Help sexing German blue rams

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Got these two little guys today and am trying to figure out genders. What do you guys think?
 

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The second one is almost certainly a female. First pic I'm not so sure, the fins are very tattered, but it looks more like a male to me.
 

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The second one is almost certainly a female. First pic I'm not so sure, the fins are very tattered, but it looks more like a male to me.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. The first ones ventral fins each the analfin. Is that a trait of a male?
 
Ventral fin filaments are usually longer in males, as are first few dorsal spines. The lack of spangles within the black spot is another indicator. However I find the easiest indictor when you have a few to choose from is the body shape. Males are noticeably longer in shape. Females are stockier and rounder. Your female is also showing signs of a rosy belly.
 
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Ventral fin filaments are usually longer in males, as are first few dorsal spines. The lack of spangles within the black spot is another indicator. However I find the easiest indictor when you have a few to choose from is the body shape. Males are noticeably longer in shape. Females are stockier and rounder. Your female is also showing signs of a rosy belly.
That’s how I chose these I tried to get two that bodies looked different from each other
 

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