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I hope someone can help me determine the
sex of the young A. borelli I purchased about a week and a half ago.
Both fish are about an inch long and
looking very healthy. One of them is much darker than the other one, but
otherwise they are identical. They both have the iridescent blue markings
on their heads and dark gray suborbital stripes, lateral bands, vertical bars
and caudal spots. The body color of the darker one is light greenish tan
with bright iridescent blue specs (its head looks almost purplish on occasion).
The light colored one is light bluish gray with much lighter head markings
and body speckles. The darker one is
more dominant and sometimes chases the lighter one away from his small
territory.
They live in a 75 gallon tank. I
would like to add more Apisto in the tank. I can get more borelli
from LFS to have a small harem, but LFS or I can not tell their sex.
LFS has also macmasteri on hand and on a rare occasion some cacatuoides. (Then again I have the same sexing problem.) Can I have two different species share the tank? TIA,
Tomoko Schum
Madison, Alabama
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