Sexing Blue Ram (Again!)

[yhbae]

I went to the LFS yesterday, hoping that they have some Blue Rams in stock. Lucky me... I found a whole new batch that arrived few days ago. I looked at most of them and had hard time determining which is male and which is female... I asked the owner and he tells me that 99% of them are male since females don't have a very nice color so most customers simply don't buy females!

Yuck. So I looked again at each one and chose the largest and the most colorful one (which I hope is a male) and chose one of the smallest and the lest colorful one (where there is a 1% chance that it is a female... :D ). I bought two since they had the special of 2 for 1...

Both are under 2 inches, and looked still young.

Once arrived to my tank, the larger one chases around the little one although not all the time. During feeding time, this behaviour repeats.

Here's the picture of the larger one:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid83/p5c329057ce9e5f86e2a176630b66b681/fad2bec4.jpg

And here's the picture of the small one:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid83/pee5855ebf26029f5aee0f2983b551b11/fad2beaf.jpg

And here's both together:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid83/p7183fffc552fbff301cfd460b76bf30a/fad2be9c.jpg

So, did I get lucky and found a female one or did I end up with the smallest and the ugliest male in the tank? :D

[fishdude]

i am thinking of getting some german blue rams do you have any suggestions on them, i posted but almost no one answered.Sorry to take your space

[yhbae]

No problem on the space - they are the same topics after all...

The suggestions I get are pretty much in common:

1. Female has pink belly when mature. Mine are not mature yet, so I'm out of luck here.

2. Latter part of the dorsal fin are somewhat more elongated ont he male. The problem here is that since I'm not sure what length the female one is supposed to look a like, so yes, the smaller one has shorter fin, but that doesn't seem to say much... :D

3. Blue dots within the black region just behind the eye area means female, but I also hear some who saw male with the similar features. So I am out of luck on this one too...

So the only reliable option is to wait until they become mature then find out if any of them are female...