Sexing rams - help appreciated :)

[straitjacket]

Scroll down the page and you will find a pic of what the eggs look like while being lid and 2 days post lay.
http://apisto.bravepages.com/Ram article.htm

HTH

 

[Fish Friend]

i have read that artice loads of times.... its impossible to get pics of the so called 'eggs' i know what they do look like because my rams have spawned before with proper eggs.... but i think these are just sand.. unforunately.. the male is very agressive to the female now aswell... whys he doing this ??

 

[Miles44]

Spawning aggression. He's either frustrated about the mixed signals or frustrated that she won't breed at all. Males can get a bit impatient.

 

[Fish Friend]

ok thanks... because hes making the female go and hide away so when i come back i will swap pairs around.. cause i have a M and F in both thanks that are pairs... because there is noo chance of the female in my 29 of breeding .. there eggs would get eaten as soon as they would have spawnd !! is that a good idea ?

 

[Miles44]

Couldn't hurt. *thumbsups

 

[Fish Friend]

well i moved them into the 10g and swapped the apirs around... the male is getting used to the new tank still but the female knew where she was going straight off... because she has been there nefore... so maybe fish DO remember stuff

 

[Silverkitten]

Since we're on the subject of Rams, maybe you can help me sex my poor abused little guy/gal. I got it with the tank deal, full set up with fish. But the guy had the wrong kind of fish together in this tank and the poor little Ram got the worst end of the deal. So he/she doesn't look to hot right now. But he/she is getting better everyday. Maybe you can tell me what kind of Ram he/she is too *BOUNCINGS
I've attached a pic below. It's not a great picture so I'm not sure if you'll be able to tell anything from it. He/she is still pretty skittish. But at least his/her tail is healing nicely and he is not floating up in the top corner of the tank since I moved him to my 10 gal. Thank goodness I've found a home for the M. auratus, and the Electric Blue Johanni. Now everyone can be at peace again

Donna

 

[ttmnky]

I'm guessing that it would be a male. The second ray on the dorsal fin sorta shows that it's bigger...My guess anyways

 

[Fish Friend]

he looks like hes been bitten on his fin bit.... but anyways i think its a male