Male or Female Blue Ram?

[TropicalMax]

I am leaning towards Female, but she is just not getting the attention from any of the males

 

[emmanuelchavez]

I'm leaning towards male. IME, females have a very pink belly, like in your photo showing your pair in your other post.

 

[Kissyboots]

I'd say male as well. LIke emman said, females have pink bellies. Plus the fins on my female are pretty grey compared to my male's fins which are more like your pic.

 

[TropicalMax]

I'd say male as well. LIke emman said, females have pink bellies. Plus the fins on my female are pretty grey compared to my male's fins which are more like your pic.

ok thanks. i thought the "pink belly" only came out when they were ready to spawn.

thanks for the info

 

[Helena21]

Looks like a male. He looks pale though.
Another way of telling them apart is that female sometimes have light blue spots or "spangles" inside of the big blue spot on the side of their body. Males wont have this

 

[emmanuelchavez]

ok thanks. i thought the "pink belly" only came out when they were ready to spawn.

thanks for the info

If that's the case... then my female GBR must really want to breed every day! I think she and I need to have 'the talk', haha.

 

[simplyfish]

Am I right in thinking the first two rays of the dorsal fin are often longer and more pronounced in males and this can be a way of sexing younger Rams.

I Haven't any at the moment but recall that was how they were sexed at the LFS when I bought mine. At the time they couldn't guarantee it but it proved to be correct when they developed and the pink bellies showed through.

As for yours I would err towards male, espec if jeuvenile and waiting for full colouration to show.

Pretty fish either way, I love the blues on these fish.....

 

[TropicalMax]

Here are my Paired Blue Rams. I was asking about that other because if it was a male, he will just be annoying my pair (maybe a divider during spawning...)

but this picture should show some great differences between the two sexes