L204 sexing

AndersB · Post by **AndersB** » 02 Dec 2013, 10:18

I have purchased a Group of 5 l204 mature specimens

One is certain male but what is the rest?

: Gender?

: Certain male

: Gender?

AndersB · Post by **AndersB** » 02 Dec 2013, 10:24

: Gender

: Gender?

: 4 of them together

Hoping for answers:)

Greetings, Anders

krazyGeoff · Post by **krazyGeoff** » 02 Dec 2013, 22:16

From the first post, 2 females, 1 male
From the second post, the one with the split caudal fin male, the other one I am not sure - leaning towards female.

Good luck.

Cheers

AndersB · Post by **AndersB** » 03 Dec 2013, 09:37

Thanks for your comment! The certain male keeps in a cave all the time, so maybe there are a couple of females..

Maybe others have an opinion about it?

jac · Post by **jac** » 03 Dec 2013, 14:44

You could take pictures of the vent, like this: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=39378

AndersB · Post by **AndersB** » 03 Dec 2013, 18:16

Bugger, I just put them i the tank, so I would be sorry to pull them up again. I actually tried to take pics of their bellies, but i just got one good photo, and that was of the male...

: male

Can you say anything about gender of the 5 fish above? I will take pics of their belly if I re decorate or move the fish. Its an interesting theory you have!

AndersB · Post by **AndersB** » 05 Dec 2013, 21:50

Noone else?

jac · Post by **jac** » 06 Dec 2013, 13:10

I find it hard to sex fish which I can't see hands on. Sometimes it is a little easier to see but in your case I don't find it so easy. The pictures are far of and a bit dark.
You could try to observe their behavior in the tank and if you ever do have to remove them for what reason, you could take some more pictures.
I think Geoff's answer is a safe bet thou

AndersB · Post by **AndersB** » 06 Dec 2013, 19:37

Thank you for your answer Jac! I will remember to take buttom-up pics when it is possible.
For now I will rely on Geoff's answer:)

Btw I just saw a clutch of eggs at one of my L201 males, which i only have had for 3 weeks. I did nothing to make them spawn except providing caves. The Water is pretty hard - around 250ppm. Nice:)

Panquetalk · Post by **Panquetalk** » 16 Feb 2014, 16:51

I'm not sure but i think with L204 the males have longer tail fins and the females dont. Kinda like bolivain rams. If this is true sexing should be easy and lifting fish out of the water unnesscary. I saw a male and some females in my dealers tank at tropaquatics, should have gotten more but at $40 bucks a fish 1 was all I could afford.

tagamasid1023 · Post by **tagamasid1023** » 16 Feb 2014, 19:20

Three females and a lone male IMO. Last one seems to be thin female. All look very beautiful though. Good luck.

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