Re: D.maculatus

[Randy & Deb Carey <carey@spacestar.net>]

I don't recall the age, but I do remember that it took a while.  Both Julio and I
have been having a very hight female ratio. I once thought I had 9 females to
every male.  However, it seems that some males are subdominant.  When I remove
the obvious male, another fish might take his place as the obvious male in the
tank.

But if the fry are only 3 months old, I wouldn't panic...yet.  I can see it
taking 5 months or so before any males emerge.  I'm pretty sure that they were
well over an inch before showing.  (Next time, I'll have to document growth with
photos.)

--Randy


Ken Laidlaw wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know at what age/size D.maculatus begin to show the difference
> between males and females.  My friend spawned them in August and they are
> now approx 0.75"TL.  All 18 still look like females with clear tails. They
> were spawned in de-ionised water with pH~5.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken.
>
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