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Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	On bolivian rams, the filimaments are not on the dorsal fin, only on the caudal/tail fin of the male. Eric PS - You get points for making me go look at my fish!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	The pink "patch" isn't the best indicator of sex in German rams, as male rams can have pink, too. The best way to sex rams is to check out the dorsal fin. Males have a 'spike' in the front of their dorsal fin, while females lack this. The above article probably mentions this. As for Bolivian rams, sexing is a little more difficult. As mentioned, it is nearly impossible to sex immature Bolivian rams. However, adult males have nice long filaments on the ends of their caudal and (I believe) dorsal fins. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	believe this is the site Big E was referring to, i had posted it in american cichlids not logn ago. this site is loaded with Blue ram info. [link=Blue ram info]http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/American%20Cichlids/51586.html" style="COLOR: #00FFFF[/link]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001	Bolivian rams and german rams are sexed differently. Bolivians are VERY hard to sex when young. When older, the males are bigger and have flowing filaments on the tail fin...it's very obvious then. German rams - I've not kept them. There is a great article on how to sex them on the web, but I've lost the site. Google german rams and kribs at the same time - the site has great pages on both...that might help. Eric
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
Fish Guy Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Well i think its the same for both. But I know for certain that female german blue rams have a pinkish patch on there side just behind the pectoral fin, and males tend to have a more noticable " mohawk " on their dorsal fin.
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