How do you sex tetras?

msdolittle · 03-11-2006, 06:35 PM

Black skirt tetras specifically?

**TheOldSalt** · 03-12-2006, 04:35 AM

Females are fat.
Also, if you shine a flashlight through them you can see that the swimbladders are different shapes.

msdolittle · 03-13-2006, 06:12 PM

I must have one female and two males..... one is twice the width of the other two, kindof a bulge in the belly area......

So, if I have a female and two males, what are the odds that they'll breed? And, what is their method? (I'm going to google them too.....but I'm interested in what you guys have to say).

**Damon** · 03-13-2006, 09:45 PM

Slim. Tetras are not easy to breed and some less than others. Not a lot of people breeding BS tetras to my knowledge. Water quality is key for breeding.

msdolittle · 03-14-2006, 08:32 AM

Okay, I was just curious. I'm not overly interested in breeding (I'm just new at the whole KEEPING thing still).....I was just curious what the likelyhood is that they'd do it on their own.

Thanks!

meyerhaus · 03-14-2006, 08:54 AM

wine and candlelight...sorry, I had to.

msdolittle · 03-14-2006, 08:18 PM

Well....that works for ME......especially the wine part.

Maybe a little mood music too.

**SueM** · 03-22-2006, 06:27 AM

With your Black skirts the males will also have a longer Dorsal fin.
They breed fairly easy actually.

Moses703 · 03-22-2006, 01:20 PM

does anyone know about brass tetra? they looks so cool, yet I donno anything about them... I just assume it will be similar with other tetras.
does anyone has kept it before?

03-11-2006, 06:35 PM	#1
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msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	I must have one female and two males..... one is twice the width of the other two, kindof a bulge in the belly area...... So, if I have a female and two males, what are the odds that they'll breed? And, what is their method? (I'm going to google them too.....but I'm interested in what you guys have to say). __________________ ~Angela~

03-13-2006, 09:45 PM	#4
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Slim. Tetras are not easy to breed and some less than others. Not a lot of people breeding BS tetras to my knowledge. Water quality is key for breeding. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

03-14-2006, 08:32 AM	#5
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Okay, I was just curious. I'm not overly interested in breeding (I'm just new at the whole KEEPING thing still).....I was just curious what the likelyhood is that they'd do it on their own. Thanks! __________________ ~Angela~

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meyerhaus I flare at the mirror... Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH Age: 29 Posts: 181	wine and candlelight...sorry, I had to. __________________ Jon ~~~ *55~38~30~lots-o-10s~lots-o-Bettas!*

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03-12-2006, 04:35 AM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,250	Females are fat. Also, if you shine a flashlight through them you can see that the swimbladders are different shapes.

03-14-2006, 08:18 PM	#7
msdolittle Animal Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Age: 33 Posts: 626	Well....that works for ME......especially the wine part. Maybe a little mood music too. __________________ ~Angela~

03-22-2006, 06:27 AM	#8
SueM Administrator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kennewick, WA. Age: 50 Posts: 1,016	With your Black skirts the males will also have a longer Dorsal fin. They breed fairly easy actually. __________________ Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled

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Moses703 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 6	does anyone know about brass tetra? they looks so cool, yet I donno anything about them... I just assume it will be similar with other tetras. does anyone has kept it before?

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