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Hello again!

I got two new L200

Please help me sex them!

Fish 1)



Fish 2)




Thanks for hepling!!!

Cheers
Cristoffer

hi cristoffer,
i'd say number 2 a male...number 1 i'm not really sure ...how big are they??

farid

Hello Farid!


They are about 13- to 15 cm TL.
Fish one is a bit bigger than fish two.

I suspect that fish one could be a female.


Regards
Cristoffer

I'd say the body shape of #1 is also indicating a female - but until they breed, it's always hard to say.

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Mats

...according to the bellyshape i also guess a female...also the pectoral fins are slightly thinner than the ones from pic.2

as males have thicker pectoral fins...(the thick part of it) dont know the mane on english...

farid

Hi!
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Thanks Farid!

It now seemse that I have a total of 4 females and three males.
It probably is going to bee two breeding groups of these.

I would also be glad if you could have a look at: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=27215
The rest of the group!

Best regards
Cristoffer

hi Cristoffer,

in your earlier topic, i see three females and two males.

the fish in this topic could well be a 'pair' with the female in the top picture!

nice breeding group you have! 7 specimens in 3m/4f ratio lucky man!

but why split them in two groups? don't you think the chance of succesful breeding is higher when you keep them all together? So the males can 'fight' for dominance and the females can choose the best partner?

best of luck with these, cheers!

Hello!

Thanks DutchFry!

In the beginning, a bigger group can bee a good idea. But from my experience, if there is many males, thay spend their time fighting, rather than breeding. And from time to time, I've seen that some males doecen't like some females for some reason. I've seen this in Leporacanthicus. Perhaps it's not the same with Hemiancistrus.
But to see how they like each other, I't can be good to have the big group.

I'm not saying it's wrong to have them together, but I will probably do both and see what is best!

Once again! Thanks for helping!

Cheers

I think you have a pair with fish 1 a girl and fish 2 seems to be the boy.
I've never had these though so take my thought here with a grain of salt.
Rohan R