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Ok folks I just followed a link, to a link, to another link...Suddenly I was reading a really interesting article...It was interesting enough that it really caught my attention, and I just have to share it...

It discusses, how the temperature and pH of a tank can influence the sex of the fry...quite interesting, in my opinion...here's the link:

[link=http://www.cichlidae.com/articles/a100.php]http://www.cichlidae.com/articles/a100.php" style="COLOR: #C0FFC0[/link]

enjoy the information...Heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Yep, sure can. I have done several experiments learning just this thing. One in general that about a dozen of my fellow club members and I did, was ph differences on the common Krib. It appeared to all of us, that 7.0 ph was the optimal for equal sexed fry. It has been several years since we did this experiment, but I belive the higher the ph, the more males, and the lower the ph, the more females. But yes, there are many fish that do appear to have a sex ratio that depends on the ph.

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