HELP identify Sex of my NEW RED TERROR'S

[elliedylan1]

Hi All

I recently bought 2 RED TERRORS from a shop by mine and was told that they were both Female, I put these fish in the tank and one of them was Bright RED(which inew was a Female RED TERROR) but the other one went like the colour of a male, when they come face to face the RT that looks like a Male to (ME) always swims quickly out the the others way so im just wondering can you have two Females with totaly diffrent colours? or is this a Female and Male?

1st Pic IS Defo a Female
2nd,3rd,4th picture i think is a Male
5th Picture is them both together(sorry bout picture quality)

Let me know what you think

 

[killerfish]

I do see a small Mayan cichlid in there but the two larger fish are a Male and female Festae

 

[elliedylan1]

Thanks for that, i had i feeling i might be right with them, some times the one that looks male goes like a gold/yellow colour with really dark vertical bars, is this still a male wuld you say?

 

[capefeartarheel]

Looks like a male and female, but there seems to be an awful lot of black in the supposed males dorsal...My male doesnt have any black like that one.

 

[elliedylan1]

Nice Festae, i think i will just see what happens over the next couple of weeks, will there colour change as they get bigger? i know that the males body goes nearly all gold but do they still get black vertical bars on there body?

 

[capefeartarheel]

Nice Festae, i think i will just see what happens over the next couple of weeks, will there colour change as they get bigger? i know that the males body goes nearly all gold but do they still get black vertical bars on there body?

Yes, as they get older they change colors. Mine pictured is about 18 months old and 7 inches. Hes gotten more gold and green as hes gotten older. His girlfriend brought out his stripes way more than they are out now, but since she died, hes stayed like he looks now. His fins have gotten really red in the past 3 or 4 months. I prefer the colors of mine on a dark substrate & background.

Heres a picture I found online (not mine) of a pair and the male has black in his dorsal, so my prior statement is pretty much invalid as a surefire way to tell. As long as Ive kept them, Ive never had a male with black like that....Never had one over about 9 inches though and never bred them, so maybe that would explain why I havent experienced it.

 

[D-Train]

they look big enough to vent, give that a try, it will get rid of any wonders you may have

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

thats a male and female.

 

[hailmike]

yep male and female

 

[elliedylan1]

thanks for all the replys, very helpful, if it does turn out to be male/female i will be extremley happy as i was after a male/female at the beggining but i thought if its two female i will just add a male and it would pair of with one of the females..