well....gonna do another ram spawn.....

[stingray4540]

Looks like it could be a male, but it's not a very good pic. It looks like the dorsal rays are a little short for a male and it almost looks like some pink in the belly? A better pic will help. Normally the male have long front dorsal rays, and no pink on the belly.

 

[Emg]

He doesn't have his dorsal rays splayed, that's why they look short.....as far as the rams I have...I have yet to be able to see any real consistant difference in the dorsal rays between male and female, just that all of the male's fins are larger in general. The biggest noticable difference in fin size is in the ventral fins. Males have noticably longer pointier ventrals than the females....

That pic shows pretty large fins....the caudel, dorsal and ventral....they're all very prominant.......the coloring in the belly area just looks to me like the purplish color that they all have in certain lighting.

It's possible I have it wrong....lol......but I really think it's male... :huh:

Hey Sting....care to take a bet on it ??


Sploke, COOL ! I'm sure I'll have some for sale in a couple of months...unless something goes terribly wrong, like a power outage or something.....I live right near the intersection of 44 and 74 in Ashford...so not far at all. You could stop by on your way home from classes.

 

[stingray4540]

I'll bet you 10 baby rams! :joke:

 

[Emg]

You got a deal !! That's how sure I am that it's a male !

ONly thing is....I don't have anyplace to put 10 more rams when I win !! Could I have a substitution ??

 

[stingray4540]

How about some duckweed?
Joking aside, your probably right I just thought a better pic might be more conclusive. Nice purple string btw.

 

[Emg]

Lol....well, there's a pond near us where I can get plenty of duckweed...lol.....how bout a rock with a purple string !! I'm short one..

 

[stingray4540]

No way! I'm catching more fish than ever with this thing! My pet fish are mad at me, now I got to get another one for them.

 

[valleyvampiress]

Sorry for the crumby pic. I can't use my regular computer right now so I had to use my camera phone and upload the pic to a site to be able to get a pic of him posted. After hearing about the pink belly thing, I'm sure he's a male now. His belly's more yellowish.

Here's a video I took of him: http://aquarium.textamerica.com/?r=4051470

 

[Emg]

I didn't get the pic Valley..... ??

 

[Clurin]

I agree with Emg, definitely looks like a male.