Please help sexing my Green Terror...

[fishbum]

Females can be just as territorial and aggressive. The fish in the first pics looks female to me. It does not have vibrant colors,the orange in the tail is pretty dull,and has a rounded dorsal fin.

We are all just guessing here. Vent it if you really want to know.

 

[Sarah88]

yeah i would agree, i think its looks like a male as well as i said that would be one super nice female if it was (is its body color actually irridescent in person, if its not then its probably a nice female but if its a nice irridescent color like it appears in the photo then i would say male), but i will also say that females that are larger than males have been known to beat on their mates, but most likely its a male, and with GTs white/stringy poo does not necessarily mean parasites. i have actually given up on GTs because everyone i have bought has ended up being sickly and i even treated for parasites and everything to now avail. these guys are prone to bacterial infections and i found will have issues if not fed a high veggie-based diet, i had to give my last one thawed/skinned peas several times a week in order for his stringy poo to go away and once i stopped dooing this for a couple weeks he got sick again and stopped eating entirely so sadly i had to put him down. and he never fully colored up even when i fed him the peas, he always had female body color even though he had designs in his fins and i later vented him as male, so i have actually given up on GTs unless i were to order one from a reputable breeder, i just hate it when there is one fish that is being all sickly for no reason when everything else is healthy

 

[ericm82]

You really can't tell the colors in those horrible pictures I took...the flash washed out almost all of the colors. Under the tank lights, his (or hers? don't know what to call yet!) colors are very vibrant and the orange is quite prominent. I would compare the contrast of the body colors to my male Jack Dempsey I had for quite some time. The only thing that threw me off was the round(er) fins.

He is in the tank with a similar sized Texas Cichlid who seems to trade the aggression back and forth pretty well...evenly matched so they leave each other alone for the most part until they know its feeding time.

 

[GTbEaSt]

dude u killed the second GT? wtf why? fins and white stringy poop can be easily repaired. Cant stand people like you. honestly the second was male and the first one is female. You could of had a breeding pair.

 

[CapitalGT]

dude u killed the second GT? wtf why? fins and white stringy poop can be easily repaired. Cant stand people like you. honestly the second was male and the first one is female. You could of had a breeding pair.

The first GT is a female and the second GT is the male! GTbEaSt is correct!

 

[Sarah88]

the people who are saying that the first GT is female, could you please give your reasoning other than its rounded fins? when i had a GT pair my female actually got pointed fins before my male did so if based just on the fins that isnt a very reliable way, is there something else that you guys are seeing that i am not?

 

[k0y0te]

Hello...looking for your input on whether my 3" Green Terror is a Male or a Female and why? I'm leaning toward female only because of the rounded fins, but maybe still too young to tell? I tried to get some pictures without the flash as I know it washes out a lot of the color but had no luck. Here ya go:

This one look female to me goinf by body shape, fin shape and coloring.

Thank you for the replies. I'm now wondering about my other recently aquired Green Terror (pictured below) I just picked it up from the LFS and assumed it was a male by the same method (pointed fins)...thoughts???

The fish in my original above post looked similar to this one when I got it, after a few weeks of Hikari Cichlid Gold it's yellow along the edge of the fins turned a vibrant orange and the body color deepened up a bit.

this one looks male to me by going by body shape, fin shape and coloring.

 

[ericm82]

dude u killed the second GT? wtf why? fins and white stringy poop can be easily repaired. Cant stand people like you. honestly the second was male and the first one is female. You could of had a breeding pair.

Your right, I should have just let him stay in the tank and slowly get chewed to death AND risk my other 2 healthy fish getting sick.

I have no other tank to put him in and the place I purchased the fish would not take him back when I called...what would you have suggested I do? He was SEVERELY chewed up, like nothing I have ever seen (fins, body, etc...) was laying on the surface on the top corner of the tank tipped on his side and was still getting bit by the other green terror. When I saw the huge string of white poop it made up my mind to do what I previously said was VERY hard to do (and hope to never have to do again) I figured it was better than slowly suffering and dieing in the tank and risking the health of my two other fish (that have been perfectly healthy thus far and growing like weeds).

I was not looking for (or even wanting) a breeding pair, I was hoping to grow the two out a bit and see which one ended up being the male.

I take good care of my tanks & fish, and always have... I do 50% water changes twice weekly regardless of nitrate status, I feed a variety of high quality foods and have always immediately addressed any health issues as soon as they come up.

Thanks for your needless criticism and your input on sexing my first fish.

I am going to post a couple pictures of the first fish again without the flash so everyone can see how vibrant the coloring is...I'm curious to see if anyone changes their thoughts after seeing these. Again, all I thought to look for was the longer pointed fins vs. round fins...but sounds like some on here have males that did not develop any pointed fins until later on.

 

[GTbEaSt]

Your right, I should have just let him stay in the tank and slowly get chewed to death AND risk my other 2 healthy fish getting sick.

I have no other tank to put him in and the place I purchased the fish would not take him back when I called...what would you have suggested I do? He was SEVERELY chewed up, like nothing I have ever seen (fins, body, etc...) was laying on the surface on the top corner of the tank tipped on his side and was still getting bit by the other green terror. When I saw the huge string of white poop it made up my mind to do what I previously said was VERY hard to do (and hope to never have to do again) I figured it was better than slowly suffering and dieing in the tank and risking the health of my two other fish (that have been perfectly healthy thus far and growing like weeds).

I was not looking for (or even wanting) a breeding pair, I was hoping to grow the two out a bit and see which one ended up being the male.

I take good care of my tanks & fish, and always have... I do 50% water changes twice weekly regardless of nitrate status, I feed a variety of high quality foods and have always immediately addressed any health issues as soon as they come up.

Thanks for your needless criticism and your input on sexing my first fish.

I am going to post a couple pictures of the first fish again without the flash so everyone can see how vibrant the coloring is...I'm curious to see if anyone changes their thoughts after seeing these. Again, all I thought to look for was the longer pointed fins vs. round fins...but sounds like some on here have males that did not develop any pointed fins until later on.

YOUR WELCOME! for my opinion. Here is another opinion. THere are tank dividers ucan get, they seperate fish. Look into them. Like i said white stringy poop, can easily be gone. Just my two cents. I doubt that GT got that chewd up, consider the fact they are close to the same size.

What size tank do u have, and maybe some tank shots?

 

[ericm82]

55 Gallon Tank. Here is your "tank shot" below. I apparently suck at taking pictures also. He is in here with a same sized (3 - 3.5") Texas Cichlid and they are getting along very well, aside from the occasional lap or two at each others tails. And, FYI there was a considerable size difference between the two green terrors, a little in length but a LOT in body mass/width/height.

We'll have to agree to disagree GTBEast, but thanks for your "opinions". I would not have done what I did if I thought the fish would recover in the tank with the others. He was suffering and I felt it was justified. You were not here to see the situation so lets drop it. Getting way off subject of my original post.