75 gallon Jack Dempsey tank

[pcfriedrich]

I always thought males had more spangles on thier gill plate. Thats why they were more "colorful"

males have more colorful bodies. females have more colorful gillplates.

 

[rrcoolj]

ohhhh gotcha

 

[JBarlak]

females have the blue green on the gills while males have the spangle on sides. When I was chosing mine at the LFS, the fish were very stressed almost pale in color. I took 3 and got luckly with 1 male to 2 females. the females are more squaty and the males dorsal fin is longer maybe even past the end of the body.

 

[RDW]

Well, here is my pair, and as you can definitely tell who's the male and female....

 

[pcfriedrich]

nice looking pair of JDs. I bought mine before I knew how to sex them, ended up with a female (because I liked the blue on the gills). I just hope the GT I'm growing out ends up a male. Every fish I have is a female, except for 3 cons. I have the worst luck.

 

[TrikkyMakk]

nice looking pair of JDs. I bought mine before I knew how to sex them, ended up with a female (because I liked the blue on the gills). I just hope the GT I'm growing out ends up a male. Every fish I have is a female, except for 3 cons. I have the worst luck.

3 of my 4 fish are females too...