Jack Dempsey Male and Female????

[greenterror66]

These two jack dempseys have been together for around a year now. The are always together. Never leaving each other but they have not had any fry?? They are about 6" long. I'm starting to wonder if I have 2 fish of the same sex. Here are their photos. The one I believe to be a female has fin damage. I bought her like that 2 years ago. Tried everything to get the fins to repair but no luck. I read somewhere that once a dempseys fins get damaged, they don't grow back??? Anyways here are my dempsies. The one i believe is a male is much more colorful and fins are long flowing. Thanks in advance.

 

[SpinalFan]

Need a picture showing more of the assumed female's chin area.

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[greenterror66]

Here are some better pics...

 

[fwprawn]

Two males

 

[greenterror66]

These two act like best friends. If they are both males, wouldn't they fight with each other?

 

[zie2695]

Two males

I agree, females have more of a smeared spangle pattern on the chin where as the male's look like poka dots all over. You have 2 male's. They wouldn't necessarily fight if there is no female to fight for and one is being sub dominant.

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[ehh]

I'm gonna say male and female.


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[Aweshade9]

two males. As long as one of them is clearly dominant and the other one doesn't challenge it then they won't fight.

 

[greenterror66]

Looks like I should flip a coin....LOL I'm going to carefully try venting them. I will post the results soon. Thank all of you for your opinions.

 

[crush329]

I'm gonna say male and female.


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+1 Because females have less pearls on their body. Their pearls aren't as obvious as the males. Even though its beard is not as obvious as mine... I'm still going with female. Here is an old pic of my pair.

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