Anyone have a Gold Jack Dempsey?

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PoopSmart;1070102; said:
How do you determine sex by the gill plate? what do you look for?

I look at the bottom half of the gill plate (below the jaw line) where males will have very few spots while the females will have tons of them even solid patches in some cases.

Nice fish
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Fresh pics
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I just caught this one of her "playing" with my loach. They rub against each other from time to time but never really go after one another... It is very strange to watch. My loach never tries to spur her though.
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wow that is one gorgeous fish!!!! I have not seen them for sale before.... IF I get another tank I might have to get one.
 
Saw 6" specimen for sell once for $5 (labeled as misc. African cichlids:ROFL:) didn't pick it up right than and was gone the next week I came back.


Wonder how come the EBJD has the deformed shapes and these don't:screwy:
 
EBJDs are more poplular and therefore more inbred. You are gonna get some body malformations when that happens. Of course, I'm not an expert on EBJDs so it could stem from something else. But I have seen a ton of deformed EBJDs. There is a shortage of the gene pool in my area I suppose.
 
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