Cichlids

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HRT

HRT

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Whats up fellow fish tankers, I just joined the site and have a question that I've googled but haven't found a good answer, I picked up a few red jewels over the weekend an wanna find out if I actually got a female, I think I did but wanted to c if anybody has a definitive easy way for me to tell the difference, what I have read is that my male will b a lot more red and have pointier dorsal and anal fin than the female, which I'm pretty sure "he" has, "she" I think isn't always as brilliant red but I can't really c that much of a difference n the fins, any of u fellow fishers have a better more definitive way I can tell the difference?
 
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HRT said:
Whats up fellow fish tankers, I just joined the site and have a question that I've googled but haven't found a good answer, I picked up a few red jewels over the weekend an wanna find out if I actually got a female, I think I did but wanted to c if anybody has a definitive easy way for me to tell the difference, what I have read is that my male will b a lot more red and have pointier dorsal and anal fin than the female, which I'm pretty sure "he" has, "she" I think isn't always as brilliant red but I can't really c that much of a difference n the fins, any of u fellow fishers have a better more definitive way I can tell the difference?
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Welcome to MFK :) If possible post pics of the jewel cichlids, and an experienced member of the species will chime in with the answer.
 
tlindsey said:
Don't feel bad I'm on here almost every day, and still learning lol.
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Lol, I just signed up a little over an hour ago, what u running for fish and tank setup, I'm new to this but I know my stuff on water stats and filtration though, I've got 2 G terrors, 2 electric blue jacks, 2 red jewels, they're all paired n male female, also have a bristle knose, and an ornate bichir eel, all n a 55g but gettin ready to setup a 250g with 3 canisters for the aggressive fish, gonna keep the 55 for schooling fish and plants with a Co2 setup
 
tlindsey said:
Love the spangles he/she is displaying.
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The reds? Idk if they're he/she or not yet, but I dig them too, I wanna figure out if they're male and female cuz I've heard it's hard to figure out, I know on my jacks it's the brilliance of the color and the spots
 
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