L134 Sexing

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 08 Jul 2005, 19:48

'Buffy' is a girl, right?

Just checking before I go off looking for a male

laurab5 · Post by **laurab5** » 08 Jul 2005, 21:48

If it is full grown I would say female since there are no tail odontodes.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 08 Jul 2005, 22:16

size is about 3.5" tip to tail

Neo · Post by **Neo** » 08 Jul 2005, 22:52

seems different to my male so yeah id bet its a female

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 08 Jul 2005, 23:03

Neo wrote:seems different to my male so yeah id bet its a female

hmmm - any pics?

Kasper · Post by **Kasper** » 10 Jul 2005, 10:08

99% sure that it's a female - the males grow odontodes along their back

kev · Post by **kev** » 10 Jul 2005, 11:19

i'd say a fat female

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Kev

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 10 Jul 2005, 11:34

Thanks folks - I was 99% too.

I've been looking for males this weekend - our lfs have a couple that look promosing

PlecoCrazy · Post by **PlecoCrazy** » 12 Jul 2005, 04:37

I have not had much luck piecing together pairs when it comes to Plecos. Buying one here and one there usually leaves me with a group of all one sex. Yah sometimes it can be obvious what the sex is but your best bet is to buy as many as you can when you see them to try to get a pair. It might be more expensive but your odds are much better. Just my tid bit on the subject.

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 12 Jul 2005, 10:49

Unfortunatly this was not an option - we got the one fish as we only wanted one fish...

However I'm now in a position where more fish is an option

(hopefully lots of little plecos

Pandadosmares · Post by **Pandadosmares** » 12 Jul 2005, 13:50

Here's my alfa male in top condition

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » 12 Jul 2005, 14:46

Pandadosmares wrote:Here's my alfa male in top condition

Thanks - Our LFS has a 'fury' one at the moment

laurab5 · Post by **laurab5** » 12 Jul 2005, 16:27

Yes, get the fury one. Peckoltia are easy to sex. On the back half of its body does it look fury. If so get it. That is a mature male. Are they in their on tank. If so read the article on how to stimulate a spawn. That is, the article on L015. Pretty much the same fish.