Is it Bolivian or GBR????
- Thread starter ChoiAquarium
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Hi, It looks to me like you have one definite male. Looking at the first photo--picture of the GBR in the foreground. The end of the dorsal fin is very sharp. Usually the female has a softer rounder end to the top of the dorsal fin. I think that you have two males--but I can't be 100% sure. It looks like they both have the pointy dorsal fin. I'm sure someone here with more experience with GBR can sex these fish from your photos. They are GREAT fish to have!!
Blue Rams for sure
but sexing may be a bit premature.
I would wait to see if they show more distinction of their traits.
but sexing may be a bit premature.
I would wait to see if they show more distinction of their traits.
Yes I think you're right, both of my rams have pointy dorsal fin, does the dorsal fin method work?
Such as females have rounder dorsal fin and males have sharper dorsal fin?
I would not go by the dorsal fin method, it is pretty unreliable, at least with rams. It is true that males tend to have longer, more pointed fins, as well as a distinct spike of the second and third dorsal rays --- but many females have this as well. I have a female gold ram (I have determined her sex by the vent, with the help of many members here), for example, whose fins are more pointed than either of the rams in your photos, and has a much higher dorsal spike on her 2nd and 3rd rays than either of the rams in your photos.
Yours do appear kind of young, maybe too young to sex yet. If you can get a photo showing the vent, that is really the best way -- but again, may be too young yet to tell right now.
Yours do appear kind of young, maybe too young to sex yet. If you can get a photo showing the vent, that is really the best way -- but again, may be too young yet to tell right now.
