red terror sex?

[bluemoon]

I think this is the right forum...
I just bought Pair of Red Terror..
They are about the size of 10 cm, and I'd like to know if I have two males or male and female???

The first one:

The second one:

Together:

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE2uiBljXEo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uadz7IVEj8M


Thanks

 

[JacobWhitley]

they are to small to tell as of right now

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Yes, too young to be sexable yet.

 

[Sarah88]

WAY to young to sex yet, they wont be sexable for sure by color for at least another couple of inches, they are not even coloring up yet (normally they have a bit more color at that size, was this pic taken right after you put them in the tank? if not they might be stressed about something), do a little more research on this fish and you will see that they are notoriously hard to sex visually, also what size tank are you growing them out in because they are also super aggressive against their own kind, most likely with 2 even if you did happen to hit the jack pot and get a male and female they probably wont pair up, usually you need to get group of at least 5 and grow them out in order to get a suitable pair that wont kill each other (and it still very well may happen)

GOOD LUCK though and

 

[balton777]

I think this is the right forum...
I just bought Pair of Red Terror..
They are about the size of 10 cm, and I'd like to know if I have two males or male and female???
Thanks

Definitely the right forum, welcome to MFK. Congrats on the Festae too, they look great. As far as sexing...what they said^.

 

[bluemoon]

Thank you all for the responses.

Yes,this pic and video taken about an hour after I put them in the tank..
They are now in a 200-liter tank, and Soon they will be pass to a 450-liter tank.
I have them for two days and they swim together all the time. It seems like work out fine. So I hope they are male and female and maybe a Pair .
My problem is that I was told that the female should not have any glitter on the dorsal fin, and like you can see mine have a lot of glitter on the fin.
I am afraid that I have two males Because this is the first time that this fish arrived to my country And I really like to breed them..

 

[xinchavoc]

Females can have spangling as well... I would wait a little as these fish Are really hard to sex...

 

[bluemoon]

And there is no way at all to sex them in this size?
Even by examining their genitalia?

Because now I still have the chance to replace one of them in other one...
Thanks

 

[Sarah88]

yes you should be able to vent them at that size, you can take them out and look at their privates, females will look like Oo and males will be oo, but really if you are aiming for a breeding pair your best bet will be to get several more of them and grow out a group of 5-6 if you can as this will give you the best possible chance at getting a pair that will not kill each other and since they are so rare in your country you shouldnt have any problem selling the extras for a pretty penny once they are grown out more, and yes females can have spangles in their fins however they wont have spangles on their bodies while males will. but at that size they are notorious cross-dressers so only way to tell for sure at that size is venting

 

[bluemoon]

yes you should be able to vent them at that size, you can take them out and look at their privates, females will look like Oo and males will be oo, but really if you are aiming for a breeding pair your best bet will be to get several more of them and grow out a group of 5-6 if you can as this will give you the best possible chance at getting a pair that will not kill each other and since they are so rare in your country you shouldnt have any problem selling the extras for a pretty penny once they are grown out more, and yes females can have spangles in their fins however they wont have spangles on their bodies while males will. but at that size they are notorious cross-dressers so only way to tell for sure at that size is venting

thank you very much!! I'll check there venting now.
I hope I understood you properly.
I can not get 4-5 of them because only 12 units arrived, and they all were sold out.
Luckily I got 2 units.
There is no way that if i got male and a female I'll have a pair??