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Offline jred

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Colored females?
« on: April 01, 2015, 11:34:12 PM »
Question for fellow fish people, I have a small group of acei ngara growing out and I would like to keep 4-5 as the breeding group but I have only 1 fish that is a clear female to me (somewhat greyish blue with rounded anal fin). However today I noticed another bluer acei holding which I had thought was maybe a male. Do females sometimes color up like that? Or is it possible I that the grey fish is actually not a acei ngara? The cichlid forum doesn't have any official photos of them so I just want to make sure before I start selling the others off. Any opinions welcome, thanks!

Offline Regalblue

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Re: Colored females?
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2015, 12:25:54 AM »
Ps. acei is basically monomorphic.  Vent them to see which are the females.

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Re: Colored females?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2015, 07:55:56 AM »
IME, a male Ps. acei "Ngara" has more blue iridescence on the face. As the fish get older, I also think some of the white coloring stays sharper on the males. However, I agree with Regalblue that judging monomorphic species based on color along isn't always definite. I'd consider it an educated guess.
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