What Age Can You Begin Sexing Your Chichla?

[SubNoiZe]

I hope that I am not asking a question that can easily be found in this section. I have done some looking around, but either don't see it or there isn't one.

What age/length can you sex your Chichla?

 

[GudEnuf]

My good friend and sometimes boss CichlidPharmer tells me can it's easy to tell even when they are eggs.

All you have to do is collect a bunch of Cichla eggs, hatch them, and raise them and it's 100 % guaranteed you'll get at least a pair from the batch. Otherwise, it's a fool's errand to sex them, unless you catch them while they are spawning.

 

[troutking]

U can vent them anywhere from 6+ inches

 

[CichlaRyan]

cichla* not chichla. and you can vent them from 4in as i hear.

 

[xander]

how would you vet them?

 

[SubNoiZe]

oops. I guess I should own up and say that I am a teacher... a Special Ed teacher.

What is the proper way to vent?

 

[StripeGirl]

is there a way to tell without removing a fish to look at its crotch??

 

[Houdini89]

Would'nt it be easier just to say, to breed them......

 

[woofy]

is there a way to tell without removing a fish to look at its crotch??

if they are already paired up and in breeding mode their vents should be visible just by looking at them.

 

[channarox]

i believe Dmack said they could be vented from 4".
its a sure way as long as you know what to look for.