Question about alpha fish in batchs of fry

[WckedMidas]

Ok everyone no that in a batch of fry theres always a alpha fish everyone says its the alpha male. Well has anyone ever seen the biggest fish in a batch of fry turn out to be a female? Or ever herd of it happening.

I have a 10 of my midas fry left. and still have the alpha i been thinking is a male well my alpha male named brutis is now called BRUTESA! any coments on this

I watched him err her drop a batch of eggs two nights ok and now i feal confused

 

[werdna]

yes i have heard of this but i think its kinda uncommon

 

[WckedMidas]

Im just still amazed my brutis is brutesa i mean what da ****.
this is brutesa she layed eggs sat night but they wernt fertle and she wouldnt let the polleni do his job

 

[WckedMidas]

for a kok comparison this is a pic of one of the three major fish kills ive had in three years. the white midas is the female the orange one is the male they the parents

 

[skinless]

which one smoked????

 

[WckedMidas]

which one smoked????

that would be ths tsn red tail hybrid

 

[water_baby83]

It's actually not that uncommon to have an alpha female. People tend to just assume it is the males who posses this role, most likely, because in our society, we relate males in general as being alpha or "top dog", as others say, so this trend tends to carry over, as a set standard. Females are just as capable of being at the top as males. Typically the way status is sorted in the wild is by a variety of factors. These may include, but aren't necessarily limited too:

Size
Age
Aggressive personalities
strength
And breeding status (i.e - large females tend to dominate males during breeding peaks)

No matter whether you are talking about sharks, cichlids, wild dogs, lions or so on. Alpha females are present in nearly every class of wildlife. It may be strange to you, seeing this take place in your aquarium, as there are fewer fish than a typical wild school, but no, it's not really uncommon at all. That doesn't mean there isn't also an alpha male. Most often you may encounter both in the same tank. And in larger numbers, there may be more than one of each (male & female), assuming the alpha positions on varying levels. These alphas may end up being the main breeders, and the rest fall in line so to speak. But I guess as a guy, you just figured the male would lead huh? LOL LOL J/K

--EMI

 

[WckedMidas]

I had just never herd of there bein a female that out grew the rest . Ive had maybe 20 batchs of fry now and this my first time . She looked like a male u see the pics does she not look like a male with the KOK shes growing of course her mother had a decent oneto. I dono but she one my favs