festea sexing
- Thread starter mbeatrice
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VRWC;3825838; said:absolutely. look at this male.
neither of those two characteristics are ways to tell the sex of festae...different locales & different strains of the species look completely different than one another and the heads are different looking. Look at the festae strain in Australia. It looks different than those currently being sold in the trade.
Color can differ according to stress level, tankmates, food, spawning or not, genetics & more. The male above is 4 inches and look at its color.
That's a beautiful fish. Mine is only four inches, but if he (I'm almost 100 percent sure it's male) looks that nice most days, I'll be pleased. I've noticed with festaes their colors can really fluctuate.
i doubt your male will look like that most days. that male is in breeding colors at the time of the photo.
Its not mine, Its a friends. Usually they fluctuate between that and solid gold with red fins and a combo of the 2 when not spawning, if they are a pair. Mine have anyways.
Heres various shots of mine and his gf.
Heres various shots of mine and his gf.
@ 7" the Festae should already have elongated tips on the dorsal and anal fins both male and female. If they aren't present the tankmates may be suspect.
