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Hi!

Could someone please try and give the right sex to this trio.
I were first sure that I had two males and one female, but now I´m not sure.
Could be three males?

I'm sure the one to the left (the bigger one) is a male. The one on in the middle looks prety much like a male too.
Both of these show thick pectoral fin rays with big odontodes, and clearly showing bigger spines under the gill covers.

That leaves the one on the right to be a female - but I'm not at all sure about that.

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Mats

You have probobly right Mats, were hoping for different headshape for the one in the middle = female
But there is alot of odontodes on that one.

The on too the right have a lot of odontodes on the head so probobly male to

looks like to me 3 males

wow , they are real beauties!

Yes they are nice, but would have been nicer with an female in that group.

I think females have a double row of tentacles, whereas males have a triple (!) row of tentacles, as far as I know......

don't fix me on that count; I'm not that hardcore into the L numbers that I'm dead sure 100% on this; but it's what I've known for a while......

these ranunculus are very hard to sex though.

with this species a picture of the belly while it's grazing the glass is better! the shape of the papilla is different alright ;)

Yes I read this too, forgot to take picture in that view when I put them in the tank.

Are going to pickup 2 more at my LFS on wednesday if they are in stock at the grossist ( english word?), gender is unknown. Guess I´ll doing that until a get a female. They will surley be smaller then the ones that I allready got.

To help your English: the Swedish word "grossist" translates to "wholesaler".

Good luck with finding a female.

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Mats

Fetched 2 more today.
Not sure at all at the sex
Leaning to males? the left ones seems to have fewer rows.
The camera is singing on the last verse , could´t zoom at all.


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http://www.svenskdiskus.se/malar/l255/l255b.jpg



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http://www.svenskdiskus.se/malar/l255/l255dd.jpg

Nice picture of nice fish. I can't say for sure whether they are male or female tho'. Grow them out, and I'm sure it will become apparent - females will be fatter.

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Mats

Yes dont have other options,weel I can buy more

I turned them over and I toght I could see a little difference, but I´m not sure.
Did try to take photo ,buts it´s werey unclear on the picture

One man/or female short today, guess tranport issue or some sickness, with that one cause it felt week already when I opened tha bag.

Guess i need to get some more.