L168 Sexing

[jjusttiff]

Hi all could you help me with these guys in sexing? They are my friends and these are his first L numbers! I indroduced him into the L FEVER!!<3<3<3 lol


Thanks all :thumbup:

 

[jjusttiff]

oh the size of the largest is 8/9cm and the others are around 7/8cm

 

[jjusttiff]

any suggestions?

 

[PlecoMM]

168's have been and are very difficult to sex, males have a cigar shaped body with a pointier nose and the eyes are widely parrted conpared to the female. the female will have a smoother shovel like face and narrower space between the eyes. the pelvic fins of the nale will be noticebly larger and the pec fin shape and hair growth will be noticeably thicker than the female . imo these a little to lean and a tint small to sex just yet, feed them up !

 

[bigbird]

either you need to fatten then up, but they all look like M to me.
F do tend to have a rounder body. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Brengun]

It does look like 3 males atm but with conditioning you might have a female in them.

 

[jjusttiff]

thankyou, i got them from the fish shop not long ago, they are doing well now and eating.. pigs actually. I know now I have definate two males... the other either wants a cave or its wanting something else

Hopefully I have at least one female.. if not.. then shall hunt more down

Thanks all