is it possible to tell the difference in sex of the cyrtocara moori aka blue dolphin at 3.5"? i just aquired one and cant tell. i mean, it's pretty blue, but i was wondering. help anyone?
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If you can post a really good picture, I maybe can tell from it. In person I could tell you but post a pic and I will try. I have been breeding them for a while now so I am getting pretty good a sexing them. Thats my 8in to 9in male in my avitar.
Honda
I've got a group of 25 Placidochromis phenochilus and I've been told that they spawn like the moori.
You're the only member that I know that has spawned the moori, would you mind giving me some pointers?
Here is my moori that lives in the 300gal with my Placidochromis phenochilus and a pic of them.
I've got a group of 25 Placidochromis phenochilus and I've been told that they spawn like the moori.
You're the only member that I know that has spawned the moori, would you mind giving me some pointers?
Here is my moori that lives in the 300gal with my Placidochromis phenochilus and a pic of them.
First off my male is close to 9in and my female is about six. They are in a 90gl right now and my rocks are all piled up in the left and right coners of the tank. That way the little fish have a place to hide and the bigger fish just swim around in the open areas. I have playsand as a substrate. I really didn't do anything special that I know of. The male just found a spot in the right corner of the tank and he just built a little nest and brought the female over and they spawned in the pit he made. Now they spawn about every 60 days for me and produce any where from 60 to 150 fry. They biggest thing about getting them to spawn IMO is there age and size. My male is about 4 and my female about 2 1/2 years old. I never saw any signs of spawning till about a year ago and since then they haven't stopped, and produce fry like crazy. They only thing I can figure is that yours may not be mature and big enough or old enough. That would be my guess. I hope this helps and best of luck to you.
This might work...If you have a clear specimen container, like those a fish shop uses to collect fish, net and put the fish in it so you can get a good look at the underside of the fish. Look at the two openings just forward of the anal fin. If I remember correctly, the genitalia is closest to the anal fin, and the anal opening is forward of that. If it is a female the genital opening will appear to be larger than the anal opening. If it's a male then genitalia will be smaller than the anal opening. Good luck.
Honda12 said:
sorry for the bad pictures. his fins are a little nipped since i just put him in there. ha. i say him but i don't know what it is. he's pretty bright, so i'm assuming it's a male? and i am correct that its a blue dolpin yes? he was in a "mixed haps" tank. go figure. he's not even a haplichromis. haha. way to go fish supplier.
Can't really tell from those pics sorry. Just so you know cyrtocara moorii AKA blue dolphins are haps. Also younger fish I find tend to be more colorfull than the adults in this species. They tend to fade and get lighter as they get older. That is a male in my avitar and he is pretty light.