Help sexing.

[Andyg23]

I just got 2 electric blue jack dempseys today and they had a somewhat stressful trip home. I don't want to add any more stress by venting them tonight. I know it's hard to tell with ebjds but I'd appreciate it if someone could see something that I don't and be able to tell me if they were male or female.

 

[Oscar98]

Hope you didnt pay a lot. They dont look like ebjd

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Hope you didnt pay a lot. They dont look like ebjd

I would agree, never seen an ebjd like that

 

[Oscar98]

I would agree, never seen an ebjd like that

Ya. I saw them and the first thought threw my head was "hope you didnt ay a lot"

 

[Andyg23]

I gave $20 for them both but they spent 3 hrs in a tote of tank water on the way to my house and just went into their tank.

Normally the bigger one looks like this.

 

[Oscar98]

They may be ebjd but its pretty hard to find full grown and i would expect to pay $40+ per fish haha.

 

[Andyg23]

I met him through another guy I buy fish from and he knew I am trying to get separate gene pools to raise a stronger ebjd. He was tearing down his tank and selling everything to start saltwater so he sold them to me cheap to help me and get rid of them.

 

[Andyg23]

Can anyone tell whether they are male or female?

 

[Oscar98]

I would say either both male or a breeding pair. Im bot very good with them but thats MO

 

[Tlc]

Without venting the male will be more colourful the the female and his colours will really intensify as he prepares to breed

 

[cbourg746]

Can anyone tell whether they are male or female?

Honestly it's hard to tell from those pics but the first I presume is a male and the second female. Post some better pics when they settle in and we should be able to help out. The first looks to be a ebjd and the second looks to be bgjd. Looks like you could be well on your way to reaching your goal. You have 2 bgjd females now and if the ebjd does turn out to be a male even better.
How's my girl doing?

 

[Andyg23]

Honestly it's hard to tell from those pics but the first I presume is a male and the second female. Post some better pics when they settle in and we should be able to help out. The first looks to be a ebjd and the second looks to be bgjd. Looks like you could be well on your way to reaching your goal. You have 2 bgjd females now and if the ebjd does turn out to be a male even better.
How's my girl doing?

Thank you. She is doing great. She is in a 75g tank by herself right now. She loves to sit at the corner of the tank and just watch me while in doing anything in the other tanks.
She told me to tell you hi.

 

[cbourg746]

Thank you. She is doing great. She is in a 75g tank by herself right now. She loves to sit at the corner of the tank and just watch me while in doing anything in the other tanks.
She told me to tell you hi.

Lol....