 May 2018, 12:00

Hey there,

it is really hard to tell from this pictures alone. I would tend to a female. But it's far from a clear call. You might want to add pictures from the dorsal (top) view.

gizulon · Post by **gizulon** » 04 May 2018, 20:21

hi jobro,
hard to get dorsal view
shes all the time at the glass near the filter(reminds me the L128 i had).
lets wait a month or two to see if shes round at her belly ;)

Ltygress · Post by **Ltygress** » 24 May 2018, 21:53

How big is she now? Also, do the odontodes on her "gill plates" look long?

TwoTankAmin · Post by **TwoTankAmin** » 25 May 2018, 01:00

Female, imo. Tube is down in top pic and it is blob shaped. Male's would be more pointy, like a V.

gizulon · Post by **gizulon** » 10 Jun 2018, 18:28

Ltygress wrote: ↑24 May 2018, 21:53 How big is she now? Also, do the odontodes on her "gill plates" look long?

hi,
aprox 10-11 cm
adult female
she is out of the cave like the other female
and another one always in the cave maybe male

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 10 Jun 2018, 20:14

I have always found it best to sex plecs with pictures from above. Venting them can be useful but can also be subject to interpretation. What I mean by that is sometimes a male can look to be female and a female can look to be male.
Also.... I have females that like to cave up and I have seen males (subdominant males) that didn't really cave up.....

Chuck

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