O My Word Please Help My He/she Sword Tale Female Is Turning Into A Ma

[chrisandmarie]

o my word please help ,i have 2x swordtails and both were pregnant so put them in my birthing hospital with a couple of guppys and have noticed that one of them has grown a willy and has about 4 mm tail shes a female and still looks heavly pregnant he/she is very square if he/she keeps still ill try to get picture

 

[chrisandmarie]

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

sorry about pics phone not good

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

sorry about pics phone not good

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

sorry about pics phone not good

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

here are the pic there is the one thats got the males tail and one pic of the normal one .the first pic is the normal female thats just give birth the rest are of my he/she

sorry about pics phone not good

 

[omega59]

is your fish tatooed?

 

[chrisandmarie]

is your fish tatooed?

what do u mean ?

 

[Butch]

No they are not tatooed, the swordtails are just black marbled type. I have three of them. Very common color type in my local area.

 

[damianhucker]

to answer your question though , sometimes livebearers take a few months to sex out , meaning they may all appear to be females and then suddennly develop the male bits

 

[5teady_2012]

Swordtails are well know for changing sex due to stress, males pester the females so much that she changes sex.

Ive had this happen to my fully grown swords and over the years, i realised it mainly happens when females are out numbered by males.

Most that go through the sex change end up dying, not very often you get one survive.