Help determining gender L333 post 1

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Help determining gender L333 post 1

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Hi everybody,

this is my first post on Planetcatfish. I started keeping L-numbers recently. I have had many Malawi and Tanganyika cichlids, but L-numbers are new to me. So I would appreciate any help sexing my two L333's. I bought these two mature L333's, 8cm in size, as a male and a female. I hope that you can confirm. Thanks!

Kind regards, L3hundred33

PS1: This forum only allows me to post 3 images. Therefore I posted a second post (Help determining gender L333 post 2) with extra images.
PS2: The differences that I can see are: "A" has more a moon like shape in the tail. "B" has more of a zig-zag shape, shorter on top and longer at the bottom. "A" has a dark purple/blue colored belly. "B" has more of white belly. Both have odontodes on the pectoral fins, but these are more pronounced on "A". "B" has subtle odontones and "A" has long bushy odontones on the pectoral fins. "A" has a more pointy head and "B" has a more rounded head.
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Help determining gender L333 post 2

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Please read my first post: Help determining gender L333 post 1. This second post is for extra pictures of my L333 for help determining gender of my two L333. Thanks!

Kind regards, L3hundred33
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B needs some food. The belly looks sunken.
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Just bought them yesterday. B looked skinny to me too. I will provide extra food.
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as far as sexing, I have never been that great at young hypans, but A looks male, B, I am unsure.
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Thank you nvcichlid. I am told that these L333's are about two years old.
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Both males
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Thank you Axle. There is very little hesitation in your reaction :)

The score is now:
A = Male
A = Male
B = Unsure
B = Male

Anyone else?
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Re: Help determining gender L333 post 2

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I've combined the two threads (the attachment limit is per post, not per thread) and I've moved this thread to the correct/husbandry forum.

Hope that little bit of housekeeping helps in more responses etc.

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Re: Help determining gender L333 post 2

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L3hundred33 wrote:Thank you Axle. There is very little hesitation in your reaction :)



Anyone else?
Yeah sorry about that. I'm 90% sure you have two males.
The side shots when they are in the bags is a give away for me.
Hairy pec fins and prominant whiskers on the cheeks.
Hope that helps.
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That does help Axle, thank you .. again!

It helps me to understand what to look for when trying to determine gender.
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