Can someone please help... is my fish make or female.
- Thread starter JackDee
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Both look male to me. There is no sign of the "blue beard" typical in females 
Here is the same fish not in breeding colors, you can still see all the blue under her eyes sweeping back to her gills. 
Male hands down.
Mine:
Besides the bearding, both have the more slender look of male dempseys. Females seem fatter to me.
Mine:
Besides the bearding, both have the more slender look of male dempseys. Females seem fatter to me.
Sexing The Dempsey
ok ive often been asked at work, and online how to tell the sex of a Jack Dempsey. lets start with some basics a Jack is a lot harder to sex then most cichlids but if you know what your doing its a breeze. first you really cant tell the difference between male and female until about 5in (IMO)...
I agree.
Both look male to me too.
The darker one looks to be dominant.
Both look male to me too.
The darker one looks to be dominant.