Grammode

[davidefc]

hello,iam going tomorrow to pick up my fish from don conkel and i have a chance to pick up some 3.5" grammodes....

so i wanted to ask how to sex them correctly, i have herd of a way that females dont have red dots across the body or head but when i saw some somewhere else which were smaller they all had red dots across their bodies and head.

so whats the best way and other ways.

also i have herd that they get aggressive when puts some size on,what sizeis that. as i want to keep them in a community as the intended tank isnt set up yet.

I welcome grammode owners to show pics of theirs

thanks dave

 

[ewok]

there are a lot of threads on grammodes picture
males have red spots along and below the lateral line, females lack them

go search for pictures i posted a while back when i still had them

 

[JD_MAN]

Mine were pretty aggressive around 4-5". I had a Midas, Flowerhorn, and an Oscar that were all afraid of him. He and the Midas would flare at each other, but that's all the further they went.

Here's a pic of my old male.

 

[davidefc]

Yeah ive seen the pics ewok, i havent seen like a pair of them together so i can compare them....
Stunning male JD MAN

 

[TrikkyMakk]

Mine were pretty aggressive around 4-5". I had a Midas, Flowerhorn, and an Oscar that were all afraid of him. He and the Midas would flare at each other, but that's all the further they went.

Here's a pic of my old male.

Cool lookin fish

 

[scubasteve06]

they stand their ground against any fish of any size. They dont really seek out and destroy like some but will defend and attack like a mini dovii basically. They max out at about 10" some bigger like gani's, but they take I'd say almost 3 years to reach that size.

 

[JD_MAN]

Thanks guys.

I almost forgot how long they take to grow. They are slower than my loaches.

 

[davidefc]

Thanks guys.

I almost forgot how long they take to grow. They are slower than my loaches.

Yeah that sucks about them, do you have a picture of a female? or a pair?

 

[JD_MAN]

Yeah that sucks about them, do you have a picture of a female? or a pair?

Here's a pic of my old female. She looks really dark, since she was guarding her fry at the time.

 

[davidefc]

Here's a pic of my old female. She looks really dark, since she was guarding her fry at the time.

Thanks JD, i can still see red dots below the lateral line? are they easy to sex at 3.5"