Help sex my Rams!!!

[kelbaker79]

I saw someone else has a thread for the same thing, but I didn't want to hijack it

GBR pair, male or female??

 

[kelbaker79]

Ignore the bolivian photo, I'm having problems with this app today!!!

 

[kelbaker79]

Soooo, now onto the Bolivians! Male or female??

 

[kelbaker79]

And finally, the LFS told me these were Gold Rams. Are they?? And male or female??

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

I cant tell you if they are male or female but they are definitly gold rams

 

[kdpuffer]

Your gbr's are females, I can't help sex the rest but those are deffinately gold rams.

 

[blackmolly]

Soooo, now onto the Bolivians! Male or female??


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i can't say in pic 1... but in pic two it looks like a male.

 

[kelbaker79]

Thanks everyone for your help!! At least I'm getting a better idea now!!

 

[Mikalicious209]

Hate to disagree, but both of the gbrs look like males to me, especially from the black bottom fins and the black spiny mohawks. My female has blue dots in her black patch as well, tho ive heard that this can some times be an unreliable way to sex them.

 

[wilmo]

All are male imo

 

[aqua_chem]

Both GBRs are clearly female to me. They both have the nice pink belly that comes with sexual maturity. Neither of them have particularly pronounced mohawks that I can see from the pictures.

If I had to guess on the gold ram, I would say male, but thats basically little more than a guess. They are basically just a different color morph of GBRs, and will breed with one of your girls if he takes a fancy to them. That could spell trouble for your other fish if the tank isn't big enough.

 

[kdpuffer]

Ya the gbr show more of the female characteristics than make, pink belly, blue in black spot and very small extended second ray in dorsal. The males second ray is much longer. Due to inbreeding and such it's hard to make a positive sex but most indicators point to female.

 

[kelbaker79]

That could spell trouble for your other fish if the tank isn't big enough.

They are the only 6 I have, so they are by themselves in a 4 foot long, 55 gallon. Hopefully that's big enough for them? I thought it would be, but I've never had Rams before, never been able to find any until now!

 

[absolutangel04]

I don't know how to sex gbr, but I do know Bolivians.
I am fairly confident your first Bolivian is a female. Not positive about the second one though. I am going back and forth on that one. Its a bit hard to see the belly curve well because of that pectoral fin. How do the Bolivians interact? I am going to guess male, but I am definitely not sure.

 

[kdpuffer]

A four foot 55 should be ok but make sure there is lots of hiding places, rams like heavy cover and get territorial once they pair up. Rule of thumb is 20 gallons per pair but with the length of the 55 I think you should be ok. I have rams and they are nice fish.

 

[kelbaker79]

A four foot 55 should be ok but make sure there is lots of hiding places, rams like heavy cover and get territorial once they pair up. Rule of thumb is 20 gallons per pair but with the length of the 55 I think you should be ok. I have rams and they are nice fish.

Great!! thanks! There's tons of plants in there...and rock and flower pots...lol...so I did that right

 

[kdpuffer]

Sounds like a sweet home, let's see some full tank shots.

 

[kelbaker79]

Sounds like a sweet home, let's see some full tank shots.

Here's a few pics! Although, there's more rock in there now

 

[blackmolly]

wow... with all those pots you'll be golden! great tank for rams!

 

[absolutangel04]

That tank looks really good. I love all the pot caves. I think that should be quite suitable for the number of rams you have.