Midas or Red devil Cichlid/male or female

[Cichlid215]

I have what is now a 8 inch Red devil / Midas hybrid. I picked it up from my local fish store. That day I had purchase an assortment of African cichlids. But to my surprise after having them for about a month I noticed one of them was not like the others one of them having to be of Midas or Red devil cichlid. So now I am stuck with a red devil cichlid that I didn't intend to get So I figured I'd give it a try on raising it, let's see if it will fit in my 125 gallons community tank I got that is stocked with 6 Blue dolphin cichlids, two father fin catfish, clown loach, male and female Jack Dempsey 6-in red tail shark. And now to top it off a Red devil cichlid that is currently 8 in and still growing,. Oh I forgot a male and a female red zebra cichlid and a female Kenny Cichlid. I know what you are thinking none of these cichlid should the house together. When I get fish for my aquarium I always look at their temperament and personality now these cichlids have been house in the same tank for over 6 months now with no real aggression. The Red devil chases around the Blue dolphin cichlid sometimes but never nips at the fins or chases them until they are exhausted, none of my cichlids have nip fins none of my cichlids are staying in the corner because they are stressed out. But I don't know how long this is going to last with the Red devil. So most likely he's going to have to be rehomed. And now I have really went off track. What I wanted to know is if the Red devil is a hybrid?? And if it is a male or female?????? Thank you

 

[Cichlid215]

 

[duanes]

It is probably a standard aquarium strain red devil.
There are about 10 different species of Amphilophus that come from the Great Lakes of Nicaragua, so unless you know what lake its ancestors came from, and were kept separate fro hybridizing, there is no way to know.
And for years those species (were not realized to be different) and unwittingly interbred, especially because they all have differing color morphs, (banded, gray, pink, creamsikle, etc) and closely resemble each other, and regularly interbreed screwing up the gene pool.
Its only been in the last 10 years or so, that different lake species have been known, and kept separate, assuring legitiate species maintain species status, instead of becoming hybrid mutts.
And yours are too small and immature to determine gender at this point.

 

[RD.]

If you have to ask, it’s a hybrid.