Electric Blue sex?

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Dream

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Can anybody confirm if this is a male?
 

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76% sure it's a male

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I thought females have those black front edges on the pectoral fins. I also thought male's anal fin extends past the beginning of the tail. So, I think it's a female.

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Those are some signs for sure. Although when I bred them, many of the offspring had traits of both sexes so I don't know how well it works anymore. The way I sexed my juvenile fish was mostly based on size.

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I got lucky and had some Electrics cross breed several times with my GBR's.
Honestly, depending on what generation that Electric is, the only sure way is a steady hand and a magnifying glass due to long range inbreeding in some cases. Their great little fish, see if you can find a female GBR if he turns out to be a male, their courtships are awesome to watch
 
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