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Nilsafeller

Nilsafeller

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As the title reads... I have 3! One is 100% male. Big forehead and long runners on his fins... these other 2 I have no idea , both are between 6 and 7 inches but I cant tell what gender.. not aue if have a dominant male will make the other 2 have smaller heads like with so many other cichlids... tell me what u think!?

First pic is what I beleive could be a female and other 2 pics are of the other one. Also no breeding behaviour has been noted as far as I have seen anyways.

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Nilsafeller said:
As the title reads... I have 3! One is 100% male. Big forehead and long runners on his fins... these other 2 I have no idea , both are between 6 and 7 inches but I cant tell what gender.. not aue if have a dominant male will make the other 2 have smaller heads like with so many other cichlids... tell me what u think!?

First pic is what I beleive could be a female and other 2 pics are of the other one. Also no breeding behaviour has been noted as far as I have seen anyways.

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You might have to wait a bit on the other two for more size but they're big enough to breed.

Just a quick eyeball says u might have three males. It looks like the first pic shows the beginning of a 'dent' in the head, so does the second pic. A comparison with my male chocolate Bobo. Here he is a year ago at 6 inches. His head is still smooth.

But when he got around 7-8 inches the 'bump' started to show.

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FINWIN said:
Here he is now at 10 inches (and 1 1/4 lbs in weight). Has the bump but not cauliflower type like some chocos. May happen when he gets older. Thickened up a lot once he got past 8 inches.

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Ur male is around same size as mine and same shape head... I figured I would maybe need more time for growth but I've read so many people say they can tell at 5 or 6 inches ,so I was stumped haha
 
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Ur male is around same size as mine and same shape head... I figured I would maybe need more time for growth but I've read so many people say they can tell at 5 or 6 inches ,so I was stumped haha
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Heh, I wasn't 100 percent sure Bobo was male, it was just an impression I got...can't explain it really. Then he got to 7 inches and the notch started. He had a three inch growth spurt and his head got much larger.
 
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FINWIN said:
Heh, I wasn't 100 percent sure Bobo was male, it was just an impression I got...can't explain it really. Then he got to 7 inches and the notch started. He had a three inch growth spurt and his head got much larger.
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It would be beneficial if we had a member with both a male and female haha
 
I'm stumped with mine too, lol. It's about 6" now. Stanzzzz7 Stanzzzz7 could probably help us all but I don't think he's on that regularly.

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