fishie4me Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 hey guys i am going to geta couple of these guys at 5-6 cm and was wondering how to sex them any ideas? is it size? colour? eggspots? finage? what is it any1 know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwik Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 these guys are a protomelas sp so i think u would only be guessing at that size.my f/blues and red empress showed colour at 10cm+ hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita_ozfish Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Good morning Hieu, My best advice to you is forget it. At that size it will only be the most alpha male that would show any hint of colour. The fish are very small for sexing. If you picked say one or two of the biggest and then a bunch of smaller ones, you would have the best chance of getting a mixed group. Males will start to show a bit of colour on the anal fin and the back of the dorsal. These fins would also tend to be pointier than in females. Other than that, you need to let them grow up and see. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishie4me Posted January 3, 2004 Author Share Posted January 3, 2004 thx anita and qwik... really useful. i mean for real lol not sacastically lol some peole jus tmight get the wrong idea... i'll be looking for those colonr on the fins and look at their shape (pointy or not) thx guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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