sexing mayan cichlids

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Jack Dempsey
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any body know how to sex mayan cichlids? what size can you begin to tell the sex at?
 
piranha45 said:
2" roughly. The female has a black spot on the dorsal fin; the male doesn't.

Yeah pretty much. The female dorsal and pectoral fins turn black or develop black on them. Mine started to turn black at around 3 inches.
 
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