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fish boy in toronto
07-26-2007, 7:44 PM
how do you tell the sex of texas cichlidswould people please be able to show me pics of 6 inch males and females please and thank you
fish boy in toronto
07-26-2007, 10:37 PM
can anyone help
Mystix212
07-27-2007, 4:29 AM
Males should grow quicker, have more bulk/girth to them. Females may appear smaller although same length. Males grow a nuchal bump.
xEchOx
07-27-2007, 2:56 PM
I would not rely on nuchal hump to sex anything. It has been proven time and time again that females can and do grow them as well. THe only way I know to sex texas cichlids is by the black spot in the dorsal fin. Females have it (usually) males do not.
DarthV
07-27-2007, 2:58 PM
By 6" a female should obviously show the black blotch on her dorsal fin.
fish boy in toronto
07-27-2007, 5:04 PM
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/fishboyintoronto/Picture042.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-27-2007, 5:04 PM
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/fishboyintoronto/Picture043.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-27-2007, 5:05 PM
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/fishboyintoronto/Picture044.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-27-2007, 5:05 PM
sorry for crappy pics i hope they will do
The top left is the female and bottom right is the male. Note, the female's dorsal fin has a black blotch.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/gomer_ian/2007_0102fish0013.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-27-2007, 5:07 PM
they are all pics of the same fish
barley pop
07-27-2007, 5:33 PM
The top left is the female and bottom right is the male. Note, the female's dorsal fin has a black blotch.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/gomer_ian/2007_0102fish0013.jpg
he was talking about the fish in his post not your pics fish boy
fish boy in toronto
07-27-2007, 5:43 PM
i got that after words but what is mine
barley pop
07-27-2007, 5:59 PM
it is hard to tell in your pic. does it have the black in the dorsal fin ?
a female will have it and a male won't
fish boy in toronto
07-28-2007, 11:06 AM
better picsi think it is a malehttp://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/fishboyintoronto/Picture047.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-28-2007, 11:07 AM
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/fishboyintoronto/Picture046.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-28-2007, 11:07 AM
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb174/fishboyintoronto/Picture045.jpg
fish boy in toronto
07-29-2007, 3:23 PM
i think its a male its hanging out with my female blood parrot
Cross127
07-29-2007, 3:24 PM
i think its a male its hanging out with my female blood parrot
Yupp thats a male.