View Full Version : how do u sex a dovi
WckedMidas
04-02-2005, 12:30 AM
like above how do u sex dovis at small sizes
post a picture and we will sex it for you. ;)
wait, that doesn't sound too right... :rolleyes: :o
piranha45
04-02-2005, 9:55 AM
looking at phulltank57's pics on your other dovii thread show the characteristic differences between the sexes. Personally I have a hard time differentiating between females of the parachromis group.
Choopa Loopa
04-06-2005, 7:31 AM
Males have a heavier spot patter in their operculum. Females have a tendency to me lighter in color with less spangling in the operculum.
PhullTank57
04-06-2005, 11:42 AM
looking at phulltank57's pics on your other dovii thread show the characteristic differences between the sexes. Personally I have a hard time differentiating between females of the parachromis group.
:confused: :rolleyes:
WckedMidas
04-06-2005, 3:05 PM
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/num1stoner/april2nd139.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/num1stoner/april2nd144.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/num1stoner/april2nd145.jpg
shawntraviss
04-06-2005, 4:08 PM
You could always try to vent him to be 100% sure
evilcat
04-06-2005, 8:55 PM
I've raised a good number of dovii spawns, and you really can't discern male from female until they reach 4 or 5 inchs : thats when the male begins to show typical cichlid finnage and starts to color-up.I no longer breed dovii , but I did keep one exceptional male that lives by himself in an 80 gallon tank ( nothing else could survive with him- he is extremely aggressive, even for a dovii) He is currently about 14 in. long and still growing. I have a good friend who raised a male dovii to over 24 in. ! On one occasion my son and his friend teased the dovi to the point that he became frustrated with just biting the glass and literally jumped out of the tank at my son and landed on the floor! Luckly he did not suffer fatal injury and was back to himself in a few days.I actually kind of crossed a nicuraugaun female with a costa rican male when I was breeding the dovii's , so that may have had something to do with the robust attitude of the resulting fry. sorry I'm so wordy, get carried away sometimes;
piranha45
04-06-2005, 11:09 PM
wordiness is good! I am curious about why you mentioned the localities of the parents; are costa ricans thought to be more aggressive than nicaraguans, or what?
Adam-011
04-13-2008, 3:34 PM
Bump LOL
killerfish
04-13-2008, 3:41 PM
wow is it my computer or is this thread really wide
that one looks male but i'm not possative i just saw a juvie Dovii that had a ton of red in it looked awesome those are female right ?