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Posted by Jim Morcombe on December 20, 2006, 3:39 am
Please log in for more thread options swarvegorilla wrote:
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>>swarvegorilla wrote:
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>>>>The guy from the LFS told me that the first sign that an Electric Blue
>>>>will be a male is that there will be four yellow dots appearing on the
>>>>Anal fin. Since my female has four dots on her anal fin, I thought he'd
>>>>just made a slip of the tongue and he meant that it would be female. My
>>>>male has a completely yellow anal fin.
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>>>>I have been watching my babies grow and one of the juveniles with yellow
>>>>dots on the anal fin just tuned bright blue, so it is definitely a male.
>>>>
>>>>What is the most reliable way of sexing Electric Blues before they come
>>>>into their full colour?
>>>>
>>>>Some of my younger fish have developped a definite striping. Is this a
>>>>sign they will be males?
>>>>
>>>>Jim Morcombe
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>>>The best method is to wait for the dorsal fin edging to change in my
>>>experience.
>>>Males will have white edging where as females remain much much duller.
>>>Be careful of using any colour foods and remove each male as it colours
>>>enough to be seen
>>>this way the next one will colour up
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>>My males have a lighter blue edging - almost white on the dorsal fin while
>>my femalesmuch smaller and less obvious yellow edging. I will watch my
>>next batch carefully and see when it chyanges colour.
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>>In my next batch, there are some that have developped strong vertical
>>striping and others that have no striping. Is the striping an indication
>>of sex?
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> it's an indicator of aggression thats for sure!
> Not a reliable one really but once you know the traits to look for you can
> spot males relatively early.
> dorsal edging, more anal fin spots, elongated anal fin and more blue on
> body.
> Oh and the one with the best cave, always hiding is probably the alpha male.
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Actually, my alpha male doesn't use a cave any more - he regards the
entire tank as his teritory. But the first juvenile to "turn blue" does
always stake out a really good cave.
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> will be a male is that there will be four yellow dots appearing on the
> Anal fin. Since my female has four dots on her anal fin, I thought he'd
> just made a slip of the tongue and he meant that it would be female. My
> male has a completely yellow anal fin.
>
> I have been watching my babies grow and one of the juveniles with yellow
> dots on the anal fin just tuned bright blue, so it is definitely a male.
>
> What is the most reliable way of sexing Electric Blues before they come
> into their full colour?
>
> Some of my younger fish have developped a definite striping. Is this a
> sign they will be males?
>
> Jim Morcombe