Sexing by breeding tube?

[guapoteman]

Trying to sex my cichlid so far all signs lead me to think male long pointed anal and dorsal fins, size, boss of the tank, but i know these are not accurate methods of sexing. I have read up on venting but handling the fish makes me a little nervous as I dont posess what you would call a soft touch. This fish does however have a breeding tube that is showing most of the time it comes out toward the rear slightly and hooks down to a point y l
y l
l l <---- my best attempt to draw a fishes junk using a
l l keyboard pretty rough but whatever any help
l l l V is appreciated thx..

 

[bigspizz]

Post a pic. There are a lot of people who can sex by seeing a mature ovipositor...However, venting is sure shot with a mature fish. Turn it upside down and look at the ovipositor and anus...Female looks like Oo male looks like oo...Again, post a pic please.

 

[guapoteman]

I have pics of said fish in a seperate thread unable to copy them to here atm