hey guys,
just bought a few L46 from a guy here in Singapore and was wondering if i could get help sexing these pieces.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Sexing L46
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marclazaroo
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Sexing L46
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marclazaroo
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Re: Sexing L46
Size is 2.5-2.7inchesmarclazaroo wrote:hey guys,
just bought a few L46 from a guy here in Singapore and was wondering if i could get help sexing these pieces.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Sexing L46
Appears to be 3 Males.
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Jobro
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marclazaroo
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Re: Sexing L46
Thanks guys! what is the easiest way to tell the males&females apart? Headshape?
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Re: Sexing L46
With pictures like that you can only look at body and headshape. though "headshape"is maybe the wrong term. It's rather the size of the head compared to the body.
If the head is the widest part of your fish, it's probably a male.
If the belly is wider than the head and there are not many ondonthodes on the pectoral spines, it's likely to be a female.
But males can be fat as well. Like the one in your picture. His head is too wide, even though he has a femaleish belly.
Feed them well for 4-8 weeks. Take them out again and take another look at them. Look at the body shapes. look at the odonthodes. take a good look at their vents. Best thing you take some pictures of it and keep looking at the pictures. If they look all the same to you, then you really do have 3 males. Then, if you learn to know your three males, you will be able to distinguish a female by looking at those 3 aspects(body, odonthodes, vents).
If you google this, you will find a lot of usefull information. L46 is very popular and there are tons of discussions about their sexes around the web.
If the head is the widest part of your fish, it's probably a male.
If the belly is wider than the head and there are not many ondonthodes on the pectoral spines, it's likely to be a female.
But males can be fat as well. Like the one in your picture. His head is too wide, even though he has a femaleish belly.
Feed them well for 4-8 weeks. Take them out again and take another look at them. Look at the body shapes. look at the odonthodes. take a good look at their vents. Best thing you take some pictures of it and keep looking at the pictures. If they look all the same to you, then you really do have 3 males. Then, if you learn to know your three males, you will be able to distinguish a female by looking at those 3 aspects(body, odonthodes, vents).
If you google this, you will find a lot of usefull information. L46 is very popular and there are tons of discussions about their sexes around the web.
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