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April 22nd, 2009
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| Boesmani Rainbow Female?
A couple weeks ago I purchased 3 Boesmani Rainbow from LFS. Two of them are almost identical but 3rd one is definitely different. I am wondering if the 3rd one is a female? Or was this fish somehow mixed with the Boesmani accidentally?
Any help would be appreciated. The first pic is of the 2 that are identical and I know are Boesmani, the 2nd pic is the questionable one.
Last edited by kahuna; April 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 AM.
Reason: Lighter pic, maybe easier to see coloring | 
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April 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I think you're right, The males have the vertical markings and the female has horizontal markings. The female looks young by the coloration, she'll get more color as she ages (but not as much as the male). | |
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April 22nd, 2009
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Originally Posted by dvc_r  I think you're right, The males have the vertical markings and the female has horizontal markings. The female looks young by the coloration, she'll get more color as she ages (but not as much as the male). | I have no idea what a female looks like except I understand the males have a deeper body and are more colorful. This certainly has horizontal markings so I appreciate the help. | |
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April 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| I changed the picture to show the fish a little better, hoping someone knows if in fact this is a female Boesmani? | |
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April 23rd, 2009
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| Its still pretty hard to tell at a young age. Tho it looks like she may end up with the yellow horizontal line above, blue below of the F. Boe's. It does look at the moment to not be a Boe's to me, but Ive had lots of rainbows of different types including the boesmani and they dont color up for awhile to be really sure. A part of me is leaning towards that it is not a Boesmani tho but again, I cannot say for positive. 
below is a photo of a female Boesmani. Does yours look like this? http://www.seriouslyfish.com/images/...oesemani_3.jpg
Last edited by capekate; April 23rd, 2009 at 11:44 AM.
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April 23rd, 2009
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Originally Posted by capekate Its still pretty hard to tell at a young age. Tho it looks like she may end up with the yellow horizontal line above, blue below of the F. Boe's. It does look at the moment to not be a Boe's to me, but Ive had lots of rainbows of different types including the boesmani and they dont color up for awhile to be really sure. A part of me is leaning towards that it is not a Boesmani tho but again, I cannot say for positive.
below is a photo of a female Boesmani. Does yours look like this? http://www.seriouslyfish.com/images/...oesemani_3.jpg | Thanks, I guess I will have to wait and be patient and see how she/he colors. | |
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April 23rd, 2009
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Originally Posted by capekate Its still pretty hard to tell at a young age. Tho it looks like she may end up with the yellow horizontal line above, blue below of the F. Boe's. It does look at the moment to not be a Boe's to me, but Ive had lots of rainbows of different types including the boesmani and they dont color up for awhile to be really sure. A part of me is leaning towards that it is not a Boesmani tho but again, I cannot say for positive.
below is a photo of a female Boesmani. Does yours look like this? http://www.seriouslyfish.com/images/...oesemani_3.jpg | Sorry, I missed the link you included. Thank you, I have been trying to find a pic of a female and I think I do have a female Boesmani. Her colors seem to come through at certain times, definitely not as marked as the adult photo, but there is definite yellow above and faint blue at times on bottom half.
Thank you again, great help. | |
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April 23rd, 2009
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| your welcome..
after looking at more females and some juvi females, I agree, that it is more than likely a female boesmani. Best of luck!  | |
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April 23rd, 2009
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| I agree with capekate, I my female looked just like the second picture when I first got her. But now she has all her color. | |
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April 23rd, 2009
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| She looks just like my female boesmani rainbows.
Anna | |
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