I am so in love with her! At least I think it is a female. I will try to post a picture of the fish and please let me know if you agree because I want to get a male for her. Would it matter if I get a long fin mate for her?
Sorry some pics are sideways.
Last edited by kacie; October 28th, 2008 at 05:47 PM.
Its been said that it is hard to find females as pet shops dont get them because they arent as colorful and therefore want sell as good as colorful males
That and I don't think females..... uhh... hatch as often as males so breeders keep females for their own breeding.
In a good LFS have a look for rams and look for, in order
Pink on belly
2nd or 3rd spike on dorsal fin will be a lot longer
And the fins under the belly (what are they called?) on the female will be dark almost black while the male will be orange-red. I haven't heard if this is 100% but it's true on my pair
I finally saw it's spikes and the third is longer, sometimes the belly seems orange maybe, and once I saw a brief flash of spangles on it's black spot. I want to pair it up but don't want to end up with two males.
probably similiar to my lfs, they ONLY ever get males. 20 male cichlids of any kind in a 20 gallon tank isnt going to be a healthy environment at all, no wonder they're shredded by day 3
