Share your Jewel Cichlid pics
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c_scherer123;3943496; said:Here are mine. Not sure their exact name, but I bought them as Hemichromis bimaculatus at the local fish auction.
The male is a complete chicken, he is only aggressive towards other jewels (excluding his wife). He actually ran from a mountain cloud minnow...
The female actually rules the tank with an iron fin, and she is timid in comparison to her siblings. After a dozen attempts, they just figured out that eating the eggs, wrigglers, and fry is counter productive...
The male:
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That's the best looking jewel cichlid I have ever seen.
That's a good looking male..
This is not a very accurate way to tell males from females:
Males have a lattice of blue speckles in its tail.
The females should only have a blue line halfway from the top at the edge of it's tail fin. although some females also have a lattice of blue speckles so it's very tricky. Hope that helps.
This is not a very accurate way to tell males from females:
Males have a lattice of blue speckles in its tail.
The females should only have a blue line halfway from the top at the edge of it's tail fin. although some females also have a lattice of blue speckles so it's very tricky. Hope that helps.
