Another sex my GT thread

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I think the best way to find a male when buying at juvenile stage is to get a group of 4-6 (more if tank size allows) and to wait. I posted up pictures of 4 of my GT's on here when I first got them and 99% of members guessed they were all male. Out of that batch only one of them turned out be a male. For me it was pretty obvious to tell him apart due to the brighter colouration (on body and on gold seam of fins), the nuchal hump and the large elongated trail from the dorsal thin. Keep going, im sure you'll get one.
 
We are not wrong.
In fact - the fact it was darker than the rest, should have told you something :) (Female.)
Now you know.
If you look at photos of males, you'll get the hang of it.
 
I have to disagree with most of the opinions here. I think mostly people are looking at the lack of color on the caudal and dorsal fins. Typically males do have a nice thick orange caudal and dorsal stripe which is kind of their trademark look. Adds a really nice pop of color to them. However I don't believe you can look at just that one characteristic and say that this fish is female with such certainty.

The fish has very nice body color, it displays vibrant irridescent color in the face and body. It also has a large forward sloping forehead which really more or less says male to me. Again I can definitely be wrong as well, but I stand by my original prediction. Male.
 
Here's an old female of mine. Note the lack of body color, the very roundish body shape and slow sloping forehead.

 
Another female.

 
The dark color only shows up when the female is in breeding dress. Off breeding, the color of a happy female can be as bright as male. So dark color is almost certainly female, but bright color does not necessarily guaranttee it is a male. Many juvenile, brightly colored females were mistaken as male until one day she drops her egg tube and darkens up. Here is my old female that has a hump and bright color except for an obvious egg tube.

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tiger15 said:
The dark color only shows up when the female is in breeding dress. Off breeding, the color of a happy female can be as bright as male. So dark color is almost certainly female, but bright color does not necessarily guaranttee it is a male. Many juvenile, brightly colored females were mistaken as male until one day she drops her egg tube and darkens up. Here is my old female that has a hump and bright color except for an obvious egg tube.
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didnt know females could get nuchal humps
 
Definitely adds more confusion to the thread! Lol. Guess it goes both ways. Keep us updated. I'm interested to see what it turns out to be.
 
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