male blue mimicking female?

[nemo1981]

hey looking at my blues today, and one of my females is showing a bit more blue than the others, with the bars being more visible.<
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>now has this girl just got good colour or is it possibly a male mimicking a female to avoid a scrap with the 2 dominant males?<
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>i''m not 100% on this, just that the other females have very little if any blue.<
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>cheers Steven & Amy<
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[CobaltBlue]

I would say you have answered your own question.Quote:now has this girl just got good colour or is it possibly a male mimicking a female to avoid a scrap with the 2 dominant males?<
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>Steve.

[nemo1981]

well, i''m sure it''s a female, but i haven''t really kept africans before now, especially not blues, just thought i''d ask. Steven & Amy<
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[hareysfish]

is the stripe on the top dorsal fin white or thicker then the other females,then it is p[robably a boy .if it is i thin black/dark line it is a female.ive had some girls with a fair bit of blue on them os thats how i tell the difference. hope it helps<
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>cheers scott

I''d just watch it interact with the rest.<
>If it''s a boy on the sly he''ll betray himself or the other males will beat him up or he''ll get a mouthful.....  in which case he''s a she.<
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[nemo1981]

dammit, it''s a boy.<
>his white stripe is becoming more visible, he''s a bit smaller than the other 2 males, which is why i guess he''s not showing as much colour.<
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Nemo mate you have a gay fish