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04-14-2006, 07:26 PM
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Need help sexing my rams
There are four of them and for the life of me I can't tell them apart. Here goes...
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04-14-2006, 10:01 PM
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I'll go out on a limb and say four females.
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04-15-2006, 06:53 AM
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female male female The non-pink belly on the third one is a dead give away. |
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04-15-2006, 07:23 AM
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I would say
Male Female Male Female The second ray of the dorsal fin is typically longer in the Male. I have some Females just as colorful as the males. Also, my female tend to be quite abit smaller than the males. When breeding, that pink belly will get red and alot bigger too. I have one female when breeding will show up her male hands down for beauty! Good Luck. |
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04-15-2006, 12:20 PM
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1. female
2. too small to tell but leaning towards male 3. female 4. female
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04-15-2006, 03:07 PM
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Does the pink = female?
So far the votes are: 1. 3F/1M 2. 3F/1M 3. 2F/2M 4. 4F So we have one decided for sure and the rest are up in the air. Maybe I will take more pics. |
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04-15-2006, 09:49 PM
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Pink belly is usually on females with eggs. It does not always show that color. #3 has a rounded off dorsal fin so that's why I said female. The front dorsal extensions don't always mean anything as I have had some females with longer extensions that the male. Plus they all have those blue sparkles inside the side black spot. Males don't normally have them in there.
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04-16-2006, 12:11 PM
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Female
Female Male Female. I agree with Z man on the blue sparkles in the black spot.
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04-16-2006, 09:29 PM
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The 3rd one doesn't really have the blue sparkles - only in the picture because of the flash. I will try to take one tomorrow using natural light instead of the flash. Also, I noticed the #3 one has been swimming with the #2 one all day, if that means anything.
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04-17-2006, 04:54 AM
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female male female Number 3 looks like one of my males... 
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04-17-2006, 04:35 PM
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I'm going to disagree about the females only showing pink when they are with eggs. Mine has a pink belly all the time. The only time it ever changes is if she's stressed.
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04-17-2006, 08:46 PM
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cs is right. My females ALWAYS have their pink belly even after spawning.
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04-17-2006, 09:52 PM
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What I was trying to say is they don't show the pink belly until their FIRST spawn. When young and immature they don't show it.
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04-18-2006, 02:27 PM
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Alright, here's another pic of fish #3 in natural lighting this time...
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04-18-2006, 04:10 PM
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Wrong again zman. My female has had a pink belly since she became sexually mature. That was a year ago. She didn't do her first spawn until 2 months ago. I guess what you're getting at is that they don't show their pink bellies until they reach maturity, which is true.
ritzgirl, definitely a male. |
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04-20-2006, 11:27 AM
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I don't know alot but from what I do know
1.Male 2.Female 3.Male 4.Female |
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