Can anyone tell the gender of my vieja fish ( red spotted gutalattas)

[dhanesh]

I know some CA cichlid females develop black markings into the dorsal fin. As for Vieja I am not certain of that characteristic mate.
Any Vieja experts in the community know the answer to this question?
Let’s see those crisp clear vent pics

 

[dhanesh]

First of all, welcome to MFK!
Second, you have to vent the cichlid in order to find its gender
Deadeye
danotaylor

 

[dhanesh]

Welcome to the forum!
I don’t know Vieja too well, but with any cichlid you can’t go wrong with venting. duanes will definitely be the authority on this.

 

[Deadeye]

I wouldn’t be able to confidently say from that. Best bet is to get the fish to face upward or take it out of the tank first a shot of the vent.

 

[dhanesh]

First of all, welcome to MFK!
Second, you have to vent the cichlid in order to find its gender
Deadeye
danotaylor

i think its a male and its just 3months old from i purchased , i have a doubt for viejais is the hump grows as the fish gets older ? or i can give hump enchancer flowerhorn pellets to hump growth

 

[dhanesh]

I wouldn’t be able to confidently say from that. Best bet is to get the fish to face upward or take it out of the tank first a shot of the vent.

for hump growth can i feed hump enchancer flowerhorn food or for viejas hump will grow when the get older

 

[Deadeye]

I don’t know if certain foods will enhance that or not. Nuchal humps just grow differently for different species, and it comes and goes with dominance.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Nice fish, I always love to see guttalatus. The fish in my avatar is one as well, which I kept over 10 years ago, and was one of my favorite fish I've kept.
My guess is male just based on the hump- yours is a pretty convincing male, but that can be inconclusive, as dominant female cichlids can grow a bit of a hump as well.
Vent pics from the side angle are not super helpful for identifying, from the bottom and close-up would be best.

 

[Alexxxxsv14]

Beautiful fish bro, my guess would lean more towards Male. And as far as the nuchal hump it’s strictly based off of genetics. Can expect for this fish to get a kok compared to a Flowerhorn but it looks like it could get a decent nuchal hump if male.

 

[dhanesh]

Beautiful fish bro, my guess would lean more towards Male. And as far as the nuchal hump it’s strictly based off of genetics. Can expect for this fish to get a kok compared to a Flowerhorn but it looks like it could get a decent nuchal hump if male.

its his parents and father with good hump so the genetics is good bro the question is should i have to give some specific food for hump or its develops when its get adult stage