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Zebra Male or Female

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Posted 28 January 2004 - 02:45 PM

I have two 4" pseudotropheus zebras(red) and i was wondering how to tell them apart(male/female)? I thought the egg spots ment it was a male but the pet store owner said that the females also have egg spots too. Is this true?
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Posted 28 January 2004 - 04:05 PM

When they are younge they all look orange, then when they get a little bigger the males will lighten up slightly with a faint blue tint while the females will stay the bright orange.

If yours really are 4" long then they are adult already so you probably have 2 females if they are bright orange.

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Posted 31 January 2004 - 05:14 PM

Thanks, one of them is a light orange and the other is dark orange. They both have egg spots. Does this mean i have a male and female.(the pic of my p. Zebra which i sent you is the darker one)
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Posted 05 February 2004 - 04:40 PM

this is the brighter one. Maby female

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Posted 06 February 2004 - 01:49 PM

this is the one that might be a male what do you think?

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Posted 09 February 2004 - 02:46 PM

I think you are right!

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Posted 09 February 2004 - 05:40 PM

Thanks for the help in telling my fish apart!
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Posted 31 March 2004 - 10:14 AM

This is my male red zebra..

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Posted 04 June 2004 - 10:55 AM

yep the males have a light blue sheen on their fins which the females do not have... to bad the females look like goldfish or id keep mine lol..
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Posted 05 June 2004 - 03:26 PM

you got the sexes right...usually the more egg spots there are, the more likely you are to have a male. The color change also indicates a male. Your male looks really nice, by the way.
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