Rainbowfish - how to tell the gender?

[plecosword]

Oh ive had these!, A lucky couple, the female has yellow tail, and male had a darker yellow, orange tail. THEy Breed in the morning, In a bushy place were they scatter their eggs, youll see them kinda shaking next to each other on the morning.

[AJinNY]

Now the 2 fish front and center...they MUST be male, right? The left is an Australian rainbow, the one on the right isa Boesemani.

Sorry the camera I have isnt the best.

If I changed the gravel, would the fish colors look better in the tank?

Thanks!!

[RyanG]

I have no clue about the Australian but Id would say that the Boesemani is a male. If you put some plant either fake ot real in there they will act a lot more natural that substrate doesnt look bad at all get some green in there and you should see a world of differance in color and action!

[AJinNY]

But the Boesemani, I agree it is male...but when does the front half turn blue and thre back turn yellow? Im assuming theyre still juvies?

[PEMfish]

I'd say males.

[RyanG]

No idea when they turn mine havent yet either the only ones that I have seen turned are in a DT at the LFS and they are 3-4 inches and have the hump.

[AJinNY]

whats a DT? u mean display tank?

[PEMfish]

Yeah, DT = Display tank.