SNOW WHITE MBUNA

[CichlidBeautyAlways]

My name is Sabrina and i am fairly new to fish keeping, but its going great so far. I would like to know a few different ways to sex a Snow White. [the albino mbuna] The name is Luna,bout 2-2.5in long and has 1 egg spot on the anal fin with clear ring around it.

Thanks in advance,
Sabrina

 

[kno4te]

Welcome to the forum. Believe males get egg spots, males are usually larger than females, and the male’s fins come to a point.

 

[CichlidBeautyAlways]

ok thans so much yes i only have 1 of the snow whites and fins are not pointed i guess only time will tell

 

[Hendre]

Welcome! Photos would help people to better ID

 

[CichlidBeautyAlways]

Ur absoluetly right but my fish some are shy and i only seem to get the ones im not trying to get but here are a few photos...and i know people are judgy when its comes to overstocked but there doing good i have my 55 gallon but wont have it set up for a month so they be good til then anyways here are pics sorry for the extra haha

 

[Dalfrey86]

Older post but does address some concerns you having with sexing the mbuna.

Sexing Mbuna?

How would I go about sexing mbuna? Also can all mbuna breed with one another or only certain mbuna species? Thanks, Jude.

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[qldmick]

I cant tell the sex, some females have egg spots too, how does it behave with the other fish?

 

[CichlidBeautyAlways]

I cant tell the sex, some females have egg spots too, how does it behave with the other fish?

Luna-i named him/her- but actually gets along with all the fish they have there moments of course but hes in there with a red blotched zebra mbuna another mbuna with the blue and black stripes ALONG the body[head to tail] and 4 juvenile convicts and a couple baby plecos and they all have there own little territories but all in all there really good its my most non aggresive tank.

 

[BIG-G]

Luna-i named him/her- but actually gets along with all the fish they have there moments of course but hes in there with a red blotched zebra mbuna another mbuna with the blue and black stripes ALONG the body[head to tail] and 4 juvenile convicts and a couple baby plecos and they all have there own little territories but all in all there really good its my most non aggresive tank.

I’m going to take a guess that it’s female but it is just a guess.
The rounded anal and dorsal looks female to me and some females will develop egg spots but usually males will have multiple not just a single spot.
BTW the striped blue and black one looks like an Electric blue johanni

 

[DJRansome]

Both males and females can have egg spots, the only reliable way to sex them is to examine the vent. If the openings look like oo it is a male and if they look like Oo it is a female. You may not be able to tell without a loupe and even then the openings may be the same size until the female lays eggs. By that time you will know without venting.

I never thought about applying the pointy fin rule to mbuna...I always think about haps and peacocks for pointy fins versus rounded. I'll have to go look at my mbuna now. ?