please help sex this

[bigspizz]

They both look like ladies, but they are smaller than 4" that argentea is about 2.5" they could be either or. It is sometimes hard to tell until the first time they breed....

 

[bukster]

how do you know the argentea is 2.5"?

 

[bukster]

Well I hope I find a nice female jag like yours when I'm ready to get a bigger tank for my male. Good luck with your fish!

they aren't really too hard to find. i actually hate admitting this but i got mine at petsmart. i'm just raising em on hikari carnivore

 

[bigspizz]

how do you know the argentea is 2.5"?

Because of how he looks...lol And I have kept them and still do....

 

[MDH]

Both of them are too small to sex IMO. Wait until they hit 6" or so, then repost...

 

[jasonmac978]

I would say both are female, but if not, then they are DEFINITELY both male.

 

[bukster]

actually the argentea is about 3" so one inch smaller than the smaller jag. it was just against the glass and i measured it.
thanks again to everyone

 

[big train]

Both of them are too small to sex IMO. Wait until they hit 6" or so, then repost...

+1

 

[sicxspeed]

to small to tell at this age.......Give them a few more inches, try posting updated pictures again next month or so. I had two jags that I thought were both female once....they both looked like what I thought a female Jag looked like until about 5 inches, then they spawned.....Hard to tell at that size. At about 6-8 inches, you will know for sure. Some males are easier to spot at earlier sizes, but that is really rare.

 

[bukster]

k...thanks a lot everyone...i'll try again in a lil while then i guess. learned a lil though