Finding a male panduro in the UK has proven to be a lot more difficult than I thought. I've been trying for weeks. All stores that stock them report that they only have females.
I drove to one of those stores to get some pencilfish and I saw their panduro. They had about 10. About 8 of them were obvious females (yellow with black bellies) but 2 of them were blue-ish without any yellow and only a black spot at the base of the tail. I thought they were males.
I showed the fish shop owner and he said he swears they were all female last time he checked. The moment he put the net to catch one of the "males" they freaked out and immediately showed black on their ventral fins and a black blotch on their bellies.
We let them calm down for 10 minutes and they turned back to their blue coloration without black bellies or ventral fins.
I got the most male looking one. The shop agreed to have it back if it's a female once settled.
Please have a look at the pictures. They are all of the same fish. Also note the fish is stressed out still.
It just looks so unlike any female panduro I've ever seen and nothing like my 2 female panduros. Yet the black ventral fins and black belly really throw me off.. even if they seem to be temporary.
I drove to one of those stores to get some pencilfish and I saw their panduro. They had about 10. About 8 of them were obvious females (yellow with black bellies) but 2 of them were blue-ish without any yellow and only a black spot at the base of the tail. I thought they were males.
I showed the fish shop owner and he said he swears they were all female last time he checked. The moment he put the net to catch one of the "males" they freaked out and immediately showed black on their ventral fins and a black blotch on their bellies.
We let them calm down for 10 minutes and they turned back to their blue coloration without black bellies or ventral fins.
I got the most male looking one. The shop agreed to have it back if it's a female once settled.
Please have a look at the pictures. They are all of the same fish. Also note the fish is stressed out still.
It just looks so unlike any female panduro I've ever seen and nothing like my 2 female panduros. Yet the black ventral fins and black belly really throw me off.. even if they seem to be temporary.
