critter_guy Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 how do you tell the sex of a jewel cichlid??? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderstorm Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Hiya This article may help. Click Here Thanx peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 The girls lay the eggs. If they hatch, and you have two fish in the tank. The other is a boy. :roll: Yep they are a bit hard to tell. But go for the body shape, when the female is ready to spawn she is a lot heavier and fatter than the male. There's a slight variation in the fins, bit it's hard at times to pick out. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Males are supposed to be more colorful, but judging from the glowing red my females would get when they're about to lay I find that hard to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtman Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 I seem to find it easy You can tell them apart by the anal an dorsal fins... The males fins have a sorta tip or point to them, where as the female has more rounded ones an like alan says, yea the female fattens up when shes ready to lay Cheers Newt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_guy Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 cheers for the info peter alan ira and tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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