Sexing zebs ....

[elaine]

I'm told there are two females in this group but I'm not very good with zebs. I have a dreadful track record at spotting females .... LOL !

Can anyone help out ?

I know they are not the best of pics, but all I could get. Would appreciate any advice .

http://img13.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=zebs5.jpg

 

[Jo Crane]

Cant see them sorry

 

[Doodles]

me neither, can you upload them to the gallery?

 

[elaine]

I really am useless at this ...... sorry !

Weird, the pics come up for me. I'll try and sort it out.

 

[thegeeman]

Hello Elaine

You can see them because Windows live is linking them from your hard drive onto the site your viewing. You could of course just give us your log in details

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[Jo Crane]

I see them now to be honest for 100% certainty they are a bit on the small size yet at a guess there is one male and a female the other not sure also this is not a comment to offend you at all, but they are either very very very stressed or not in the best of health very washed out some ragged finage maybe just need some TLC

 

[Andrew]

The link is working but i posted them here for for easy reference, tried resizing them with photoshop, but Photobucket might keep them at their original size;

Looking at the close ups of three fish and going by odontal growth, i think the first picture looks male, the second picture is harder to tell but also looks male, and the third picture looks female.

 

[elaine]

Thanks Jo,

No offense taken ... LOL.

They are not mine but zebs I have been offered for sale. Just out of interest, which is the one you consider most likely to be female ?

 

[Jo Crane]

If any I would say the bottom one out of the picture of the 3 together the other 2 are developing male heads IMO and I do doubt myself a lot LOL

 

[st24rsap]

If any I would say the bottom one out of the picture of the 3 together the other 2 are developing male heads IMO and I do doubt myself a lot LOL

thats what i was thinking, top 2 look more male but to be honest id say they all need conditioning

 

[Irene0100]

yes need a good feed,
I would not be surprised if all are male, they have quite thick and long front ray on pec fins anyway, and nose profiles not very different
but probably not fully adult yet so hard to be sure.

 

[SmithRC]

Going by the hands in the pics they look about 1.5 - 2"....
I dont want to guess at that size...

BUT if you buy them as all male - you might get a nice surprise

 

[elaine]

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated !

They are supposed to be 7cm+ but don't really look that from the pics. They do look like they need a good few square meals though .... LOL !

Think I may go for the one most likely to be female and hope for the best.

 

[Rabbit]

I would say 2 Male's 1 Female, but personally i wouldn't purchase the fish until they have a little more weight about them, two of the three are on the emaciated side.

 

[elaine]

Thanks for the advice Rabbit.

I just thought they needed a few good meals, but now that you mention it they do look very thin.

 

[Irene0100]

why is the owner not looking after them well?

 

[bikerman6660]

I would personally be very wary about buying them as zebs are so expensive you want them in the best of health when you buy them

 

[Andrew]

They are not owned by a hobbyist, it is a Discus Shop/Supplier that has managed to get a hold of some zebras and is selling them.