Help sexing peacock cichlid

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true. But what threw me off is that it only appears to be on one side.
Wow. This is also very true. Would it be beneficial to the question if I took photos of the vent so we could all really asses the question at hand? I’m either going to take him or her back to the pet store if he turns out to be male, trying to set up a breeding colony
 
Also, three of my females have more anal fin spots than my male, and only the wild colored one has no egg spots. So confusing! Once you start raising your own it gets simpler because you don't have the risk of buying a hormone treated female that looks like a dominant male. I raised all those females, but purchased the male. He is the father of the second and last one and you can see he put some more red into them.

One parting note: if it's a female that was treated with hormones, it might take a year for the fins to shorten up to a typical female's length, lol.
 
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Wow. This is also very true. Would it be beneficial to the question if I took photos of the vent so we could all really asses the question at hand? I’m either going to take him or her back to the pet store if he turns out to be male, trying to set up a breeding colony
that would help.
 
Here are two photos I just took, sorry if it’s not highest quality I was a bit rushed and prefer not to handle fish outside of water

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Also, three of my females have more anal fin spots than my male, and only the wild colored one has no egg spots. So confusing! Once you start raising your own it gets simpler because you don't have the risk of buying a hormone treated female that looks like a dominant male. I raised all those females, but purchased the male. He is the father of the second and last one and you can see he put some more red into them.

One parting note: if it's a female that was treated with hormones, it might take a year for the fins to shorten up to a typical female's length, lol.
Just posted some photos of the fish being vented, can we lead to any conclusions with this?
 
(Im sorry) Could you get a close up of the vent of the fish inside the tank please? (just letting the fish swim normally)
thanks
 
If I understood correctly, this is what you’re asking for?
(Im sorry) Could you get a close up of the vent of the fish inside the tank please? (just letting the fish swim normally)
thanks
if I understood correctly this is what you’re asking for?

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