Picked up a couple belly crawlers from the LFS about a month ago. My first pikes. The smallest (3.5") and largest (5") in the tank hoping to get a pair. However, it looks like they are both males. They are about 4" and 6" now and neither have the dorsal spots. Am I correct in assuming they are both males? I'm going to go back to the LFS and see if I can pick out a female. My other question is, how large do they have to be before the females show the dorsal spots? Should they be showing at 4"? Any advice is appreciated.
Sexing 'Belly Crawlers'
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The smallest belly crawlers I've seen were perhaps 2.5"-3" or so, and already had the spots. Never seen any smaller though, so not sure at what age they develop. So yes, sounds like yours are males.
That's what I thought. Thanks. Went to the LFS today to see about getting a female. They only had 4 fish left and none of them had the spots. So no female yet.
