No cats but a nice short movie

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 27 Dec 2004, 15:38

I caught two Microctenopoma males posing and fighting...
quicktime movie aprox. 6.4 mb
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~hauzc000/bilder/busch2.MOV

Post by **medaka** » 28 Dec 2004, 00:39

excellent ,

is that a female i spy in the background?

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 28 Dec 2004, 00:57

i guess so but im not 100% sure how to sex them

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 28 Dec 2004, 11:31

Second 9 mb one
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~hauzc000/bilder/busch1.MOV

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 28 Dec 2004, 19:31

Caol... Wrote

i guess so but im not 100% sure how to sex them

I haven't tried with this particular fish but aren't they just like any other Anabantid?

Shine a bright light through the fish from behind, the ovaries of the females will show a triangular shaped dark spot immediately above the vent (point down) males will not have such a mark.

It's easy to sex out Bettas and Gouramis from a very young age with this method.

Try it and give a reply post, I'd be interested to see if it works with the Ctenopoma as well.

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 28 Dec 2004, 20:12

@paul ill try that in the coming days