firemouth

[ccole]

hi guys , wanted to introduce you to Cid.

He is a firmouth that thinks he is a gold gourami! He follows the 7 i have around like one of the crew. I bought him as a pair but he got bullied so had to take the bully back.

I would love to be able to bred from him but i can not figure out what sex he is - can you guys tell?

Also what is the best was to figure out if a firemouth is nice in a pet shop...their all so cramed in , i'd be nippy to!!

cheers guys.... hope you like the eye candy

 

[JackGillett]

lovely fish. normally the males have more red colour, and a more pointed dorsal fin i believe

 

[JackGillett]

id say that one is a female but i cant promise

 

[ccole]

cheers jack- if your right i'll have to rename her!

 

[JackGillett]

Lol. In the shop, look for an aware, alert fish. One that has strong colouration and the fins are erect and not 'lazy'. Older males have long filaments on the dorsal and anal fins.

 

[ccole]

:-/

cheers :clap:

 

[D-MAC]

I would also tend to go with female. Jack is right, the males do tend to have extended dorsal and anal fins.

 

[bigbird]

very nice female. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[JackGillett]

any luck with getting a male?

 

[ccole]

no luck at all jack - they have this beautiful fully grown male in the lfs for £25- really amazing but am worried being so much bigger than cidney that he will bully her? what do you think?

 

[JackGillett]

How much bigger is he?

 

[ccole]

he is about double the size! Totally massive but so beautiful i spend along time staring at him ev3 time lol.

 

[JackGillett]

Not sure on how they would fare

 

[ccole]

thats what my first instincts were - cheers jack