Taco Playz Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) So I was at my pet store and picked up 2 Bolivian rams. I thought I got 1 M and 1 F but I don’t know now because I read that males don’t have pink bellies but this one has a pink belly and has all the qualities of a male. I’ll try to attach photos of the other one but there is so much leaves that It’s hard to get a good photo. They have also chased each other once from what I’ve seen. The internet said that males have blue sheen which this one has, they had the black top fin which this one has, but it has a pink belly which is really confusing me. The other fish doesn’t have the blue sheen but it also has the pink belly. Edited December 21, 2021 by Taco Playz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 @Taco Playz; The easiest way to tell the difference between male and female cichlids is by looking at the dorsal and anal fins. These two fins come to a point at the end on the male and are rounded on the female, this is not always true for Angelfish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 They keep on glass surfing and swimming together which makes me think they are Male and Female I’ll try to look. Maybe @Fish Folk would know how to sex them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 These are German blue rams not Bolivian rams to start. Sorry but the fishstore was not correct in their ID and sale of these 2. I will let @Fish Folkhelp with sexing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 5:39 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: These are German blue rams not Bolivian rams to start. Sorry but the fishstore was not correct in their ID and sale of these 2. I will let @Fish Folkhelp with sexing. That’s what I thought initially and I asked the store owner and he said they were Bolivian. So I was very confused. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 5:39 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: These are German blue rams not Bolivian rams to start. Sorry but the fishstore was not correct in their ID and sale of these 2. I will let @Fish Folkhelp with sexing. ^^^This is correct. These are GBRs. They are both females. Bolivians look like small Geophagus… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 ORD they are beautiful Bolivians - the give away is the yellow vs the pink bellies and the males have these gorgeous tips at the end of their tails and dorsals just like a geophagus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 6:52 PM, Fish Folk said: ^^^This is correct. These are GBRs. They are both females. Bolivians look like small Geophagus… Darnit, I was hoping to breed them and I can’t take them back to the store. Do you think I could do a 1 M 2 F or would that not work. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 I have gotten pretty attached to these two so I don’t think I will be getting rid of them. If I can’t do one male, and two female then I might just keep these two and not try to breed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) @Taco Playz your GBRs are very beautiful fish. If you bring in a male, he’ll probably pair off with one female pretty quickly. Occasionally females fight. If you have some private spaces in the tank, the pair will select a suitable place to spawn. Edited December 22, 2021 by Fish Folk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 9:18 PM, Fish Folk said: @Taco Playz your GBRs are very beautiful fish. If you bring in a male, he’ll probably pair off with one female pretty quickly. Occasionally females fight. If you have some private spaces in the tank, the pair will select a suitable place to spawn. Thanks! I'm on the way to the store to pick up a Male right now so I'll see how it goes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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