Sturisoma sp.

[pepe2403]

Hi folks itchy hands again. Went to LFS couple of days ago and got myself these. Was told it was a pair. But then today i realised that the female started to grow some beard
Now i need to find myself some females sturisoma.
Anyway just to confirm. Will the female have little bristle? Now the supposely female has got little short bristles. Should i get some females if i want to breed them? Really need advise now. Kind of upset that i might have bought 2 males

[lyh]

Hi bro may I know where did you get yours from?

[pepe2403]

Gotten mine from Y618. Only 2 pieces left which i was told that they are a pair. And when i took a closer look the 'female' had none of the bristle. But when i look closer again today got some small bristles at the side of the head.

[lyh]

The bristles will drop off and will take a long time to grow back when they are stressed. These are just some of my observations.

[pepe2403]

Ok i get it. So when we go to LFS to buy them, females might end up as males right? Because most of the time in LFS the fishes are stressed up.

[celticfish]

When you cannot sex the fish its anumbers game!
That's what i did for my L046 and sturisoma.
I got 6 pcs of sturisoma from C328.
And like akoh said "they are worse than rabbit!".
I average one spawn every week from them!
Still trying to master weening the fry from the first critical week or so....

[pepe2403]

Actually i saw some at a LFS earlier. And they were all males with the bristles. Now i am wondering where can i get females.

[luenny]

Pepe,
Will you stop tempting me with your catfish already? You're getting to be as bad as Benny already.

[pepe2403]

Poison poison
Cannot compare me with benny. He post beautiful photos of fishes whereas my photos are beginner photos.

[valice]

I've seen at Fish Haven a whole tank of juveniles. If you don't mind the waiting game for them to grow big, you might want to consider them.

[pepe2403]

Well i guess i am not game enough for the wait. Looking for bigger ones to start breeding programme soon. But if i really have no choice i might consider. Thanks for the information.