are you sure that is a female. females (and juvies) stay gold and black right? males change color.

nice but that doesnt look like a female aurats , lee n megan are right about coloring of females . this looks very much like a chipokae . are you sure they mated cause it also looks male , which would explain it almost beating the auratus male to death .

yea u guyz are right....the male auratus is the one thats black and that blue one isnt an auratus...and the females are gold and black..take a look at my pics i have a male and female auratus

They are both males. 1 auartus 1 chipokae.

Definitely both male. Nice fish, have fun with that aggression. :)

I just had to take my blue and black male back to the pet shop because he was WAY too aggressive. They sure are pretty though.

well she had two lots of fry.yes iam sure

james your right but the black one is female

i agree with james

geoff the black one is male too

so theymust change sex than.

They change color as they mature, not their sex

so james she must be fairly old?

no he was saying that it still looks like a male , females stay yellow males turn blue/black . look at my pics i have a male chipokae which your blue one is , and an auratus male .

Sorry guys but at times the female will change colors to. Not all the time but some do. Have seen it happen.
But I agree that the blue one is not an aratus

nope blue looks def. like a chipokae , and he has nice vibrant blue striping too :)

male auratus on top, male chipokae on bottom