Please Help Sex My Rams

[vix]

Bought what i thought (was told) was a pair, but i think they are both males. Can anyone advise

First one :

Second one :

Thanks for anyones help!

 

[Rust]

OK they are male and female, can you see that the first one has alot more colour tan the second one? thats how you can tell most of the time, also males tend to have more pointy fins. hope this helps.

Rust

 

[Neal]

Can I just ask, why have you got a ball of wool in your tank? I'm very curious!

Neal

 

[Rust]

Can I just ask, why have you got a ball of wool in your tank? I'm very curious!

Neal

it could be a breeding mop, so all the fry have a place to hide, so they dont get eaten

 

[vix]

lol I wondered if someone would ask that, its a breeding mop for my rainbows, It makes it easier for me to collect the eggs.

 

[F.O.H]

9 times out of 10 you can tell by the colour but the males fin are usually alot more pointy.

 

[a.d.wood]

Hi there,

I reckon you have 2 males.

One of the key ways to sex these guys is to look at the black lateral spot on the side of the body. In females you will see pearlescent spangles within the spot, males don't have this spangling.

Andrew

 

[vix]

Oh heck this is confusing

 

[Rust]

Oh heck this is confusing

LOL, i belive you have male and female, have you ever asked them? lol

 

[vix]

Well i did try, but lets just say the response wasn't so.......helpful

 

[a.d.wood]

Oh heck this is confusing

No, very simple

Check the black blotch on the side of the body (when the fish is relaxed there should only be 1 black blotch visible), if it is covered in nice blue spangles it's a female. If it is missing the spangles it's a male!!.

A couple of explanations to make my rambling clear:

'Blue rams' can be sexed using a variety of characteristics. The males
are generally larger (most prominent in adults), have slightly longer
fins (dorsal) and lack the blue spangles in the black mid-lateral spot
found in the females. Wild fish are very easy to distingush, but the
cultured varieties may be a little harder, assuming both sexes are
present. If I were asked for one reliable difference, I would say the
blue spangles within the black mid-lateral blotch is the best method (it
also works on young fish and the cultured varieties).

Males have blue scale located around the edges while females have them in the central part. I've seen females that had higher dorsal spines than on the males shipped with them.

Andrew

 

[vix]

Ok thanks i will investigate!

 

[vix]

Oh no one of my rams are dead now i only have one to sex, i only got them yesterday

 

[bobf]

Oh no one of my rams are dead now i only have one to sex, i only got them yesterday

It probably died because it was so confused about it's changing sexuallity!

(never thought I'd get to use that word on a fish forum - wohoo!)

 

[Rust]

Oh no one of my rams are dead now i only have one to sex, i only got them yesterday

It probably died because it was so confused about it's changing sexuallity!

(never thought I'd get to use that word on a fish forum - wohoo!)

LOL, why do you think it died?