Sexing Brittle Nose Plecs

[stiffler69]

As title what should i look for to determine their sex i have two and one is a little larger than the other and quite a bit thicker set and seems to be a little bit more dominering towards the other.

 

[backtotropical]

Males have more bristles and the bristles are longer.

 

[smithrc]

the moment you get a bristle going up the face rather than along the lip - its a male

 

[DarkEntity]

My little female hasnt got any bristles at all....i think she may have had one which has since gone missing lol....hasnt stopped her laying eggs though.

 

[stiffler69]

Yeah these two little guys have no bristtles on there nose's yet when do they develop bristles?

 

[dane261]

what size are they




cheers dane

 

[stiffler69]

They are probably only just over a inch mate still quite small in pomparison to my other tank mates

 

[darkwolf29a]

Not really big enough to sex yet. I have two myself, that are getting to be about an inch and a half and they are only just beginning to grow the bumps for the bristles.