Sexing: S. Petricola "dwarf"

DanL · Post by **DanL** » 14 Feb 2004, 03:29

Hello all, long time visitor first time poster...

I am looking for help on sexing S. Petricola Dwarf... I have three of them right now. Here are pics of one of them... How can you sex them?

thanx in advance for the help!!

Post by **Silurus** » 14 Feb 2004, 04:28

This may help.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 14 Feb 2004, 13:06

yours is obviously a guy.....

It's got a weener!
just in front of the anal fin, there's a fairly obvious white thingy; females lack such a thing; those have much rounder bellies and a less stretched outlook, usually.

DanL · Post by **DanL** » 14 Feb 2004, 17:15

thanx for the help...

I guess I have three males then. if I were to find one female would that be a problem adding her to the tank with 3 males?

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 14 Feb 2004, 22:10

not a problem.
but it might be nicer on the female, if you got two females instead of one.

But petricola's are a bit like Cory's; if breeding is the aim, there should be a male surplus.