Sexing Cobalt Blues

[kiya4]

Heay does anyone know how to sex cobalt blues?????
I have worked out electric yellows, flamebacks and barlowi but cannot work out how to sex the cobalt blue. If anyone out there knows can you tell me how please.

Kiya4

[Savage_roo]

Their alot like the plain Zeb
The male has egg spots and a taped anil finn but i think the f male can have spots but usaly the male has taped fins top and bottam
so have a good look its esy when you know how lol

[kiya4]

I may sound a bit uneducated here but what does taped in regards to fish fins mean???

[DeagonTheo]

He means tapered, as in tapered to a sharp point at the end of the dorsal fin.
Also the males are a very nice powder blue and the females more of a blue grey.
Theo

[aquaman69]

hey,

egg spots are not always the most accurate way to sex a fish since i have seen many a female have more egg spots than the male.
The most common way of sexing fish now positively is vent sexing.


Here is a good article i have posted on the old forum before.

Vent sexing: http://www.fishhead.com/articles/ventsex.htm

Aquaman69 :lol: