Can someone help me out? I bought these 2 yesterday and took the pictures while I was introducing them to the tank.
They are extremely shy and hide all the time.
They are extremely shy and hide all the time.
Sex the cubans
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too small to sex. im surprised yours are shy my 4 inch Cuban is the most tenacious in your face fish I ever owned and I have a dovii and a jag
Top female 95% sure. Second about 70% sure it's a female. Fish like these can be sexed at a small size easier to sex when they're in the tank rather than in a net.
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With several of the cichlids I've bred I've had mostly females come out to be the large ones at first.
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Put them in the tank and let them get acclimated...females will be darker colored and males will be more whiteish colored...I have a 3" female that I love...she bullys my 3.5" jaguar all the time
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Because the substrate, most of the rocks in your tank are very light (white), the Cubans have developed a washed out appearance to blend in with their surroundings at this point. (This is not meant to be criticism of your set up, just an observation)
A dark spot in the dorsal fin is usually an indicator of a female, but because they are not showing normal colors it's hard to tell.
Here is a young female.
and a mature male.
A young tetracanthus normally may look like this if the background offered more dark places to blend with.
A dark spot in the dorsal fin is usually an indicator of a female, but because they are not showing normal colors it's hard to tell.
Here is a young female.
and a mature male.
A young tetracanthus normally may look like this if the background offered more dark places to blend with.
