White Cloud Minnows

[Charles]

I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
make more. I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
were males. Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
them out.

At least I believe I can tell males from females, males have the white
tips on the fins.

Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, that has happened before.

[Sue]

"Charles" > wrote in message
...
>I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
> make more. I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
> were males. Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
> them out.
>
> At least I believe I can tell males from females, males have the white
> tips on the fins.
>
> Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, that has happened before.

Males have white tips on the fins & are slender. Females have white tips on
their fins ans are plumper.
This is as adults. Juveniles look similar.

[Charles]

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:18:08 +0000 (UTC), "Sue"
> wrote:

>
>"Charles" > wrote in message
...
>>I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
>> make more. I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
>> were males. Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
>> them out.
>>
>> At least I believe I can tell males from females, males have the white
>> tips on the fins.
>>
>> Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, that has happened before.
>
>Males have white tips on the fins & are slender. Females have white tips on
>their fins ans are plumper.
>This is as adults. Juveniles look similar.
>


I'll have to go back and check them out again. Somewhere I read that
females did not have the white tips.

[Eric]

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:55:04 -0500, Charles wrote
(in article >):

> I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
> make more. I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
> were males. Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
> them out.

Did the LFS say that all they had were males, or did you infer this just from
your observation?

> At least I believe I can tell males from females, males have the white
> tips on the fins.

The fin tips are yellow on most of the WCs I've seen, and both the males and
females have these tips. The contrast between the red and yellow is sharper
in the males, but it's still there on the females. The males have
proportionally larger fins too. Females are bigger and have a curvier body.

> Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, that has happened before.

Perhaps the LFS guys could help you out here.

-E

[Charles]

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:42:36 GMT, Eric > wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:55:04 -0500, Charles wrote
>(in article >):
>
>> I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
>> make more. I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
>> were males. Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
>> them out.
>
>Did the LFS say that all they had were males, or did you infer this just from
>your observation?
>
>> At least I believe I can tell males from females, males have the white
>> tips on the fins.
>
>The fin tips are yellow on most of the WCs I've seen, and both the males and
>females have these tips. The contrast between the red and yellow is sharper
>in the males, but it's still there on the females. The males have
>proportionally larger fins too. Females are bigger and have a curvier body.
>
>> Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, that has happened before.
>
>Perhaps the LFS guys could help you out here.
>
>-E
>
>

just on my own. I rarely talk to the people in the LFS, even more
rarely listen to them.

we used to have some good shops around here, not anymore.

[sophie]

Charles said this:
> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:42:36 GMT, Eric > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:55:04 -0500, Charles wrote
>> (in article >):
>>
>>> I thought about getting some to put into an outdoor tub and let them
>>> make more. I went to the sort of good LFS we have here, all they had
>>> were males. Seems odd that someone would go to the trouble to sort
>>> them out.
>>
>> Did the LFS say that all they had were males, or did you infer this just
>> from
>> your observation?
>>
>>> At least I believe I can tell males from females, males have the white
>>> tips on the fins.
>>
>> The fin tips are yellow on most of the WCs I've seen, and both the males
>> and
>> females have these tips. The contrast between the red and yellow is sharper
>> in the males, but it's still there on the females. The males have
>> proportionally larger fins too. Females are bigger and have a curvier body.
>>
>>> Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, that has happened before.
>>
>> Perhaps the LFS guys could help you out here.
>>
>> -E
>>
>>
>
> just on my own. I rarely talk to the people in the LFS, even more
> rarely listen to them.
>
> we used to have some good shops around here, not anymore.

Males are slim and females have a deeply curved belly, like a capital "D"
lying curved side down. Buy ten, you'll get a mix, I promise! When they're
juvenile the difference is really not at all pronounced. Stick a bunch of
hornwort in there to give them something to spawn on. They tend to spawn in
the spring.

--
sophie