Best way to sex bass and when do they start pairing!

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JONNY CICHLA

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Hi just wont to ask when do bass start pairing and whot size! And can you only tell when males get mature and get a humped head" Do all males get the hump??

my 4 cichla are fighting a fair bit and tubes are out! are they getting ready to pair?

Can you tell by this picture whot sex this bass is?? all the bass seam to have same shape vent!

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Most or all males will have a hump when they want to breed.

That first pic with its punarni lol hanging out is a female

Stick a piece of slate or a upturned flower pot dish in there and you'll see the pair all over it very fast
 
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mofofish said:
Most or all males will have a hump when they want to breed.

That first pic with its punarni lol hanging out is a female

Stick a piece of slate or a upturned flower pot dish in there and you'll see the pair all over it very fast
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Have got Big flat slate on bottom mate" and thinking they may all be Female then because all tubes are the same as that pic! That pic I posted is the biggest bass also mate" So others must be female if smaller? Do males get much bigger than females?
 
Both male and females grow to same size or very close to each other.

If none are showing a hump (if you've had them for a while in tank together) then yes they could be all females
 
The hump is BS, females will have it I have proof. You need to vent and check anal fins.
 
Yes agree, some females do get humps BUT not as big as a males, I have a mono female which gets a very small hump when she wants to breed but males hump are 4-5 times bigger

Anal fins are not 100% accurate, rounded anal fins = females and pointy anal fins = males
I had a rounded anal fin bass thought it was a female but it paired up with another female and fertilised her eggs
 
Oo= male
o>= female

Rounded anal fin= female
Pointed anal fin= male.
 
mofofish said:
Yes agree, some females do get humps BUT not as big as a males, I have a mono female which gets a very small hump when she wants to breed but males hump are 4-5 times bigger

Anal fins are not 100% accurate, rounded anal fins = females and pointy anal fins = males
I had a rounded anal fin bass thought it was a female but it paired up with another female and fertilised her eggs
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Ditto. I have seen well-fed females get a small hump. Anal fins are really iffy, especially in hybrids like mono/occell. My first pbass was an egg-laying female hybrid with a very beautiful pointed anal fin. :)
 
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