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Help Sexing My New Bolivian Rams

Mike Wise

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A repeat post, but since no one responded to your first I understand why you asked again. I think the reason no one replied is because Bolivian Rams are very difficult to sex until fully mature, 1 1/2 years of age. At least they are for me. Of course they do breed earlier. Then the shape of the spawning tubes are the best diagnostic feature: wide, blunt - female; narrow, pointed - male.
 

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A repeat post, but since no one responded to your first I understand why you asked again. I think the reason no one replied is because Bolivian Rams are very difficult to sex until fully mature, 1 1/2 years of age. At least they are for me. Of course they do breed earlier. Then the shape of the spawning tubes are the best diagnostic feature: wide, blunt - female; narrow, pointed - male.
Hi Mike,

Thanks for the reply. My repeat was actually due to an ID10T incident on my part, but thanks nonetheless. I tried to delete the repeat and didn’t see how immediately- sorry if I’m polluting the site. I got distracted by some work stuff that was due (how dare I put work over fishkeeping).

I agree - these are my first BR’s and they do seem to be much more difficult to tell the sexes from one another.
 

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