BlakeyBoyR Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Seeing as I cant directly paste photos into this thread, here is the link to my latest album. A few of you have been asking me for pics of the Apistogramma borellii 'paraguay wild' I got this week, and here they are Tell me what you think! Here's the link to my apisto pics, enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerospel Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Very nice looking apistos you got there! I feel like to get some now. Are they both males? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 Theyre not supposed to be! Theyre meant to be a pair however their behaviour makes me suspicious. I hope theyre not the same sex. Can anyone tell? I dont know if theyre big enough to sex by colour just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 The female should have a much shorter dorsal fin than the male. The male's dorsal fin is long and follows the line of the tail having an almost crescent shaped gap between the dorsal and the tail. Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 Thanks for the reply mate. I wonder if that sexing method can be used on fish this small though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kribbie Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Hey Blake, I'm 110% sure that both of your borellii are males. Eventhough they are not very big in sizes, but they've all got the red markings on their face and similar colours on the bodies. Female borellii should look duller and brown-yellowish than the males and it's really easy to distinguish their difference. Male A. borellii - 01 Male A. borellii - 02 Female borellii - 01 Female A. borellii - 02 Male borellii (Left) and Female borellii (Right) HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted April 12, 2005 Author Share Posted April 12, 2005 It does help thanks mate. Looks like I may need to order another fish from AI. I'm not happy Jan. Time to call Anthony and see if he can liase with AI for me, try to rectify the situation. Thanks mate Im assuming if I get a female I should definately get rid of one of my males? Two males and one female in a 20" tank = death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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