Help me sex these festae!

[fish junkie]

read up on it it fits what i can find but i am no ichthyologist

 

[Arthur]

read up on it it fits what i can find but i am no ichthyologist

Don't believe everything you read. The Y bar is a pretty loose way to ID a festae, mostly because some festae don't have Y bars and most males don't regularly show their bars.

 

[fish junkie]

Don't believe everything you read. The Y bar is a pretty loose way to ID a festae, mostly because some festae don't have Y bars and most males don't regularly show their bars.

i dont that is compiled from several different websites i raise them and ive seen the difference in real life my friend has mayans that info is pretty darn accurate but this is my opinion you are entitled to yours as well

 

[Swiftwater]

well first ur gonna need some red wine and barry white cds... lol jk

 

[uncwnells]

i dont that is compiled from several different websites i raise them and ive seen the difference in real life my friend has mayans that info is pretty darn accurate but this is my opinion you are entitled to yours as well

Your partly right, but you dont have enough experience seeing a fish thats not in breeding colors to recognize and ID. I have a 12" male festae that I havent seen show bars in months. A better way to ID a festae from a mayan is the eye spot on the tail. Mayans takes up most of the tail and festaes have an eye spot less than half the width of the tail. Search through the forum and you will see some good examples of a mayan vs a festae. Its so easy to tell the difference its not even funny.

Plus your telling me that my fish that isnt showing bars doesnt have y bars. The bars arent evening showing so how would you know that? There are examples of festae on this forum that dont have a complete y bar.

 

[balton777]

that looks like a mayan cichlid to me no y formation at the top of the second vertical bar is it cichlasoma uropthalmus ?

i dont that is compiled from several different websites i raise them and ive seen the difference in real life my friend has mayans that info is pretty darn accurate but this is my opinion you are entitled to yours as well

 

[fatcat]

Nice fish,....whatever they are!!

 

[uncwnells]

they are festae. Ill bet the bank on it.

 

[VRWC]

are you sure your 10" male isnt a mayan? I think you have it all backwards! maybe I should hold on to a few to see as well

 

[uncwnells]

are you sure your 10" male isnt a mayan? I think you have it all backwards! maybe I should hold on to a few to see as well

hahahahaha, tell me about it! If you wanna come over here and fish a few of these "mayans" out of the pond feel free to try, I will even wish you good luck lol.