Sex the Salvini & FireMouth

[Adam-011]

Is my salvini & FM male or Female? What is the Growth Rate of these two cichlids? And if any1 knows any additional Info. on them fill free to share.

Here is the FM

Here is the Salvini

Thank you.

 

[azfishfool]

pretty positive the sal is a girl

 

[japes]

My guess would be female Firemouth and female Salvini but I can't say that with any real certainty. Guestimates are based on the Firemouth not having any real dorsal extension, and the the vivid black striping on the Salvini, even though the body is pale. Body shape seems slightly male to me though.

Is that a vent down on the Firemouth there?

Edit: Going to say that Salvini is a male imo.

 

[killerfish]

not sure on the firemouth but the salvini is male females have alot more red

 

[Adam-011]

Any1 Else?

 

[azfishfool]

the sal should be a female belive the black spot on the jaw is only on females firemouth i donno how to sex

 

[benzjamin13]

Your Sal looks like a female. Here's a couple of pics of my Male and Female to compare. First pic is Female, second pic is Male.

 

[killerfish]

we'll it could be female but they useually have that red blotch on there sides mabye yours is a little washed out is it new ? new decorations in the tank ?

also for the salvini there tuff fish that will fight big fish and win also they will stand up to much larger fish

firemouth do the same except going up to much larger fish and the firemouth useually get beaten up

also its important to feed the salvini some kind of vegitable matter because these fish are very prone to bloat which can be fatal

 

[benzjamin13]

Most, if not all, of the Male Sals I've seen tend to have more of a thick black line going down their bodies while the females look more broken up.

 

[cookiemonster]

I always thought that female salvini had a black blotch on their dorsal fin? Your fish definitely has this blotch, if that is an accurate way to sex them.