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blue throat trigger male or female

#1 User is offline   pt1000 

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 10:53 AM

Hi need some help , what is i male or female. Seems to me half and half , it has a yellow tail
with a little bit of blue on throat . what's your thoughts guys cheers Paul
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HE /SHE IS ABOUT 2 1/2in :)
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Posted 04 May 2010 - 12:32 PM

Hi PT1000, this was my male blue throat trigger before i changed tanks over. He has loads of yellow on his fins and tail
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And this one you can see it has more blue on his throat than yours
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Which is making me think you have got a female. What was it sold to you as?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 12:42 PM

looks like a female to me not so pronoucned blue throat
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Posted 04 May 2010 - 02:32 PM

View PostJoey, on May 4 2010, 01:32 PM, said:

Hi PT1000, this was my male blue throat trigger before i changed tanks over. He has loads of yellow on his fins and tail
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And this one you can see it has more blue on his throat than yours
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Which is making me think you have got a female. What was it sold to you as?

HTH
Joey

Cheers Joey & Dylan Would the colours be more pronouced in a older fish it is only 2 1/2 inches ,what age and size where yours Joey
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Posted 04 May 2010 - 03:13 PM

I am not to sure if they get more colour as they age but mine was about 4ins, was it sold as a male or female?

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Posted 04 May 2010 - 04:40 PM

View PostJoey, on May 4 2010, 04:13 PM, said:

I am not to sure if they get more colour as they age but mine was about 4ins, was it sold as a male or female?

Joey

Brought as a male but i think it is female, I am looking to pair it up . Your's were obout 4in ,plus do the colours come out more when they are a pair and bigger ?
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Posted 04 May 2010 - 04:43 PM

Would be great as a pair mate, again not sure about the colours but Dylan might shed some light on that for you as he works in an LFS

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 03:25 PM

Took it back today to LFS , they could not make there minds up either. I think it must be a him she just can't make it's mind upLOL :)
Anyway the fish shop have taken it , and we have purchased a pair . Which you can defo tell the difference between the two like
yours Joey .
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Posted 08 May 2010 - 03:28 PM

Cool, did you buy a pair? or just the one?

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:44 AM

View PostJoey, on May 8 2010, 04:28 PM, said:

Cool, did you buy a pair? or just the one?

Joey

Yes m8 brought a pair ,they took the other one of us .
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Posted 09 May 2010 - 10:33 AM

:) dont forget to post a pic up
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Posted 13 May 2010 - 08:25 AM

pic's of the new pair of blue throats settled in very well.
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Posted 13 May 2010 - 09:42 AM

Nice fish.

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Posted 13 May 2010 - 09:45 AM

Looking nice and healthy mate
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