Help me sex my kribs

[fiugzel]

I've had these little guys for about 2 weeks now (bought them on halloween). They're a lot of fun to watch. I've posted before that there's one krib who hangs out at the bottom all the time darting in and out of the caves while the other two just hang out (banished) in other areas of the tank... like under the lip of the power filter, behind the intake, behind the heater, and next to the floating thermometer.

I know these guys are small and probably not sexually mature yet, but I'd like to sex them as early as possible in the name of tank-keeping peace.

In the last few days I've noticed that the krib who hangs out in the caves (the most territorial one, I suppose) is starting to show more red on the belly. Also, there seems to be more of a belly there, too. My imagination? Possibly. But I got out my camera and took a bunch of pics focusing on that one in particular. Here's three shots. Can you sex this one?

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[FishGeek]

Its hard to tell cause it still looks like it hasnt fully settled in yet (all of the color is not there) I think that it might be a female though.

 

[Pure]

It is still young and hard to tell, but a guess would be it's a female.

 

[fiugzel]

d'okay.

Sucks though, because this territorial squabble is most likely gender related, right?

 

[f8fan]

The first pic totally looks like a female. Blunt edge top fin. Although the next two pics look like different fish with the more elongated top fins...those pics look almost like males! As well as the coloring looks different, too.

 

[fiugzel]

lol - all three pics are the same fish!

I guess I'll just have to wait it out. Thanks everyone.

 

[Fish Friend]

the first one is a female (100% sure) and the other two are males (90% sure)
Have a look at their behaviour, if the two suspected males are agressive to each other..then they are...males lol!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

lol - all three pics are the same fish!

the first one is a female (100% sure) and the other two are males (90% sure)

Hard to tell but i'd guess male.

 

[f8fan]

Ditto on that, C-Man....

Fish Friend....,he already said that they pics were all of the same fish! They aren't different fish.

Anyway, as the fish grows and matures, you'll be able to figure out if it's a girl or a boy, fiugzel.

Girl krib....

boy krib:

 

[Lotus]

Going by the anal fin, I'd say it's a boy.

 

[Fish Friend]

Fish Friend....,he already said that they pics were all of the same fish! They aren't different fish.

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoO sorry about that! i read it wrong, thanks for pointing it out