Sexing A Ram

[boyuboy]

help me sex this fish pls

uhh im trying to post a pic but ther is no option available?

 

[thegnu]

you have to click on the second from the left little box (insert image) then paste the URL http// from a free program such as photo bucket. someone else might be able to help better than me. i'm not very good myself at this!

 

[boyuboy]

but in the other forums its so much easier.
u just use the toolbox at the bottom.
?

 

[thegnu]

yeah i quite agree. but imo the other forums aren't anywhere near as good as this one!

 

[matt295]

a way to sex rams in my experience is i think the females have a redder front belly than the males (correct if wrong please)

 

[fishlette]

a way to sex rams in my experience is i think the females have a redder front belly than the males (correct if wrong please)

depending on their size the female will often have a lavender coloured belly. also the first two rays on the dorsal fin are different. on one they are darker and a little longer and the other is only slightly longer than the other rays and not as dark. i think the darker longer ones are girls...or they could be boys...hmmm ?? i have some but the light is busted on the tank and i cant see any purple bellies but i know they are there lol

 

[Mystix212]

Imageshack.com is great. Browse for an image then press host it. Goto to the last code after its loaded and copy it. Then on the post menu, (as im typing this) under fonts theres a button saying 'Insert Image'. Press that than paste into the line. Your done!

 

[Mystix212]

This pic shows a male and female blue rams. Males have the first 2 dorsal rays much longer. Females have purple blushing.

 

[John59]

The males anal and dorsal fins get pass the base of the tail in females they hardly reach it

 

[Mystix212]

Males have fin extentensions. But rams are like 2" cichlids so fin extensions are small

 

[boyuboy]

the last post by john seems the only foolproof way of sexing the rams. while the black dorsal rays might be longer its hard to compare them at a lfs when they all look the same.
ill be checking the distance between the anal dorsal fins and the tail to sex them.
ty for all yout help.

ah dam , i have 2 females.

 

[John59]

Wish you were living closer i could give you a few from my own born babies give them good conditions and you do not know what to do with them

 

[Mystix212]

Measuring one pair of Rams tail lengths is not going to give you the sex's for other rams to come. My picture above clearly shows the difference between sex's.

 

[Benauld]

Sorry Mystix, you've confused me there a little bit... nobody said to measure the tail length.

John said that the dorsal (top) fin, and anal (bottom rear) fin, both extend beyond the base of the tail, (the bit where the tail joins the body) in males. [Admittedly, only slightly so in the dorsal, but more evidently so in the anal fin.] But is quite different, (both fins being far shorter) in females.

Your picture clearly shows this:

N.B. The lines are only at different angles because the fish are not directly side on to the camera, and are at different positions relative to one another, if the fish were both side on, both lines would be vertical.

I also don't get the bit about "other rams to come", are you talking about if they breed?

 

[Benauld]

Aaahh, just found the two side on photos from the species profile, which illustrates the above point far better:

FEMALE

MALE

N.B. Both bars are now vertical. There is actually a comparatively large gap between the base of the tail and both sets of fins in the females.