Help sexing my blue ram

[KillerVirusB]

I've read quite a few different forum threads about sexing rams and I'm still not really sure about a ram I purchased this week. It has black on its pelvic fins like a female, but then its dorsal and anal fins extend past the start of its tail. Any help would be appreciated, as I'd like to get another blue ram of the opposite sex.

[jpappy789]

Looks female to me...:huh:

[KillerVirusB]

What makes you say that?

[MYname]

to me it looks like a bolivian ram rather than a blue ram
so im gona guess male but bolivian male rather than blue male

[Tmobo]

That is a bolivian ram and looks male to me.

[KillerVirusB]

It is not a Bolivian Ram. I have a Bolivian in the same tank, they look very different. Attached is a pic of my Bolivian Ram, GBR, and an oto.

[SecretAsianFish]

There are trace blue spangles in the faded black splotch,very slight pink belly and bad view of dorsal. My vote goes toward female German Blue Ram

[zzyzx85]

looks like a longfin variant of a blue ram, so it's going to be a bit difficult to sex until it gets into breeding condition. still young, but the long pelvic fins make me think it's a male.

[tropics007]

My vote is a young female.

[Piranha86]

It jumped out as bolivian at first, a male, but if it is definitely a GBR, it's a female. Maybe you'll get a hybrid.

[FishVixen]

The second pics appears as a faint red on tip of fins. Fins also appear to be long. It's to much of a toss up. I would let it grow out awhile before trying to determine what sex it is and also if it a GBR or Bolivian.

[thrak76]

Here's a good page dealing with sexing blue rams.

http://www.aquahobby.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=26740&start=10

Based on the info contained, i'd say male. I've used this info as a guide when picking out some blue rams, myself, mainly judging the fin lengths. The pinkish belly showed up later on the females in my case.