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SininStyle@Hotmail.com , email them to me and ill help. ill also post them on this thread for other to see for ya.

My ram is still pretty small, and now i am thinking "she" is a male also. Although it has a little pink on its belly, it is getting more colorful and has very high black spikes on the front of its dorsal spikes. I cannot get any of the websites to work, but leave a post here and i can email you the pictures if u have rams or would like to help me out! Thanx!

I am sorry to hear that your ram died. I have spawned mine before but no such luck raising the fry since they are so small, and just not worth the money to raise them, so now I just have the male and female seperated(turned on eachother)

ya blue rams are really touchy unfortently. they can die months after being put in a tank and seem fine. sorry to hear you lost one.

Well sadly, the one i presumed was a male died today unexpectedly I was so sad, but i don't know what to do i want to get a new one but i think i want to wait till this one matures and then see. I think this one might be a male, because he no longer has any pink on his belly. SO i am gonna try to take more pictures. Wish me luck!

Just look at the dorsal fin of each ram. If they are old enough, you will notice that the males have a 'spike' of longer rays in the front of the fin, while females lack this. Female rams do have more pink on their bellies than males do, but this is not always a foolproof way to sex these fish. Just check out their dorsal fins, and they will tell you all you need to know.

I agree in that you should get some better photos, though. I can't tell anything from the ones you have there.

EDIT: And yes, they are in fact German (blue) rams.

Last edited by sirbooks at 14-Jan-2005 10:55

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Sorry i am trying!! Thank you so much for doing that, i will try again tonight!
In the first i kinda captured a little pink on the belly, and on the third you can see there is not as much pink.

Last edited by Hooktor at 13-Jan-2005 19:36

looks like blues to me, another member agrees that owns blues.
as far as sexing goes not a chance fromt hese pics lol. stop focusing on the backgroudn and center the fish when takeing the pic.

I posted this in my old forum but no one was giving any responses...

I finally was able to get some pictures...they are not that great. But anybody have any idea male, female or whatever?

Male?
http://www.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=18964863/PictureID=410295017/t_=18704690

Female?
http://www.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=18964863/PictureID=410295006/t_=18704690
http://www.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=18964863/PictureID=410294999/t_=18704690

Sorry the pictures are not that great!

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Sin in Style attached this image:

ok i resized here is the 1st.

Sin in Style attached this image:

put these pics into "paint" or another program.in paint click on image and resize it by clicking stretch. type in "50%" to show it half the size you see it. both verticle and horizontal.

cant help ya till i can see the pics and even these pics i cant seem to make anything out. its like its just a corner of the pic.

I think the fishstore made a mistake, i have a feeling that they are bolivian rams, but they do have some shiny blue on them. I feel they are still young so i cannot fully sex them yet. They are about 1.5 inches, so i think they have more to grow. Lately they have been getting more aggresive with eachother and the one which i presume is the male has a few fin pieces ripped out of his tail. I hope they are a male and a female, i dont want any fighting! They seem to nip at eachother, but i thought it was just breeding behavior. Can bolivian rams exhibit breeding behavior at such a young age?

I set up the links, im sorry if they are really big, until someone gives me a better site to share, i dont know what to do!

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Oh really, sorry i tried to use one of the sites recommended, i will have to try to figure that out!

Your links require a password to see the pics, can't help