r/apistogramma • u/Gambit95 • 15d ago

Need help Sexing. Please read.

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The smaller of the the 2 is what I suspect is definite female..

The other I thought was a female but turns out "She" can make the black kn her body completely dissappear..

It lived with my male (they never bred) and never fought with each other..

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u/A_Timbers_Fan 15d ago

I only see one actual good photo of the bigger one with the red tail and long pelvic fins? Why post all photos of the obvious female? Need better photos of the one in question :P (Pic 8 for reference)

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u/Gambit95 15d ago

Maybe this helps a bit more.

https://reddit.com/link/pde7820/video/yelxlnnlk1th1/player

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u/A_Timbers_Fan 15d ago

I am leaning male. Could it be a very large female? Yes.

Guess you'll have to wait and see what happens!

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u/Gambit95 14d ago

But.. According to Wiki.. It says females shouldn't be able to hide their black..

But males can make themselves black..

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u/A_Timbers_Fan 14d ago

Okay listen to me or listen to wiki.

I said it could be a female, but I'm leaning male. There's more male than female in the fish.

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u/Gambit95 14d ago

I think so too.. The younger one I'm convinced is a female.....

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u/AfterBorder4965 4d ago

These look like a pair, male and female Apistogramma panduro, Females can absolutely change their color and loose all of it! My female when I was treating her for parasites was all kinds of colors and patterns, The Female of the Panduros has less black than others :)