Two males, two female rams... right?

[hvuong]

I bought 4 german rams today and net them out myself. I thought i took 2 males and 2 females, the owner confirmed it too. I have heard of many techniques to sexing rams such as, dorsal fin length, anal fin length, and colors on various parts of the fish. I used the dorsal fin length but i guess i screwed up cause theres only one fish with a long front dorsal fin.

 

[Mystix212]

The last one is surely a male. The rest are females. Good luck with them. They have good colour potential.

 

[hvuong]

oh thanks a lot. i knew there was only one male when i brought them home but i wasnt so sure

 

[japes]

I'm not so sure, I agree with Mystix that the last photograph is a male, and I also think the second photo may possibly be male. Blue Rams are such a beautiful fish but are prone to ailments unless kept in very high quality water, I wish you the best of luck with them and look forward to a positive update in the coming months

 

[hvuong]

yeah seems very argueable. the third one has a long front dorsal fin, but still has a pink belly. the last one, im not sure but the fish seems to have not developed its color or pink belly, just a thought. i did find this posting http://www.aquahobby.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=26740&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10 but when asking around, noone has heard of this technique so im not so sure if it works

 

[Mystix212]

The best sexing technique when the fish are young is going by the crimson bellies on the females. It's quite obvious that only 1 fish doesnt have it. That fish is the male.