female midas and red face barred midas...

[bryan.olsen]

dude, i thought my RD was a male forever till the other day when it laid eggs.
with these fish the only real way to tell is to wait for the vent.... id love to get a barred midas, they are awesome

 

[Carg R]

Midas are hermaphrodites, they can change sex. They are all female except for the dominant one, which is a male.

I hadn't read this before-and doing a little search I found this abstract which addressed sex change among egg/fry, but stated:

"Most reports of post-maturational sex change in cichlids are anecdotal or unsubstantiated"


http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2005.00184.x

If you've got more than anecdotal accounts (photos and records of same etc) please let us know.

 

[fishluvr12]

Nice Midas