ophelia71
07-03-2006, 8:09 PM
Hello! I am new to the forum, and I am a new tank owner. I've had a betta (Simon) for a year, and he lives separate of our tank. We have a 20 gallon tank with seven 3 month old swordtails, and two Mickey Mouse Pikkies. My question pertains to the swordtails. They are 3 months old, and I recieved them from a friend at work, whose swordtail had 2 batches of babies. She put some of the siblings of my swordtails in with their mother, and one has turned into a male (they are all born female, and some turn male, as I understand). I thought that perhaps one turned male because there is an adult female in the tank. However, I am concerned about my females. All of the fish in my tank are females, including the Mickey Mouse Pikkies. At what age can I feel safe that my little swordtails will not turn into males? The swordtails are of varying sizes, though they are all from the same brood. Thank you!