Are my festae mature enough to sex?

[robmcd]

I think that I might have 1 male 2 females. The first two pics are RT #1, 3 and 4 are RT # 2, and the last pic is RT #3. My original thoughts were #1 male and #s 2 & 3 females ( #1 is dominant in the tank). They are all from 4 to 4.5''. Thanks in advance for all help.

 

[SouthCentral]

Sweet fish Rob. RT 3 looks male in that photo. Do any of them get vertical bands frequently? That's a good sign that it's female at that age. Same with a glowing orange/yellow operculum.

 

[Marc280106]

One and two appear to be female. ? on number three.

 

[robmcd]

Sweet fish Rob. RT 3 looks male in that photo. Do any of them get vertical bands frequently? That's a good sign that it's female at that age. Same with a glowing orange/yellow operculum.

It seems like a couple of them develop bands when a confrontation starts, but they go away really fast. Im not sure what the glowing orange yellow operculem is. They seem to sorta have an underlying peach coloration most of the time, occaisionally bright red. Thanks for the help man. I really want to get a breeding pair out of this. Im not gonna hold my breath though as I have bad luck on raising groups of fish to pair.

 

[fish boy in toronto]

i think all 3 are males

 

[Modest_Man]

One and two appear to be female. ? on number three.

I agree. Get a good shot of the dorsal on #3.

 

[fish boy in toronto]

what a little female looks like

 

[fish boy in toronto]

 

[fish boy in toronto]

 

[Modest_Man]

Who said that was a female? That looks male to me. Females have the dark front half of the dorsal.