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02-01-2012, 10:51 PM
I know that reptiles sex are determined by the incubation temperatures while the embryos are developing in the egg, but does anybody know if this is also true for catfish?
I ask this because I breed albino bristlenose pleco and predominantly all of my fries are female or do not develope their bristle, but the dad has a wicked set of bristle on his head. The fries are at about 1.5-in long and still no bristle development, but I saw some at lfs about the same size and they already have little bumps developing along the lip.
On another thought, I have a couple baby albino cory cat that also do not develop their 2 lower whiskers eventhought their parent has whiskers like typical cory cat. Very weird.
I'm keeping them in straight regular Sacramento, CA, tap water at about 80F. I know that our water is on the hard side, but I've never heard of water condition affecting the whisker development before.
Very weird.:confused:
I ask this because I breed albino bristlenose pleco and predominantly all of my fries are female or do not develope their bristle, but the dad has a wicked set of bristle on his head. The fries are at about 1.5-in long and still no bristle development, but I saw some at lfs about the same size and they already have little bumps developing along the lip.
On another thought, I have a couple baby albino cory cat that also do not develop their 2 lower whiskers eventhought their parent has whiskers like typical cory cat. Very weird.
I'm keeping them in straight regular Sacramento, CA, tap water at about 80F. I know that our water is on the hard side, but I've never heard of water condition affecting the whisker development before.
Very weird.:confused: