Another Round at sexing Plecos!!!

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Rantosa
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Another Round at sexing Plecos!!!

Post by Rantosa »

I got these guys about 5 days ago and only now i've had the time to post some pictures while cleaning their tank. Please chip in and give me your ideas.
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Hope you guys can say what sex they are from the pictures. Will try more soon.

Thanx alot 8)
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Post by Barbie »

Could you post the larger sized picture and not the thumbnail please? It might give you much better odds of getting the help you need ;).

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Post by LDA19 »

I agree with Barbie, It is hard to tell with such small pictures, but just guessing, in the top picture the three fish on the left I would say the top and bottom fish are females and the two on the right its possible that the one on the top if also a female.
But we need to have a bigger picture to tell for sure.
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Post by Rantosa »

sorry about the small pictures guys. I got them off my phone. I was really gonna wait till they were a bit fatter so that i can tell easily but cudn't wait :lol:
Here are some more but still not the best camera person

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Post by Rantosa »

I will get pictures of individual pictures of each fish during this week end. I just wanna know that i atleast have a male and a female. An experienced guess is okay for me.. i was thinking that i had 2 females

They are all in a 75 x 45 x 45. Will that be okay for them?
After sexing them i want to leave them at peace so that they can settle down and start eating properly. Or i may post pictures later.
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Post by gemjunkie »

Although the pics are 'clear' they don't show enough detail on these fish. I have this particular kind and when THAT big, it's pretty clear to tell who is who and with your pics, I can't..... Sorry....

I can tell you one thing, the females sometimes like to go in the caves first. BUT, once a male claims the cave, traps a female and spawns, he only leaves again to eat. :wink:
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Post by Yann »

Hi!

I see 2 males for 3 females...

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anyone else got an opinion?
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