Sexing Green Terror

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Tiger15

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I have this 6 inch Green Terror that behaves strangely. It is the only GT in the tank that has been showing mating interest with a female Nicaraguen. It has even developed a protruded reproduction tube. Its body color is very bright that looks like a male, yet its reproduction tube is quite large that looks more like an egg than a sperm tube. It has been shaking head to lure the female Nic for months but the Nic shows no interest in the GT. So from the picture, can you tell if it is a male or female?

http://www.geocities.com/bluespeacock/gt1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bluespeacock/gt2.jpg

GT1.jpg GT2.jpg
 
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BloodThirsty28

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Hard to tell but my gut tells me female since the dorsal fin is relatively short and does not go back to the tail.
 

Tiger15

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The GT in question has turned out to be a female. She laid eggs with another GT I introduced into the tank. The male is shown in the first picture, and the pair is shown in the second picture with the female on the left. Notice that the female has turned darker with two light vertical stripes. If not because the she laid eggs and changed color, I won't be able to sex them because both fish are equally colorful.

The female is currently guarding the eggs laid on a piece of blue coral in front of her. It was interesting that she actually picked up this piece of coral by her mouth and relocated it several times from one end of the tank to another end so she can lay eggs on top of it. I've seen cichlid rearrange gravels many times but this is the first time I observed a cichlid relocate a large object long distance for egg laying.

http://www.geocities.com/bluespeacock/gtmale1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/bluespeacock/gtpair2.jpg

gtmale1.jpg gtpair2.jpg
 
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