Cichlisoma Festae

[cstheboy]

pictures of the red terrors that I am raising.. I hoped for one to be a female but it looks like both males to me do any of these pics show signs of a female?? sorry for the crappy quality of pics

 

[red devil123]

they look like males to me

 

[flowerpower]

Hard to tell but photos 5 & 8 could be female.

 

[cstheboy]

do you know anyplace online that I could order a female from?? smaller she is the better these guys in my tank are only about 3-4"

 

[red devil123]

aquabid?

 

[Cich wit it]

Give it a few more months. None of the fish pictured show a true male or female. Its not definite either way. Thats half the fun, waiting to see the sex. My male at about 2-3 inches showed exact male traits but yours dont. Heres my thread with pics of my male. See all the spangling everywhere. Yours have minimal.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346819

 

[cstheboy]

Thanks ray! what should i pay attention to or start to notice when they really start to show definitely if they are male or female?? sometimes their colors show brighter i could't really get good pics at those time though... one of them sometimes has the iridescent blue spots on its fins???

 

[Cich wit it]

This might give you an idea of what to look for.
http://bigguapote2.tripod.com/articlefestaesex.html

 

[mbeatrice]

u really cant tell till about 4 to 5 inchs because they change so much by there moods...

 

[JacobWhitley]

there still to young to tell