New group of L128

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New group of L128

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Hi,

Today I bought an adult group of 6 L128.
They are all between 18cm and 21cm TL!
I sexed them as 2 males and 4 females, can you have a look guys?

Thanks!
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Re: New group of L128

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the other 3
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Re: New group of L128

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The group photos!
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Re: New group of L128

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#1 looks like a L200 to me. I've never seen L128 that green, perhaps I'm wrong.
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Re: New group of L128

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Hi,

I can assure you that they are all L128.
I measured them, and they are all between 18cm and 21 TL.

Any idea about the sexes?

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Re: New group of L128

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Nobody?
I would appreciate it, if somebody would help me sexing them!
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Re: New group of L128

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Why don't you tell us what you think, and we can say if we agree or not. After all, you should have some experience with similar ones.

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Re: New group of L128

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I find L200 and L128 very hard to sex from above. The more accurate way IMO to sex them is to look at their genitals.
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Re: New group of L128

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I think 1 & 6 are males.
Maybe 5 also a subdominant male.
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Re: New group of L128

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I agree 1 & 6 are definitely males. 5 probably also. But like PlecoCrazy, I find it very hard to sex these from above (and photos of the genital area are usually hard to read too...)

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Re: New group of L128

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We will see.
They are now in a 150 x 60 x 50cm tank, I will condition them for this winter.
I will try to breed them in smaller tanks, only per trio.

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Re: New group of L128

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1 and six definitely have the long whiskers we find on males, I would strongly agree
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