A while back I bought 3 of these fish originally. I bought a fourth not long after the first three. I lost the smallest fish which I suspected to be my only female.
I have a strong feeling the remaining two of my original 3 are male and the the fourth is also male but I question whether or not it is the same as the others.
Original post can be found here:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47568
the first pictures were moved and I can't edit them back in. If you want to see them let me know.
This is how the original two look today at 4.5":
They both look almost exactly alike only one's a little bigger than the other. Neither have developed any white edging or black smudge in the dorsal or pink on the belly.
The last one I bought at 5":
It was purchased as a female as it had a black smudge in the dorsal but the smudge has faded long since. It looks more elongated in the picture than in real life but not by much. I think the other two fish are the slightest bit taller than this one.
Someone on an other forum who said they had sp. Pernambuco told me my fish were not sp. Pernambuco.
That's all I have to pin an ID on them. Otherwise they're just another saxatilis group pike and I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to breed them (if it turned out one of them was a female) and distributing the youngsters or the fish themselves if it turned out I couldn't house all three males.
I have a strong feeling the remaining two of my original 3 are male and the the fourth is also male but I question whether or not it is the same as the others.
Original post can be found here:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47568
the first pictures were moved and I can't edit them back in. If you want to see them let me know.
This is how the original two look today at 4.5":
They both look almost exactly alike only one's a little bigger than the other. Neither have developed any white edging or black smudge in the dorsal or pink on the belly.
The last one I bought at 5":
It was purchased as a female as it had a black smudge in the dorsal but the smudge has faded long since. It looks more elongated in the picture than in real life but not by much. I think the other two fish are the slightest bit taller than this one.
Someone on an other forum who said they had sp. Pernambuco told me my fish were not sp. Pernambuco.
That's all I have to pin an ID on them. Otherwise they're just another saxatilis group pike and I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to breed them (if it turned out one of them was a female) and distributing the youngsters or the fish themselves if it turned out I couldn't house all three males.
