Re: D.maculatus

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

When I kept punctulatum, i started with four young females and finished
with four old females...
Gary

Randy & Deb Carey wrote:
> 
> I agree with you, Mike.  I don't think the fish change sex, but I think some males
> (in crowded conditions) defer the more noticable male marking when there are
> dominant males present.  Thus pulling a dominant male seems to give these "hidden"
> males the "incentive" to fill out their male appearance.  And I'm not even saying
> that the "hidden" males are indistinguishable from the females, just that they look
> more like the females than they look like the dominant males.
> 
> There was a time that I had 9 wild-caught females and lost my only male.  Noine of
> the females developed into males.  I had to buy more maculatus before I got a male.
> 
> --Randy




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