Sexing Fahakas

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Troender
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Re: Sexing Fahakas

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RTR wrote:There is nothing subtle about either an egg-laden adult female Fahaka, or about the scattered left-over eggs - the tank looked like it had been invaded by a horde of egg-laying Olive Nerite snails, mostly working one part of the tank.
:ROFL: Sorry, I just can't stop picturing this in my mind. :ROFL2: It's a pity that you don't have any pics to show us.
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: Sexing Fahakas

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haha that is a good mental picture.


Making me wonder if Bloat is a good name for ethier sex lol
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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I have a theory on Congo puffers and therefore my Biscuit I consider a male and Orangetta a female. I also consider my Baileyi a female. Sometimes you just get a "feeling" ..... and sometimes you just name them, whether they truly be male or female. :wink:
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Folks who think the females are the aggressive ones may well be Clownfish keepers.
How does that damn fish know to bite the webbing in between my fingers! Ouch, that really hurts, you B!$@%!!!
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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Re: Sexing Fahakas

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Pufferpunk wrote:
Folks who think the females are the aggressive ones may well be Clownfish keepers.
How does that damn fish know to bite the webbing in between my fingers! Ouch, that really hurts, you B!$@%!!!
:ROFL: Now that is a good name for a fish!!!
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xrayjeeper83 wrote:haha that is a good mental picture.


Making me wonder if Bloat is a good name for ethier sex lol
Trust me, if you call a girl Bloat she would kick your butt..clownfish style!
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xrayjeeper83
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haha
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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I origionally thought Vicious as a boy, then thought it was kind of a 'unisex' name... but I don't know. If it turns out Vicious is a Girl, I might change it to Vixen, or something...
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You'll never know for sure...
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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The only ones that know what the sex of a Fahaka is is another Fahaka.
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Humans are not good at read fish pheromones. Which may be a good thing..
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