When I go to the LFS, I feel like all the juveniles in their tank look like females, anything I could do to perhaps snag a male out of them?
Trying to buy a Male JD
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look for the one that has the least blue on its gill plate, you will also have better luck if you go ahead and buy a few and then re-home the ones you dont want later (this also lets you pick out the male that turns out to be the most colorful if you get more than one)
least color ON GILL PLATE, more color on rest of body = male, females will have splotches and spots of blue all over their gill plates but have less colorful bodies, picking the most aggressive and dominant of the group is also a good tacticMcFall;4180885; said:I thought the least color was considered female??
also check the anal and dorsal fin the male will be a bit longer and come to a point the female is more rounded like most other cichlids just be careful harder to tell the smaller they are
So I had a juvenile Jack Dempsey, once again not really sure of its sex since its size. I went to the LFS and examined the fish for atleast five minutes and picked out the biggest bully in the tank thinking it was a male. When i brought "him" home he chills with the other one, now I think they are two females. Anyone have any pics of juvenile jack dempseys that they can sex?