Well, it seems that my search for a male red terror all these years was a huge waste of time. Remember this "girl"?
Well, it looks like it's a male despite its coloration. Something I should have noted was the fact that in the years of owning this fish it has never laid any eggs (I blow at venting I guess, lol. I just confirmed it today by looking at their vents and comparing it to the vent of the small male dovi that I have, all the same shape so I'm assuming that they're male.).
So now I have two male red terrors on my hands (the other one from thefishguy is only 5-6") good thing is, outside of some displaying to each other, they don't fight at all and both have perfect fins.
Question is, why is the fish's coloration like this when there has never been a female around it (makes no sense for the breeding dress) and it's the most dominant fish in the tank? For as long as I've had it, it has never shown the colors of a male red terror (well it has a slight greenish hue to its body, but it's mainly female in coloration). What could be the cause of this cross dressing? Diet? Genetics? Origin? The other male red terror is showing similar colors as well.
Well, it looks like it's a male despite its coloration. Something I should have noted was the fact that in the years of owning this fish it has never laid any eggs (I blow at venting I guess, lol. I just confirmed it today by looking at their vents and comparing it to the vent of the small male dovi that I have, all the same shape so I'm assuming that they're male.).
So now I have two male red terrors on my hands (the other one from thefishguy is only 5-6") good thing is, outside of some displaying to each other, they don't fight at all and both have perfect fins. Question is, why is the fish's coloration like this when there has never been a female around it (makes no sense for the breeding dress) and it's the most dominant fish in the tank? For as long as I've had it, it has never shown the colors of a male red terror (well it has a slight greenish hue to its body, but it's mainly female in coloration). What could be the cause of this cross dressing? Diet? Genetics? Origin? The other male red terror is showing similar colors as well.
