Bill

Here are a couple of photos.

This is the ram that I thought was a female, now I'm starting to think that it's probably a male like the other two. They are fighting a lot less now, anyway - and they seem to be very healthy!




~Bill

capekate

Great Photos! Your bolivian looks so healthy...
If the top fin is any indication, by the photos it doesnt look like the black spikes are taller than the rest of the fin. Can it be a female? Ive never had bolivians so I really cannot say. But either way... it sure is a pretty one!

Congratulations!
~ kate

Bill

OK, some more observations - the "female" yesterday liplocked with one of the "males" and won! Do both males and females do the liplockin' thing? Also, when "she" is flaring, the top fin looks just as long as on the males. "Her" fin extensions are shorter, but not much.... also "she" lacks the magenta patch that females are supposed to have. I think that "she" might be male after all, but "she" still looks somehow different from the other two.

Anyway, they aren't fighting too much, and sometimes they even seem to be companions. I guess that since there are three of them, the aggression is spread out - there certainly doesn't seem to be a dominant one, since I've seen the "female" be chased off by a "male" and then later face that same fish down.