Electric Blue Male Female Question

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I recently bought 3 electric blues this past weekend. The local fish man couldn't tell me if they were females or males. Without actual venting, is there any observations that I could make to better guess what they are?

All three look very similiar and are a solid blue. I'll post pics later, possibly even today...

If anyone has some pictures of known to be female or male species please share.

Thanks,
 
ikevi;1470620; said:
You have all males. The Sciaenochromis fryeri (electric blue) females are just brownish. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/s_fryeri.php
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They have these at my local fish store but they are too small to tell which are males. I REALLY want one of these but am not going to risk dropping a fem in with all my males...
 
I'll try to post some pics of mine tonight. They are fairly large (2 1/2 inches) if that is considered large.
 
nope, that is very small (they get to be ~7 inches). And as I said if they are blue=male.
 
electric blue JD?
 
I agree with the above Blue is male and Females are dirt brown, you got to really look at EB in the Stores as wells. 1 I never seen or have I found a female in a LFS because they are brown they arent the pretty ones so they dont sell.
2. if you saw a tank with 4-5 males and ones really dark- look close its probley not a female either, the lower male will darken to look like a female in a way to divert aggression.

It took me a year of searching to find the female I had- then she had !ONE SPAWN! then she died on me!!!!Only one I have lose in the SOT since its been up-A week later, the breeder net...got a hole in it some how...and the Fry ate the Fry....Thats why i know have a dozen 10gs just for fry....and I am on the hunt again to find a female...

SIgh*
 
Go to fish auctions... Our last one just made it so that everyone on the club who wanted them should... (IE there were bags of these guys that wouldn't even sell for 1 buck.)
 
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