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Is This Borleyi Male Or Female

Started by Chopstick_mike, Jun 06 2015 09:20 PM

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#1 Chopstick_mike

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Posted 06 June 2015 - 09:20 PM

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#2 Redevilz

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Posted 06 June 2015 - 10:06 PM

Hmm. Is there another larger or more brightly coloured male in the tank? I have had a group of red empress before 2m 2f. I thought at first I had 1m 3f because only 1 was coloured up, then the dominant male died and the other male coloured up.

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#3 Chopstick_mike

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Posted 06 June 2015 - 10:09 PM

No it is all by itself and it does have shades of blue through it when torch is on it

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#4 Redevilz

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 12:08 AM

Hmmm. Either a young male starting to colour up or a very nice female... Sorry I am not an expert. I'm sure someone will confirm what it is...

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#5 Mr_docfish

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 09:38 AM

If tgere are no dominant males around, then its a female...

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#6 LexAgate

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 11:04 AM

It's probably a male

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#7 dicky7

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 11:44 AM

how sure are you Lex??

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#8 Chopstick_mike

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 01:00 PM

Thanks guys I'll leave it be for a couple more months then sell it off it's a female

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#9 dicky7

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 03:16 PM

Yup best way to go I think that's what a lot of breeders do

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#10 Chopstick_mike

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 07:41 PM

Yup best way to go I think that's what a lot of breeders do

that is the biggest problem trying to set up a display tank from juvies also at the same time the most fun watching and seeing them colour up into males

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#11 Kleinz

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Posted 08 June 2015 - 01:06 AM

Chuck it to me if it's a female and I'll add it to the colony

Might be a female with lots of colour food. How big is it and what is it eating?

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#12 Chopstick_mike

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Posted 08 June 2015 - 06:17 AM

It's about 4 cm maybe 5 and I'm feeding NLS and algae wafers and Ye when I'm 100% sure it's females your welcome to it kleinz

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#13 LexAgate

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Posted 08 June 2015 - 07:00 AM

You can see a bit of orange in the body, if the bottom find get even a bit of black then it's a less dominant male! Simple really but how big is he?
Sorry didn't read wait a little bit it's still small I'm 70+% sure it's a male patience is key!

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#14 Buccal

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Posted 08 June 2015 - 06:45 PM

From my experience, the flush of orange that begins to show behind the gills is beginnings of a male.
After that stage, some tiny tiny little dots will appear to the rear of the dorsal fin, just before the anal and dorsal begin to form a little point.