ShadowStryder's Silver Dollar Growouts (M. 'blackberry', fasciatus & lippincotti)

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Blkpiranha said:
Nice setup and SD's. On a side note females should have the single hook anal fin and the males have the double hook which looks just like a single hook with a bump 3/4 of the way down. I am not sure why on the net you get different answers for the same fish. Everybody doesn't seem to have the same consensus. I have always sexed my SD's this way and currently have wide bar,thin bar and red hooks. This feature is not always as apparent on other species of SD's but still can be seen.
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Thanks, yeah I get different opinions on sexing also. I was told that the males have a straight red anal fin with hook and females have the clear/yellowish anal with the bi-lobe, bump out as you called it. This was told to me by Wes..... Guess I will find out for sure one way or the other if I can get them breeding.
 
ShadowStryder said:
Thanks, yeah I get different opinions on sexing also. I was told that the males have a straight red anal fin with hook and females have the clear/yellowish anal with the bi-lobe, bump out as you called it. This was told to me by Wes..... Guess I will find out for sure one way or the other if I can get them breeding.
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Best of luck breeding these guys. Put me down for two males & two females. :)

And thanx for the video. They look very happy in that 125 gallon.
 
Blkpiranha said:
Nice setup and SD's. On a side note females should have the single hook anal fin and the males have the double hook which looks just like a single hook with a bump 3/4 of the way down. I am not sure why on the net you get different answers for the same fish. Everybody doesn't seem to have the same consensus. I have always sexed my SD's this way and currently have wide bar,thin bar and red hooks. This feature is not always as apparent on other species of SD's but still can be seen.

Sorry for the side track but here is a good video of males circling a female.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-t80KBNSAI
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Just saw the link you put in, very nice vid depicting male and females trying to breed. Going by that vid then sexing is as you say. Either way I have both, so lets hope for the best.
Does the sexing hold true for your widebars?

Fram you are on the list.:)
 
Little update! More size and coloring.........

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Nice, I was getting tired just watching them swim back and forth. Not stop swimming in that tank. What's the growth rate on the blackberry?
 
Blkpiranha said:
Nice, I was getting tired just watching them swim back and forth. Not stop swimming in that tank. What's the growth rate on the blackberry?
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LOL They don't ever stop moving. That's why its easier to do a vid then stills. They have at least tripled in size since the original video in the first post. Have just about caught the smallest Tiger SDs in size.

Thanks!
 
ShadowStryder said:
I don't know either, hopefully with my Tigers I have two with straight red anal fins and 4 with bi lobed anal fins with hooks at the end and clear to yellow tint. So am hoping that its 2m/4f with the intent to breed.
How did the Green SDs from Rapps turn out? Almost pulled the trigger on them but in the end didn't. And the blackberries, all three have large, red and long hooks. But in a video of larger specimens of blackberries I posted in another thread they had the same type of anal fins (large, red and hooked) but I spotted a couple with a bi-lobed anal. I will post that vid up in case you hadn't seen it. Here it is.

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Loved the vids, thanks for posting, have a few WB Rapps SD's here myself... How big are your's approx in this vid? couldn't get a feel for tank size? Black Berries are next on my list, nice to see a fellow MO SD collector
 
Little update. Looking like all females with the Blackberries.

Best viewed in HD.

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