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No cats but a nice short movie
Posted: 27 Dec 2004, 15:38
by Caol_ila
I caught two Microctenopoma males posing and fighting...
quicktime movie aprox. 6.4 mb
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~hauzc000/bilder/busch2.MOV
Posted: 28 Dec 2004, 00:39
by medaka
excellent ,
is that a female i spy in the background?
Posted: 28 Dec 2004, 00:57
by Caol_ila
i guess so but im not 100% sure how to sex them
Posted: 28 Dec 2004, 11:31
by Caol_ila
Posted: 28 Dec 2004, 19:31
by pturley
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.
Posted: 28 Dec 2004, 20:12
by Caol_ila
@paul ill try that in the coming days