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	Apisto cacatuoides sex determination (with photo)
Smaug Hobbyist Posts: 66 Kudos: 72 Votes: 3 Registered: 30-Jul-2004	Edited by Lindy http://www.megagaleria.com/pictures/Pic_4557_39.jpg Is this a Male or a Female? She behaves like a male and I think it's a female changing sex because the male of that thank died...
Posted 27-Oct-2006 11:10
TW Fish Master * * Fish Slave * * Posts: 1947 Kudos: 278 Votes: 338 Registered: 14-Jan-2006	It looks like a male to me. My female did not have anywhere near so much patterns or such high fins. If there was previously a male in the tank, he may have been behaving as a subordinate to minimize being picked on by the other male. If the other male is gone, I wonder if he no longer feels threatens & is choosing to show his true male features. I have only ever had the one pair of cacs, and so my comments are based on the observations of mine. Good luck with him. Cheers TW
Posted 27-Oct-2006 15:57
jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	could easily be male - the absence of black in the caudal fins, the bright colouration... btw, 'she' is not really turning into a male, as apistos are incapable of gender swapping. if it's a male, it's always been a male, but as robyn pointed out, might be able to 'come out' as a boy due to changed conditions or heirarchies. justin
Posted 01-Nov-2006 09:21
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