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he we have a pair of blue rams. very pretty. anyway was just wondering which is male and which is female. one has a dorsal fin that is pointed at the back - is this the male?

thanks

I've found that the dorsal fin is the best way to tell the sexes apart in this species of fish. Male German rams have elongated second and third (from the front) rays in their dorsal fin, while females don't. Sometimes it can be hard to tell if a ram has rays that are longer than normal, because apparently this ray "spike" is being bred out of them at the farms where most German rams originate. As a result, male rams can be seen with relatively short second and third dorsal rays (the second ray is the longest one).

Male ram

Female

The fish in the second picture is a gold ram, but the same method of sexing applies.


Last edited by sirbooks at 26-Aug-2005 08:02

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thank you, i will try and get pics of our later to compare

I was wondering about my keyhole cichlids and found this website,

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It seems I have two girls!

THey have very nice fins but not as nice as the male in the pic!

GFG

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I have a male german blue, and 3 females.. The 2 larger females also have the extended ray, so that is not a given to sex rams...

Inspect the black spot on their sides, females will have specks of blue in it, as where males will not.

The Amazon Nut...

I've seen the females with pink bellies also.

hope this helps, its a pic of my pair, with the male in the front (on the right). He has a much higher spike then her in his dorsal fin, she has a much rounder pink belly, and more red on her fins. He has no pink on him at all, and his belly isn't rounded, but note also that my female was a little gravid when this picture was taken.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/rahmonster/photography/fish068copy.jpg