Sexing German Rams

[clayt101]

Anyone know of any good websites with pictures that show how to sex German Rams?
Thanks

 

[BV77]

sexing rams

sorry, I don't know a site, but the males will have longer more pointed finnage in general....

 

[valerie]

If you do a search there has been tons of threads about this.

 

[Haggisman]

Here ya go, female is the smaller one with the red belly.

 

[Dangerdoll]

the most obvious way IMO, even more so than the top fin is the brink pink belly that the famale has as compared to the male. The male doesn't have this pinkness to him.

 

[Z Man]

Check those black spots on each side of the fish. Females have those blue/silver sparkle dots inside of it. Males have no sparkles in the black spot.

 

[clayt101]

Thanks for the replies. I will be sure to check it out later today. I am glad that the suggestion of the females haveing blue sparkle dots inside the black spots matches up with the other picture.

 

[Z Man]

That does not happen to be a suggestion. It is fact.

 

[snakeskinner]

there is so much discrepency on sexing rams I'm not sure there is a true way to be 100%. I have seen examples that disprove the pink belly theory as well as the pointed finnage. the blue dots on the black dot is the only way I've seen that has not been disproven to me and most people agree on but I've been told even that isn't 100%. Most "experts" want to see the fish and say they can tell by looking at several things combined. moral of the story, you may not be able to tell for sure, especially if they are juveniles. and if they are gold rams, I don't believe there really is way to be sure. Kyle