Female Gourami's?

[lawrie.1]

i brought these 2 dwarf gouramis the other day and i was wondering if they were male or female or both. im hoping they are both so i can try to breed them. can anyone help and tell me what sex they are?

thanks heaps

 

[missileman]

They both look like females to me.(in response to lawrie.1, the ones in the original post look to be both males)
As for males getting along together?
I have 3 males and they did become somewhat aggressive to each other when I had them in my 20 gallon but not to the point of injury. since I have moved them to my 75 gallon they get along great.

 

[Johnny Tuttle]

I don't know that those are females: do they ever have more color than we're seeing in their pictures? Those could be just waking up males.

 

[missileman]

I was basing my post partly on the shape of the dorsal fin.
My males dorsal fins come to a definite point at the rear.(compare to the pics in the first post)
Although I do not have female dwarfs I do have female gouramis and the fins on them are rounded at the rear as in the 2 pics above. Although a better pic of the dorsal fins standing up would help.

 

[Zagz]

Posts split into it's own thread.

 

[lawrie.1]

thanks guys. the top one has a bit more colour in real life.. its a bit more red.
if they start to lose colour is that bad?
whats rong with them? the bottom one is starting to lose colour and its fading away . its happening at the back of the fish but the otherone is fine. is it sick?