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Sex Ratio "Experiment"




KI>>First, folks collect easy to collect data on
KI>>hypothesized factors:
KI>>       mostly temp, pH, any others?

KI>Perhaps you might want to consider age of parents also.  Not sure this is
KI>significant but on a number of species(in the Aphyosemion genus) I seem to
KI>get more even ratios as time passed.

Exclusively Killies members have told me that sex ratios for Epiplatys
lamottei change as the male ages--if I remember correctly, mostly males
when young and mostly females when old. Any ExK members out there that
can tell more?

Catherine


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