I Got Black Ruby Barbs!!!

[Fishstix]

4 of them for now. The problem is they are so small and i'm having trouble sexing them. They all look like Tiger Barbs except for a bit of red near the nose and some black on the ventral and dorsal fins. I thought the males were the ones with only black on their fins? All four of them have some black on their top and bottom fins. The whole tank of fish at the LFS' all looked pretty much the same. Does someone have a surefire way to sex them when they are young? Thanks.

 

[Fishstix]

Anyone?

 

[havoc_crazy]

gee, i've never seen or heard about fish like these before, so i suppose you would wait until they mature into adults before sexing?

 

[Lateral Line]

It is always difficult to sex young fish. There are also a lot of poor quality fish around which makes it even harder. A good male should have completely black fins and when dancing with another male, his entire rear body should be black, and his head bright red. Females usually stay just plain silvery with black stripes.