SEX MY TEX

[gran charismo]

he is 1 of only four fish kept in a 4ft 180L tank, ive maintained very good water conditions, i got him at about 1" and have had him for around 9-10 months, he has been a very pecuiliar fish he only shows aggression towards a red jewel who is slightly smaller than him he rarely takes food from the surface and seems incredibly slow growing

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

It's a male carpintis. 99.9% sure. It has an odd shape to it, what size tank do you have it in? What size tank was it in when you purchased it and how long was it there?
It's too green and pearly to be cyanoguttatus.
The lack of a black dot on the dorsal, slenderness of the fish, and the slight fin-extensions all indicate male. You can't see its tube in the picture, but males have a pointed tube and females a rounded.
A black dot on the dorsl indicates female. Why do you think most cichlids with black in the dorsal are females? My male festae, carpintis, managuense, motaguense, and severum ALL have black in the dorsal fin...

Usually the tube is only visible when a fish is full or during mating activities. Secondly I said some, not most new wold cichlids

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

he is 1 of only four fish kept in a 4ft 180L tank, ive maintained very good water conditions, i got him at about 1" and have had him for around 9-10 months, he has been a very pecuiliar fish he only shows aggression towards a red jewel who is slightly smaller than him he rarely takes food from the surface and seems incredibly slow growing

What other fishes it is kept with besides the Jewel?

 

[gran charismo]

What other fishes it is kept with besides the Jewel?

i originally bought the jewel and a venustus to help cycle my tank, then i added my oscar, then about a month later i got tex, they have all been kept together since, the water conds have always been maintained to suit oscar+tex needs tho

 

[Dmaan.]

There will always be exceptions, but that's why no one is 100%. I think it's safe to say that it's probably female despite the fact that males occasionally show the dark spot.

yeah i guess, mines a hybrid soo that might be aswelll.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Wonder if these so called males that develope the dark areas on dorsal fin as well are the less dominant fishes? I think I read or heard somewhere that some lesser dominant male African cichlids will some time change their colors to resemble that of females.

 

[urbaninja]

It's a male carpintis. 99.9% sure. It has an odd shape to it, what size tank do you have it in? What size tank was it in when you purchased it and how long was it there?
It's too green and pearly to be cyanoguttatus.
The lack of a black dot on the dorsal, slenderness of the fish, and the slight fin-extensions all indicate male. You can't see its tube in the picture, but males have a pointed tube and females a rounded.
A black dot on the dorsl indicates female. Why do you think most cichlids with black in the dorsal are females? My male festae, carpintis, managuense, motaguense, and severum ALL have black in the dorsal fin...

 

[dominicolas]

Wonder if these so called males that develope the dark areas on dorsal fin as well are the less dominant fishes? I think I read or heard somewhere that some lesser dominant male African cichlids will some time change their colors to resemble that of females.

Male convicts with orange are less dominant, so it is seen in american cichlids for sure. Also, I wish I could remember the fish, but I read something about how a certain kind of fish will attempt to resemble a female so that dominant males will not ba as aggressive towards them.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Free bump still thinking female



Is the black dorsal always like that or does it comes and go?

 

[thefishguy7]

Usually the tube is only visible when a fish is full or during mating activities. Secondly I said some, not most new wold cichlids

My cichlids always have their tube down...then again they're always breeding.
Feed it an earthworm or two, it will be full enough to see its tube...