Help sexing q Red Terror! Thank you!
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It's around 4.5 inches. I don't doubt it, but are you certain? Also what are the signs to tell that it's a male at this size?(Asking for knowledge).
See the blue dots on each scale, and in the unpaired fins? That is a male only trait. Females don't have this.
Not my picture thank Google
As seen above. The males in the background has the blue spangles, like in your picture. The female don't have these spangles. Also see the dark mark in her dorsal fin, that is a female only trait. This is there breeding dress.
Here is a male in had for a bit solo.
As with the other ones you can see the blue spangles. Now you can see his black stripes can go into his dorsal, but they don't darken the whole front half of it.
Not my picture thank Google
As seen above. The males in the background has the blue spangles, like in your picture. The female don't have these spangles. Also see the dark mark in her dorsal fin, that is a female only trait. This is there breeding dress.
Here is a male in had for a bit solo.
As with the other ones you can see the blue spangles. Now you can see his black stripes can go into his dorsal, but they don't darken the whole front half of it.
Agree with the above gender ID assements,
While females may sport a few spangles, they are never dominant, like males are.-
Female in the foreground (left pic) in the right pic male in the foreground,
Female color above without a male in the tank.
Below male
While females may sport a few spangles, they are never dominant, like males are.-
Female in the foreground (left pic) in the right pic male in the foreground,
Female color above without a male in the tank.
Below male
I'd have to disagree with my experience. I had a grow out of 10 where 2 females which grew bigger than males at faster pace, push the others to corners on the other side of a 6ft tank.
I agree as my experience is the same. I’ve kept them three times now and each and every time the females have been larger and dominant which resulted in the males were always a target after spawns. This last time this b*tch wiped an entire tank in the middle of the night. I woke up to fertilized eggs and an entire 240g worth of dead fish.
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I think Duane meant the spots are never dominant on the females, as they are on the males. He didn’t mean their behavior
Yes
I was ¨not¨ talking about total growth in size, of the fish theselves,
I was talikng about metalic spot distribution on the unpaired fins, and body,.
As shown in all female photos above,
the males are neavy with matalic spotting, while all females have very few.
And as shown in the post, just 2 posts above, the female is almost devoid of iredescent spots on dorsal, anal and caudal fins.
I was ¨not¨ talking about total growth in size, of the fish theselves,
I was talikng about metalic spot distribution on the unpaired fins, and body,.
As shown in all female photos above,
the males are neavy with matalic spotting, while all females have very few.
And as shown in the post, just 2 posts above, the female is almost devoid of iredescent spots on dorsal, anal and caudal fins.