How can you tell the sex of Helfrichi Firefish? Many people have said there is a way they jsut dont know how i was wondering if any one on here knows how???
Hi JR I have a Dr. Burgess Atlas I checked it out on your Helfrichi Firefish I was not able to come up with anything in the book on it.
I did come up with some other tidbits i don't know If you have learned this or not but i thought i would pass it on.
I guess since they are from the family Gobiidae they are a small and peacefully with other fishes but very territorial with their own species. They get about 5 MM in length and they are a shy fish from the pacific islands. How is the little guy doing? What are you feeding it? Good luck on your quest..Jeff
JRBear5658 said:
How can you tell the sex of Helfrichi Firefish? Many people have said there is a way they jsut dont know how i was wondering if any one on here knows how???
Well Jr I cant seem to find anymore about the Helfrichi sex ???. My own personal experience with them was seeing a pair at our LFS in Richland In a 12-15 gallon Nano Tank and they were glued together the whole time i observed them I wounder If you would have added two together at the same time if you would have had the same luck??? One last thing JR I go this link to this fish base a year or 2 ago from Kevinpo and they have a little info on your little guy or gal?? check out this link:
I have some of the same questions you have about these fish, and have been searching for some time now. These does't seem to be much information about these firefish. I have been told everything from color variations to size of dorsal fins to the spots on or near their head. All of which doesn't add up when observing a true pair. Heck, I haven't even been able to get information on breeding practices. Seems like little is known about them or people aren't sharing what they know.
Good Luck...and if i come across anything I'll let you know.
Well Saltwater city a guy told me that the males dorsal fin is long and more skinny and pointy and the female's is more short thicker and and more like dull ended
Firefish are gender monochromatic, so its a real pain. I've never seen any noticable dorsal fin difference, but that's the only way to tell from anything I've read.