5 x Wild L260's to sex please

[Zebra Pleco]

Hi all, sorry for the quality in images, but just got a delivery of 5 wild caught L260's and want the forums opinion on sex etc.

Fish #1 Male or Female

Fish #2 Male or Female

Fish #3 Male or Female

Fish #4 Male or Female

Fish #5 Male or Female

Thank you

 

[bigbird]

ok my thougts
M,F,M,M,M, stunning patterns. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Marsbar]

Fish 1 and 2 are female and the other three are male, nice pickup can I ask where you got them:dk:
Good luck breeding them, watch out keeping those males all together they can get a bit violent!!

 

[rickyjjuk]

Very nice I'm just viewing but F,PossF,M,M,M??

 

[Patrick888]

Judging by my own I'd stump for M, F, M, M, M. Nice fish

 

[elaine]

Comparing with my own, I see one female and the rest male.
Lovely looking fish !

 

[Vin23]

L260

M,F,M,M,M very nice fish..

 

[RobHarrison]

One Female the rest are males, least you have a pair

 

[dconnors]

1-Possibly female-pretty hairy, but possible...:dk:
2-Female
3-Male
4-Male
5-Male

 

[Rabbit]

How sure are you the wild caught?

 

[Zebra Pleco]

Well can never be 100% sure if wild caught, but been told there are 4 years old at least and bought from a reliable source.

 

[816johnv]

Female
Female
Male
Male
Male

 

[Joby]

Am leaning towards first 2 being female and the rest males. I have a very hairy female that would put any male to shame so not always easy to guess :dk:

 

[Zebra Pleco]

Joby, what sizes are you L260 caves, will set up a dedicated breeding tank for these fish and try and get them to spawn. Will my L46 caves do, or do they have different requirements?

 

[Joby]

I buy my clay caves from Jo at Rare Aquatics and use size 3 for the 260's which is slightly bigger than for the zebs which are size 2. The female has an even bigger size cave just to loll around in but they always spawn in the male's smaller cave :yes:

A dedicated tank sounds good :thumbup:

 

[Zebra Pleco]

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