how can you tell male from female ? i have 2 cobalt zebra's 2 ruby red peacoks, and 3 jewlchilds. all of with have been acting vary strange lately. 2 of the jewlchilds have been turning red around the gils and mothe and chaseing almost everything that get's near them, one of my rubyred's is exstreamly dark and it's striped are vary vibrent. the other ruby's stripes have almost disapiereed and is a dull tan collor now both ruby's are still vary young about 2 1/4 inches. the cobalt zebra's some times have brights stripes and some times have no stripes at all, also in the tank with thies fish is 1 rock krib. 1 yellow zebra of some sort. and 1 yellow lab . 55gal watter conditions all check out perfict