Apisto id and possible sexing

[ASHMAN]

help needed guys. i have a trio here. i bought them as "sunbursts" but i would like to know the true id of these. they are juvies so i am having a hard time sexing right now. all the help is appreciated .

regards
ashman

ps , best possible views using a blackberry!!!

[ASHMAN]

azurekoi ....had to drag you into this one, my bad but , your the man!

[azurekoi]

ASHMAN - Far to young to say for sure mate....let them grow out a bit and we can have a look again....

[ASHMAN]

thanx a mill, much appreciated! will re-look at this at a later stage

[TankMaster]

I can tell that they are 2 females in the first pic and one male. I can bet my life on it.

They do look like sunbursts (cacatuoides)

[ASHMAN]

sweet!!!!! thanks a million TankMaster !!!

[morris]

All of them are females

[Sean J]

I agree... They do look like females. And they definitely do look like A. cacatuoides. How big are they?

[TankMaster]

All of them are females

Look again. See the height of the dorsal fins of the fish in pic one and compare to the shape and height of pics 2 and 3. ASHMAN can correct me here but I see a bit of orange in the dorsal in pic 2.

Not sure if I'm right at this stage because they are young but that pointed end of the dorsal in pic 3 tells me its a male.

Are they all the same age?? Assuming that they are the same age, I will stick to my ID if not then pic 2 and 3 could very well be female.

[TankMaster]

Ok...just looked again... 3 females indeed.

The 2 in pic 1 appear to be younger...than the fish in pic 2 and 3.

[Corne]

ASHMAN
Send them to me to mature and spawn then I will ID them for free ?
Sneaky moves on my side lol
Evil grin