Re: Sexing regani

["Susanne and Cory Williamson" <webwill@infinet.net>]

Thanks for the advice I will wait until they are larger before trying again-
I thought that they would have been sexable much sooner, sorry about the
photo quality -It is very hard to get decent shots when the fish are moving,
and all you have to work with is a close-up filter stuck on the end of a
telephto lens- the focussed depth of field is very narrow. As for as Linke
and Staeck, I will buy a copy when I sell some more of my double-tail
bettas.

Cory
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: January 29, 1999 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Sexing regani (I am still beating the dead horse)


>Cory,
>
>I downloaded your photos. The first pair of pictures are too out of focus
for me
>to tell the difference. The last pair is better. If I had to guess - and it
is a
>guess, since these fish are still small and don't show mature traits - I'd
say
>the left fish is a female (broken lateral band, and darker leading rays on
the
>ventral fins) and the other is a male. I hate to be crass, but you are
beating a
>dead horse here. I have two recommendations: 1. Wait for them to reach 2"
(5 cm)
>SL. You'll see obvious differences at this size and they'll probably breed
for
>you before then. 2. Shell out the money for Linke & Staeck's book. It's
worth the
>money.
>
>Mike
>
>Susanne and Cory Williamson wrote:
>
>> Here goes it again -  I have some new regani photos added to my site
(under
>> Dwarfs)
>>
>> http://home.infinet.net/webwill
>>
>> Mike,  do my pictures show the 'obvious difference from Link and Staeck'
and
>> if so what is it-   I am assuming there are more features other than the
>> length of the anal fin -which is a relative thing when you consider the
>> differences between young and old fish.
>>
>> Cory
>>
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