Gender?

[Dynamiteluver_15]

Hey can anyone look at my homepage and figure out what gender my corys are please. Would be greatly appreciated. I couldn't tell to save my life! lol

 

[iapetus]

It's really hard to sex these guys. Those pictures aren't nearly good enough to cut it; sorry. But, it's not so much your pictures; I'm not sure it'd be very easy to sex them even with really good ones. The ideal shot would be from above with as good detail and clarity as you can get.

 

[Kissyboots]

Yup, hard to tell from those pictures. However, females are usually larger than males and in my case the female seems to be lighter colored than the male. When did you get them/how old are they approx.? Also, the way I discovered it was that Hobbes started laying eggs that were fertilyzed. Meaning Hobbes was female and Wasabi was male.

 

[TabMorte]

I wasn't able to sex my cories until they paired off. Then it was easier to tell because the female is rounder bellied and bigger then her buddy... or in the case of my pygmy male who is trying to court my peppered cory female the female is MUCH larger.

 

[Dynamiteluver_15]

Yup, hard to tell from those pictures. However, females are usually larger than males and in my case the female seems to be lighter colored than the male. When did you get them/how old are they approx.? Also, the way I discovered it was that Hobbes started laying eggs that were fertilyzed. Meaning Hobbes was female and Wasabi was male.

sorry about the pictures everyone they are the best i can get and i got the first one about 4 weeks ago. I got the second one about 2 weeks ago. I have no idea how old they are but if not already i would say they are full adults. and i havent seen any eggs yet but i think they might either be both female or one female one male.

 

[Dynamiteluver_15]

ok so i finally got some pictures from above today hope these will help a little bit i couldnt really zoom in that well ac #1 i got 2 weeks before ac #3 just incase you needed to know.

 

[Kissyboots]

Still hard to see. It's better to have a clear picture than a zoomed-in one. What camera are you using? Try using flash if nothing else works.

 

[marvin]

Hey can anyone look at my homepage and figure out what gender my corys are please. Would be greatly appreciated. I couldn't tell to save my life! lol

www fishbase.org best i have found

 

[Dynamiteluver_15]

i did use flash on those and the camera percieved it just how i saw it i dont know how to get you guys a better view of them i have a side and above.

 

[Kissyboots]

Well, if you look at the thread CORY SPAWNING HABITS in the bottomfeeder forum (probably now on the second page since no one has posted there in a while, and it's not a sticky...yet ), you might be able to compare yours to those pictures. Try that.

 

[trailmule]

Somewhere I read that female corys seem to be resting on the stomach more than males, almost like they are "fatter" than the males. It won't be that obvious on gravel, maybe put something flat in so they can rest on it. I guess it comes down to the males rest flat, and the female's stomach keeping her off the ground. That's how I sexed mine. Also, the males tend to be smaller...

I will see if I can get some pics...

 

[Dynamiteluver_15]

also pictures of a male and female would really help i think but one is more active than the other does that make any difference? also i think one might be bigger but ive had her longer and i dont know if the other one has been getting enough food it can't seem to find the stuff i put in there very often.

 

[Dynamiteluver_15]

also i think i might just have a female and a male but they havent been spawning any reasons why the temp is 78 degrees or a little less and the guppies seem to be having a ball with breeding haha! earlier about 1 or 2 weeks ago the temp was lower and they still didnt and the guppies didnt either