Please help sex these 2 L260

Jul 9, 2009
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both fish cave
both fan
both have hairy tails
both have hairs behind the gill plate ? 2 males?
bought these as a pair ,no action after 7 months so placed a second cave and thats it both have caved both fan etc as above beats me, i thought only males fanned ?
 

thegeeman

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both fish cave
i thought only males fanned ?
Some do some don't. All my 333,s used to cave and only the female fanned. Even when the male had eggs he wouldnt fan.

Best way to sex them is by conditioning them. Female queens get really fat when conditioned and are easy to spot

IMO you have both males

Cheers

thegeeman
 
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Bigjohnnofish

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mmmm

they both seem to be the same sex anyway...

whether it be 2 boys or 2 girls....

with 260's it can be deceiving as i've seen a spawning female hairy and thicker front ray on the pec fin and body hair all the way to the tail....
she made the male look rather tame.... i saw them spawning so theres no doubt shes a girl and the male quickly sat over the eggs and started fanning as soon as she finished laying....

but in this particular case im opting for 2 males....well fed ones at that...:yes:

my females can fan sometimes but mostly the males do...