Sexing G. incisus

Jack Betz (jbetz at usaor.net)
Sat, 29 Jun 1996 10:03:56 -0400

I have a group of six incisus I acquired locally. They have grown to about 2 inches. Four of the fish are more brightly red-orange, the other two are more brownish red. I can see no difference in body shape, fin size or placement, or behavior. Am I correc

t in assuming the darker fish are females? Also, what is the difference in the "blushing sport"?
The incisus are currently in a 30 gal w/ 2 pair of parkinsoni and 2 pair of gaeyi. Hatching the eggs collected from hanging mops have only yielded parkinsoni and gaeyi fry at this point. I want to seperate the incisus females for conditioning and breedin

g in a separate tank. Any other ideas? Does anyone else keep unrelated species in community settings for breeding?