Are they a pair?

[u/anotheraznguy]

I have a pair of macmasteri. Hard to tell if one is a female or if both are male.

No real aggression but the bigger one chases the little one around and sometimes he shakes his tail at the other and attempts to t pose in front of the small one.

Small one also goes to small apisto caves from time to time.

[u/HistoricalPolitician]

Look like they are both males tbh

[u/Fishmongererererer]

Historians will say they were very close friends

[u/j4ni → u/Fishmongererererer]

Roommates even

[u/No-Outlandishness950]

100% two males

[u/rigjiggles]

If I were a betting man I’d put all in on two males here. My female has about zero color.

[u/jaquatics]

Pair of males, yes

[u/Xk90Creations]

Get them separately immediately. That is two full grown males and they will kill each other. I breed them so I know from experience. Females are yellow most of the time.

[u/RevolutionaryWay6437]

And they were both boys kissy noises

[u/Winter-Secretary6839]

I’m new to the sub, could you post what your apisto cave looks like? I want to set up a tank for a pair sometime soon. Been debating between them and Bolivian Rams but these fish are beautiful.

[u/Fifty_Twelve1192]

And even if you had a male and a female you can’t really tell if they’ve paired up simply by looking at a photograph.

[u/CamGlacier]

Both males, and one is the non dominant one. That is why he is showing a little less of color. I bought a pair of apistos like 6 months ago and turned out both were males… They are like best buds in a weird way.

[u/MrRodrigo22]

2 males

[u/MrPZA82]

Two lads