I'm no good at sexing jags...

[David R]

A friend rescued seven of these from a while back, and now my festae pair have divorced I have space to take four of them (for now, will keep the nicest one). In his tank they were all dark and male looking (maybe because of his big 12"+ male jag and other larger fish) but now they're looking more girly, to me at least. Anyone else want a shot?

The person they were rescued from (had an 8' tank with about 10 oscars, 7 jags, pacus, etc etc) was feeding them on dogroll and they've had fat stomachs the whole time, even when they didn't eat for days after being rescued. Worms?

 

[VRWC]

Im no expert either, but strictly based on patterning, 2 & 4 look female, 1 & 3 possible male to me.

Festae pair divorced huh...or did the male just end the females life like mine did 7x?

 

[David R]

Festae pair divorced huh...or did the male just end the females life like mine did 7x?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?425376-Festae-domestic-violence...

 

[VRWC]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?425376-Festae-domestic-violence...

Sorry about that. I got rid of mine and purchased a jag as well.

 

[David R]

I'm thinking I will have to get rid of the male too, not sure if he'll ever live as part of a community now. Loving the personality of the jags though, not quite as pretty as the festae but a big improvement on the personality side!

 

[nmadsen4]

i'd be shocked if the first pic wasnt a female.

 

[VRWC]

Loving the personality of the jags though, not quite as pretty as the festae but a big improvement on the personality side!

+1

I agree completely!

 

[David R]

i'd be shocked if the first pic wasnt a female.

Yeah she's the one who seems to be "nesting". Seems to be courting the second biggest one (Pic 2) though, who also looks like a girl to me...

 

[Nate_N_Nicole]

the two in the middle look male and the top and bottom ones look female to me...

 

[CClump]

theyve got a strange hump going on there. I would say the right two are definitely female not sure about pic 1. 3 looks like it has the best chance of being male.