Ropefish
Hi,
I just recently bought 2 rope fish.  When I paid for them there were 3 in the tank and they were all about 5"/6" long, 2 days later I picked them up. One was about 9" long and its belly is orange and its top is a brown/blackish color.  the other one was still about 6" long and has an orange belly but its top is sort of an olive color.  Does this differentiate sex?
<Not as far as I know. More to do with size/age>
I tried looking up the sex on fishbase.org, but I don't really know anything about fish so the information didn't help me any :(
If you can help I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
<Six inch specimens are small for this imported species. Bob Fenner>

Reedfish repro.
Another quick question, if I may... Have reeds ever been bred in captivity?
<Not as far as I'm aware. There are some captive and wild reports of Bichir species spawning>
I have one male and two females and I think I may give it a go sometime in the next few years by simulating flooding and moist clay banks.
<A worthy experiment. Life to you. Bob Fenner, who has met folks who have businesses wild-collecting the species, had them himself.>
~Ben