The female will have a red patch of skin on her underbelly and the male will not. Give them time to settle in and feed some high protein foods. In your first pic fish #1 sort of has the red, hard to tell in picture
I believe that the females have spots inside the big dark black circle and the males do not (course that could be the other way around) but that is how you tell the difference in sex. Unfortunately with Electric Blue Rams, this is not the case...very hard until they start to fight.
I agree....both GBR's are males.
Here is one of the mated pairs I have.
Notice the taller elongated second ray that is present in the dorsal fin on the male. (females won't have this)
How are they a hybrid? I believe hybrid is the wrong term. But Colour morph, and genetic deformities are more correct. All have contributed to the misleading traits in females.
And please do explain how they are not inbred for specific genetic traits such as the blue, or long fin etc.
Cute. Grow some balls and know your stuff before posting. And if your Just learning don't negatively reply to someone who knows what they are talking about.
Both of those fish look like males to me. Females will have a distinct pink belly.
I have to agree with what Tropicana is saying, the long fins and color variants are not a result of hybridization but rather selective breeding (which includes linebreeding and inbreeding). Hybrid refers to two different species being paired together. A morph on the other hand is when a single species has been selectively bred to result in a variance from the normal.
Longfin Rams, Electric Blue Rams, Gold Rams, and Balloon Rams are all just morphs of the species Mikrogeophagus Ramirezi. There is no other species involved in the making of them.
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