Whats occurring

[thegeeman]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh<3<3

I cant see in the cave and even though Scatz is trying to make shine a torch in there I have resisted

I have watched them over the last few nights shuffling in and around the cave together and this morning one is above the cave to the left and the other is sat fanning sticking out of the cave entrance.

The weird thing is the one sat in the cave entrance fanning is what I believe to be the female:dk:

Its a good start even if they havent spawned YET


Cheers

thegeeman

 

[scatz]

now if only you could see the tank from below.
tis very odd for the female to be fanning, sure you haven't got 2 males?

 

[thegeeman]

Could be:dk: Your the expert on these mate

They have totally different body shapes if thats anything to go by:dk:

 

[scatz]

Expert pah! beats me mate, i cant even sex mine despite staring at them for hours lol

 

[thegeeman]

Is it possible I could tell from their bits? the papilla??? or something like that

Oh wait that would mean picking them up so scrap that idea

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[scatz]

you could get a fair idea by looking at their bits yes, do yours ever go on the glass? mine dont

 

[thegeeman]

do yours ever go on the glass? mine dont

Not that I have seen:dk:. I will leave them for a while and see what happens before I go putting my hands on either of those 5" monsters

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[816johnv]

they look the same to me lol hope im wrong and fingers crossed they will do the deed for you

 

[scatz]

just a thought, do you have a camcorder?
most have night vision on them, could use this to look into the cave with all the lights off

 

[thegeeman]

just a thought, do you have a camcorder?
most have night vision on them, could use this to look into the cave with all the lights off

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

I think I will just watch and see what happens

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[thegeeman]

they look the same to me

Thats the untrained eye in you johnny

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[FF MkII]

If they were two males there would probably have been some bloodshed by now. The fish in the first pic looks a little on the thin side. They both have different head shapes. According to the bible that is Ingo's book L65's are easy to sex as the male has a larger dorsal fin. having said that the two pics he had in the book looked the same lol

 

[thegeeman]

According to the bible that is Ingo's book L65's are easy to sex as the male has a larger dorsal fin. having said that the two pics he had in the book looked the same lol

Yeah checked that article out and came to the same conclusion.

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[Irene0100]

oooh - good luck. will await any updates!

 

[thegeeman]

Checked tonight and no sign of the suposed female that was fanning outside the cave. I did however find the male fanning in the cave

Go figure:dk:

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[SmithRC]

top looks male - bottom one female....

If they have spawned - I'm looking forward to the fry pics - you'll have people climbing all over them

 

[SmithRC]

P.S. maybe the female was trying to temp the male back in for another go by shacking her *** out of the cave entrance

 

[816johnv]

Fingers Crossed then mate

 

[macvsog23]

Fingers Crossed then mate

Fingers???

LOL

:lol:

 

[thegeeman]

Well theres no eggs:cry:.

I chucked a prawn in the tank to see if the "female" would appear. The "male" came out of the cave after 5 minutes and I could see inside the cave.

I did have chance to get a good look at them and the "male" has a much smaller dorsal, I cant remember what Ingo Seidel said in his book but I am pretty sure he said it was the female that had a much smaller dorsal:dk:

Cheers

thegeeman