Yoyo family album

aegolius · Post by **aegolius** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:46 pm

In case someone is interested here's my yoyo (botia almorhae) family, in the bossing order.

There's something I am confused about - are they males or females?

Adults:

Youngsters (half the size of the adults):

(Excuse the bit dirty window in the last photo.)

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:15 pm

my guess would be both adults are males, thet look as if their snouts are elongated, lets see what the others think.

btw very well patterned adults, the second fish is a pearler.

mick

bullisbm · Post by **bullisbm** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:22 pm

That second one is beautiful...

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:59 pm

how long have you had the adults,
did you grow them on from youngsters?.
i keep looking at this thread cos they are superb specimens.

mick

aegolius · Post by **aegolius** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:42 pm

mickthefish wrote:how long have you had the adults,
did you grow them on from youngsters?.
i keep looking at this thread cos they are superb specimens.

mick

I've had them since they were youngsters but I really can't recall when that was. I'm guessing they are maybe 7-8 years old if not older.

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:33 pm

well you've done a great job in rearing them mate,

mick

palaeodave · Post by **palaeodave** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:23 pm

I'm with Mick on both counts: males and stunning. Good work!

aegolius · Post by **aegolius** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:02 pm

Okay, I thought they could be males.

I've got the impression that females tend to look a lot fatter than males. At what age do females start to get a larger belly? Do all adult females look like they've swallowed a marble (judging from some photos I've seen)? I guess you can't tell from the little ones yet, can you?

I love these creatures, they've got such personality.

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