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TheGreatBeyondo

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Posted : 4/5/2009 9:27:51 PM  

i think all mine are females but i was wandering if anyone can sex them well and can give me a crash course?

 

thanks and again everyone is always so helpful and knowledgable i love this site best thing i did!

Brando
coupedefleur

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Posted : 4/6/2009 8:25:58 AM  

They know!

Male has a more pointed dorsal fin. Females should  be slightly larger and have a more rounded body. I've also heard that if you shine a flashlight at them, the females will have green eyes and the males blue.

therman

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Posted : 4/6/2009 10:25:24 AM  

Usually the male has longer extended rays in the middle of the tail too.

TheGreatBeyondo

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Posted : 4/6/2009 10:31:19 AM  

oh ok thank you guys just as i thought i think they are alllll females lol if anyone wants to trade a cple females for a cple males that would be awesome

Brando
pundam

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Posted : 4/6/2009 10:54:44 AM  
TheGreatBeyondo said :

oh ok thank you guys just as i thought i think they are alllll females lol if anyone wants to trade a cple females for a cple males that would be awesome

Once I figure out what is going on with my tank and make sure it is safe, I'd be happy to trade some male/females with you(provided I have more than two males, not sure).  Mine are black emperors though.  They have blue eyes.  Brilliant, electric blue eyes.  Not sure if any are more green, will have to look.

Mary I've got a mind like a steel....Ohh! Shiny! ::::wanders off::::
TheGreatBeyondo

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Posted : 4/6/2009 11:45:51 AM  

awesome thatd be great i got 7 blacks and 4 blue emperors and none of them have that little point sticking out in the caudel fin i have had emperors before and they had that point so thats what makes me thinbk these are females and they are very round bodied and i havent really seen any of these displaying and the last time thats all they did! lol

Brando
rogerstammy

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Posted : 4/6/2009 7:47:58 PM  

play some barry white for them

Tammy
pundam

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Posted : 4/6/2009 9:11:20 PM  
rogerstammy said :

play some barry white for them

This made me snork my diet rootbeer allllll over whichever dog it was that was by the side of my chair(didn't want it all over the keyboard)

Mary I've got a mind like a steel....Ohh! Shiny! ::::wanders off::::
rogerstammy

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Posted : 4/6/2009 9:32:00 PM  

Sorry, I have a strange sense of humor...

Tammy
TheGreatBeyondo

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Posted : 4/7/2009 10:07:42 AM  

good lord lol bunch of jokers out there lol

Brando
schambers

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Posted : 4/8/2009 8:25:53 PM  
rogerstammy said :

Sorry, I have a strange sense of humor...

You fit in well here! 

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rogerstammy

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Posted : 4/8/2009 8:53:36 PM  

Thank goodness... LOL it is hard to find people who can laugh at the same things I laugh at. My poor husband. If he falls down I will just about pee my pants from laughing so hard. Hey I grew up with the 3 stooges what can I say... LOL

Tammy
TheGreatBeyondo

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Posted : 4/8/2009 10:44:36 PM  

nice! that poor man you laught at him. funny story one dya i heard a crash downstairs in the living room so i go running like a bolt of lightning to find my grandpa laying on the ground laughing the table almost busted lamp on the floor next to him everyhting all over and my grandama laughing too aparently he walked by and she pinched his butt and he lost balance and wiped out the table on the way down! lol

Brando
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