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Spoot
04-22-2010, 01:42 AM
Need some help figuring out the sex of the following Kribs. I've asked around on another forum, but can't get many responses...

I'm pretty much 100% sure this one is a Male.

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The Next Three I'm not so sure about. I think the last one is Female and the other 2 are both immature males.

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jacko
04-22-2010, 01:45 AM
First one is a definite male yeah, the others all look to be males as well, generally females have shorter and fatter bodies...

Spoot
04-22-2010, 01:53 AM
Man that would be a bummer lol. All of the ones the LFS currently has in stock look pretty much the same, just some have more rounded dorsal and anal fins than the other. They're all pretty much the same body length and thickness.

Dave66
04-22-2010, 01:55 AM
Females have the pink bellies, so I'd say the last is female.

Dave

Jacko
04-22-2010, 02:07 AM
Females have the pink bellies, so I'd say the last is female.

Dave

Males are also known to have pink bellies dave...
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Do you maybe have a local aquarium club? Kribs are a pretty easy species to breed and often there are local hobbyists breeding them that you might find a female off of (I can remember at least 5 bags of home bred kribs at the last club auction)... with any luck the next batch will have some females.

Spoot
04-22-2010, 02:13 AM
No not to my knowledge. I live in a relatively small town. Only 1 LFS other than a chain store. Dude is awesome and does what he can, but he's pretty limited to whatever the distributor has. He actually ordered the Kribs I have strictly due to my interest. He knew a few folks who bred Kribs back in the day, but they got out of the hobby a while back.

I live in the Middle TN area if anyone knows someone who knows someone.

Taurus
04-22-2010, 08:07 PM
Yup. Last one is female. I'd bet $20 bucks on it.

Females have the pink bellies, so I'd say the last is female.

Dave