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Sexing: S. Petricola "dwarf"

Posted: 14 Feb 2004, 03:29
by DanL
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?

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thanx in advance for the help!!

Posted: 14 Feb 2004, 04:28
by Silurus
This may help.

Posted: 14 Feb 2004, 13:06
by sidguppy
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.

Posted: 14 Feb 2004, 17:15
by DanL
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?

Posted: 14 Feb 2004, 22:10
by sidguppy
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.