Festae guesses

[JDH]

I brought these two festae home a couple days ago. Colors are starting to come in after the stress. These are my first festae so I'm far from certain about their sex. Guessing males, but maybe some festae experts could provide their opinion. Both are about 5"+.

 

[Rocksor]

I'm saying both are male due to prominent blue spangling in the fins.

 

[ehh]

Festae are one of the few fish that consistently look good.

 

[fernie831]

I would guess both female. Some females do get the blue spangling. I have a wild caught that looked just like yours with lots of blues and it turned out to be female

 

[JDH]

Thanks for the input. fernie, they were sold as wild caught so you may have a good comparison. I will post an update when they start to color up more.

 

[MP_cichlid]

left is female probably, right is definetely male, no doubt. It looks to me like you have a pair my friend.

 

[MP_cichlid]

where did you get them from?

 

[MP_cichlid]

that male looks almost identical to my wild caught male, and what size tank are they in?

 

[JDH]

That would be great if it turned out to be both. I got them from a small lfs. The owner loves ca/sa cichlids so he occasionally gets something interesting in. They are in a 125, with an eheim 2262 filter.

 

[MP_cichlid]

what is the store called?