NEW Jack dempsey

[Citrinellus]

pics help, yup . . . some things I've become aware of are:

> females tend to have more solid blue on their gills
> males may have blue on the gills, but it will be spangles, not solid

> females tend to have more elongated shapes
> males are more big-bodied, rounder

see this is why i say venting is the only for sure way because my female was much stockier than my male was and i know they were a pair as i had them breed a few times before i got rid of them.. both my jd's were 12" measured and the female was probly a 1/4" wider than the male.

I agree, I think he has these switched around...

Bottom line...
-males will have more blue/gold scales along their body (spangling), have no to little blue on their gill plate, and a slimmer body, and a pointed dorsal.
-females will have less blue/gold scales along their body, have a lot of blue on their gill plate, and a thicker body, and rounded dorsal.
You could always post pics of them too.

 

[bdevilcasey]

Ive never payed attention to color. Been Breeding JDs for 16 years and I always go off the fins. Never seen a JD reach more than 9" even when in a 100g alone. Males have pointed fins, females do not.

 

[Sab_Fan]

really? 'cuz my experience was different (what else is new) . . . what I was referring to was that the male I had was "taller" than the female . . . but my female wasn't even close to the size of the male, so maybe the difference was exagerated

 

[keaser06]

my experience may not be the norm.. sorry to use you as an example but as far as i am concerned the only true way to sex a jd is to vent it

 

[keaser06]

Ive never payed attention to color. Been Breeding JDs for 16 years and I always go off the fins. Never seen a JD reach more than 9" even when in a 100g alone. Males have pointed fins, females do not.

if i can find the pics i will post them of when i measured the fish right before i sold them.. i had a blue gene female who was 12" (tail included) and the male was a standard jd who was the same size.. and as far as the pointed fins go they both had pointed fins..

 

[Sab_Fan]

I'm sure you're right about the venting . . . from what I've heard, it's just about the only way to sex an EBJD . . . apart from witnessing actual breeding, of course

 

[kevbc03]

if i can find the pics i will post them of when i measured the fish right before i sold them.. i had a blue gene female who was 12" (tail included) and the male was a standard jd who was the same size.. and as far as the pointed fins go they both had pointed fins..

They were both a foot!? I've never heard of a regular JD being a foot long. Show pics!!

 

[jerzyperson]

what age are they suppose to be before you can properly sex them?

 

[Citrinellus]

How big are they? If they are around 4-5" we can probably sex them.

 

[jerzyperson]

ok then they are still a little young, besides my camera if messedup, so i will post pics when i can an so forth