Brenton Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) I got eight girls from Sara to stock my sorority so I can pull my breeding females out without reducing the numbers to 'cat-fight' levels - or so the theory went... These are all from the same spawn, so sisters...I found one 'girl' dead a couple of days after they were settled in, 'her' internal organs completely gone as well as 'her' caudal. I'm beginning to think the dead one, and this one are both males with egg spots. But I'd like to hear the thoughts of others before I go pull him/her out and put him/her into the male barracks :)/>/> I think the damage may have been from the fighting between the two possible males. So what's your thoughts...male or female? Edited October 25, 2013 by Brenton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afr3178 Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Male me thinks. Stockier body and the longer fins. Do any of the other girls (besides the dead one) have fins of the same length? Males can show an 'egg spot' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lodo Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 I too would say male. It's also not uncommon for an egg spot like thing to appear especially after feeding. As Adam said males tend to be stockier than the ladies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 male. you can tell by the "ventricles"!!! hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted October 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Paul....what? He's in the male barracks now. Think I might line him up with his sister down the track (once she's put some size on her): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 ventrals...plus the bits that dangle at the front on a male and end in ..esticles = "ventricles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenton Posted October 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Ah...sorry, was never very good at word association So, long bits at the front denote male? I've never really looked that hard at the length of either sex's ventrals to be honest - would make life somewhat easier...and would make getting ventrals on fry that much more important! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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