Adam Swarbrick Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) TL:DR Please help sex the rainbow fish in the pictures. I need some help with my bosmani rainbow fish. I bought these 4 fish a few months ago in the hopes of breeding them long term, when i got them i dropped them into a hospital tank for a week or so. Then when it came time move them to a breeding tank I noticed some little orange eggs on a piece of filler floss. They did hatch out as tiny surface swimmers so likely rainbows but were eaten by some other fry in the system so I wasn’t ever able to confirm. Now the 4 adults below have been in a breeding tank for a few months being fed lots of live food and I have had no eggs so I have started to doubt if there are any females in there at all…. I will try and get a photo in the morning when they have coloured up but in the mean time thanks for any help. Edited February 17 by Adam Swarbrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Payne Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Can always stick a breeding mop in and check it for eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tike Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 All 4 are males. This is what a female bosemani looks like. FEMALE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Yeah, I have young lake aytinjo boesemani. Females are olive green in color(still very pretty), they don’t show the red/orange yours do. They may color up a bit with age, I’m not sure about that. Another way to check, both dorsal fins overlap on the male. Females have a bit of a gap between dorsal fins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 All four in the pic are males. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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