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I bought two L-204 recently. What’s your idea regarding male/female?

They are ~ 8-11cm TL

Top photo might be female, but I think both are male, although I would have expected to see longer pectoral odontodes.

Cheers, Eric

Thanks Eric! I have same thoughts. Hopefully there will be more signs in coming weeks.

And this one? ~10cm

I think male.

Cheers, Eric

Nice looking L204's! I have a colony for a few years & still no luck on breeding!

Thanks AmazonTank! How many do you have? What you feed them?

What you think of these specimens, sexwise?

Hi I agree with Eric! The males really flare up there odontodes in my observation.
I feed zuchini, sweet potato, northfin wafers, repashy soilent, bug bites & sometimes shrimp.
I had them 4 years and it seemed for sure many times but never any eggs. My l397 & l306 breed every fee weeks for years.
No luck breeding chubbies, l204, chaca cats & gulpers. Did breed black ghost knifes but babies were hard to raise.

Ok, hopefully they will finally breed for you.
I will have this as a long time breeding project.

Griparn wrote: ↑07 Sep 2023, 17:45 Ok, hopefully they will finally breed for you.
I will have this as a long time breeding project.

I will be looking forward to it good luck. I heard cool water with higher ph helps breeding haha but that's coming from someone that has failed and now they become pets taking up alot of tank space! I plan on introducing wild females in the mix in the next few weeks and get the breeding done

Thanks, keep me updated. Great to hear from others trying to breed this species.

Im also looking to add 1-2 more.

I’ll update this thread as it progress.

Fish nr 1 more condtioned:

I have had this colony for 5 years so many close calls !