Can anyone help with the sex of my Jack Dempseys??

Afizzafox

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BD60369F-F5F1-47A2-9FBA-ECFC74D68C06.jpegAC490FAE-896A-4697-8094-FE6496CEC4E3.jpegcould anyone help with the sex of these two?? They are inseparable and look a lot different from each other yet also look a lot alike. Any help would be appreciated.
 

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Believe the bigger one is male and smaller one is female.
 

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Normally females have a lower jaw that is has a blue tint.
But maybe because the lights (are they tinted a certain color?) , maybe the blue substrate, but everything looks a oddly green, kind of washing true colors out.
I edited your pic a bit to try and get a better idea, but it didn't really help.
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The larger appears to be male, but unless you can see more blue than the pic shows, I can't tell about the smaller one
 

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The only reason I’m really even asking any of this is because I’ve had my littler one almost a year and she hasn’t connected with anyone. I just bought the big one named (bowser) btw a few days ago and as soon as I put him in the tank they attached automatically and inseparable ever since. Found this a bit odd
 

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Big one is def a male.. I'd lean towards female for the other based on looks and what you're describing their Interactions like... but the pictures are a bit blurred and washed out so hard to tell for sure
 
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