Sexing for German Blue Rams

[krazyK]

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased some Blue Rams and needed some verification on sexing, I had one male for sure but it passed away not too long ago. Any help on these would be great. thanks!

 

[bshenanagins]

Kinda hard to tell but looks like all females, def that last one but the first two could be iffy but I'm strongly leaning towards all females

 

[DragonGirl]

I agree it looks like all females

 

[krazyK]

Ok. Would females attack and kill males? Because the second one fought almost every minute with the actual male that I had. I figured they would eventually space out because of the 55gal planted environment but one morning I just woke up to a dead and beaten up ram.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

1st and 3rd females second is a male. Females won't kill males but they will fight each other over one

 

[bshenanagins]

1st and 3rd females second is a male. Females won't kill males but they will fight each other over one

Ahh almost lol why do you say 2nd is male?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

The head looks a little more sloped, and the dot looks male to me. Then add it was fighting with known male = male if te dosal spike is pronounced as well it'd be a sure thing

 

[krazyK]

For the second ram its back fin is the highest/pointest mohawk of them all so I"m gonna assume that that also contributes to the male side as well?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Yes indeed, all the signs say male!

 

[bshenanagins]

Well then, I have to concur lol

 

[krazyK]

haha thanks everyone for the clarification and help!

 

[mjdodson05]

Can anyone tell me the sex of these rams??

 

[bshenanagins]

Kind of hard to tell with those pics but I wana say both are female

 

[mjdodson05]

Well would 2 females lay eggs? They both have been hovering over a piece of slate and atleast one has been scooting across it...could it be possible that 2 females are laying eggs even without a male to fertilize them?

 

[mjdodson05]

The larger more colorful one is the one I keep seeing scooting on the rock but both are chasing all the other fish from that corner...

 

[bshenanagins]

Then you most likely have a male and female

 

[flitabout]

bottom one is definitely a female