Festae? or not festae, that is the ?

[yoimb0b]

i have a feeling the third one is also male then. They are all about 2.5-3". But at least i know that the supplier labeled them correctly, ill just have to order more from him and hope i get some more females.

 

[balton777]

how big are they may be to young to sex but if they are 4"they are both male

Not so sure you're accurate on the 4" sexing size. Here's mine at 2"-2.5". I ordered 6 from J Rapps (3male/3female) and I could clearly tell them apart.

 

[Fish on Fire]

Sometimes they don't show their physical differences until 4" or so. So wait until they hit 4 inches then you can be sure. Shoot, I thought that I had a male until a black blotch appeared on her at 6". That was pretty late, lol.

 

[balton777]

I guess they're all different. 6" seems really late.

 

[ammerman19]

yeah they can show earlier some of mine have but one I thought was a male all the way until 4" then it started to color up slightly. It is not the typical colors of a female but the black is now showing on it's dorsal.

 

[balton777]

lol did that piss you off or did you want a female?

 

[ammerman19]

nah I now have 4 males and 3 females I was actually relieved but it was just crazy how long it took for her to color up. I thought for a few months she was male. After both of my other females had already colored up

 

[DarthV]

I had thought I had received all females for quite a while. The dominant fish while they were growing out was a female. I moved her to another tank and bingo, the next largest fish turned out to be male

 

[balton777]

Not so sure you're accurate on the 4" sexing size.

Sorry Ammerman, I stand corrected. You're definitely more Festae experienced than me and I'm a better man for having known you.