gingerbeer Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 My Checkerboard cichlids have some interesting behaviour that has forced a change around of my fish. I have 3 male and 2 maybe females. The males are so busy displaying and flashing at each other they have no time for the women who are ignored. hecne I have put two of the young guys in a bachelor pad, and lft hte other swinger alone with the women to see what will happen. So given John Kerry has said that soem people are born gay - what about fish??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzacam Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 That actually is a good question.. lol i've thought about whether fish could be gay before... interesting subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpwashus Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I have a pair of kribs in my tank at home. The female is turning herself inside-out trying to get some action from the male. Unfortunately, he is absolutely oblivios to her advances - like a blind man in an adult cinema! I think he may be batting for the other team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltcraig Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 carefull i have read a story that says pets can take after there owners "just kidding" cheers craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 please delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 buts its not unusual for a Melanochromis species to switch in colour from a male to a female or visa versa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 My Checkerboard cichlids have some interesting behaviour that has forced a change around of my fish. I have 3 male and 2 maybe females. The males are so busy displaying and flashing at each other they have no time for the women who are ignored. hecne I have put two of the young guys in a bachelor pad, and lft hte other swinger alone with the women to see what will happen. So given John Kerry has said that soem people are born gay - what about fish??? Dear Stephen, Well, I don't know if your fish are gay or not, but there is more than ample precedent among dwarf cichlids for both hermaphrodism and transvestism...seriously! Two published studies that I'm aware of have established that Dicrossus filamentosus is a hermphrodite. In the absence of a male, the dominant female changes sex and is able to successfully sire fry. Once she's changed, however, there's no going back. Also, when the American ichthyologists, doctors Donald Stewart and Tyson Roberts, scientifically described Nanochromis transvestitus in 1984, they chose the specific name because this species exhibits reversed sexual dichromatism (coloration). In a nutshell, the female wears the male's clothes. Pretty cool stuff, huh? All the best, Randall Kohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Is that true? Interesting topic. Please observe and tell us more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 I have never heard of it before but it could be possible. Could you please tell us more and observe more? Interesting topic. we should find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nornicle Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 cichlidae.com has a good article on dicrossus, detailing the change. I personally have never seen it and actually though only maculatus showed this phenomenon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbeer Posted May 10, 2004 Author Share Posted May 10, 2004 I am sceptical about the sex change in checkerboards. I had 5 in the tank from a young age. Three turned male. If the sex change theory is true then I would expect only one, possibly two to become male. All I have read has not documented a change from a confirmed fertile female to a confirmed fertile male. I suspect rather that a male in females clothing is allowed to fully develop his finnage. However I may and am willing to be proven wrong. As for the gay fish, well, they now appear just happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rol&Jas Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 If I recall right lot of the more primitive cichlids where sex differences are hardly noticable, (one example the orange chromide) sexes can be changed. Females have small testes apart from the ovaries and it was recorded that a group of females have laid eggs and fertilised each others' eggs. Certain fishes are born all females. The most dominant female will turn to male and spawn with all the other females. When the male dies, again the most dominant female will turn into male and start spawning with the females. Old swordtail females can turn to males as well. Animals have strong mating instincts and when they are young they often copulate with their own sexes instinctively. I beleive they do not know that is totally gay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 And the in marine environment ( and those that migrtate between fresh and salt) all Barrimundi are borne male, as are coral trout, corination trout and most of the other "trout" from the coral reefs, as well as cod and Lutjenats. Clown fish are borne unisex, it is not an unusual phenomenon in fish. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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