sexing cons

[eagle100]

hi i am new to breeding so i decided to get six baby cons and i was wondering how to sex them. they are 3/4 inchs

 

[eagle100]

???? i thought convicts were easy

 

[Kcameron]

theyre very easy, you just have to wait until theyre a lil bigger maybe. Females have pinkish or orange on the sides of their bellies (speckled with orange or pink sometimes when theyre small). Males are usually bigger and have longer fins.

Female on top with eggs; male on bottom

 

[Mavrick813]

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/cichlid/convict.php

I like the pictures they use in this guide.

 

[komodo182]

It becomes really hard if they are massively inbreed like the ones I picked up the other day

 

[eagle100]

what about pink cons? r the pink ones rare? and thanx that helped.

 

[smitty03281964]

I see that the females will get orange or pink in the body.

 

[Younglin]

NO cons are rare because they breed so easily. Females have orange on their sides, males don't. Simple. They will breed every month though so be careful. 2 cons can turn into 500 in a few months.

 

[eagle100]

ok thanx for the replies. i am breeding them for food for my jag and gator gar.

 

[eagle100]

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