C. lorteti sexing question

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C. lorteti sexing question

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I'm posting a picture of my red-eye puffer, originally named Molly Gru because I thought she was a female but now I'm not so sure. The left picture is her the day I got her, the middle picture is a few weeks later and the third bottom one is from 2 days ago.
I've had her for about 2 months now. One of the employees of my LFS apparently got 2 of these for himself hoping for a pair. He said they both turned out to be female so he sold me this one. I have no idea how long he had her before I got her. I recently moved her into a 10 gallon and within a few days she developed a stripe on her belly and turned more brown. I am assuming by the belly stripe my she is a he? Is this normal for C. lorteti - did he suddenly hit puberty or something? Thanks :)
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Re: C. lorteti sexing question

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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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pollypuff
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Re: C. lorteti sexing question

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Thank you Pufferpunk :) I guess my question is, is it normal for changes to happen that quickly? Do puffers sex change?
pollypuff
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Re: C. lorteti sexing question

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Well Molly Gru is definitely a male. Today, red fins seemed to pop out of no where! Pictures are (horrible) blurry but best I could do. Now the question is - is this really a C. lorteti or a C. irrubesco? I tried to find information on how old puffers are when their sexual traits start to show but I haven't found anything other then vague "adult size"
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My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
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suvattii
burrfish
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Re: C. lorteti sexing question

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Maybe if you resize them I could see better.
Here's my male lorteti:

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pollypuff
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Posts: 73
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:11 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 2 c. travancoricus - Phat Ted and Regular Size Rudy
1 c. lorteti - Schmendrick the Magician
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Location (country): Canada

Re: C. lorteti sexing question

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He definitely doesn't look like yours. Heres some new pics I got this morning
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Going by the pufferpedia he looks like a c. irrubesco to me - thoughts?
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Gender: Female
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Re: C. lorteti sexing question

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Pretty sure the male has a big red belly.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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