Male or female?

[k.mascher86]

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[HUKIT]

Looks like a female in front and a male in the background, any chance for pictures with different lighting?

 

[k.mascher86]

This is the best i can do.....i also included a picture of one of my green terrors

 

[HUKIT]

I swear convicts get harder and harder every year to sex, I'm leaning towards both being male.

 

[k.mascher86]

And the green terror? Is there any way i can tell 100%?

 

[HUKIT]

And the green terror? Is there any way i can tell 100%?

Male..........

 

[drew.hinds]

pointed anal fin = male, rounded anal fin = female, cichlid is the only thing this works for

 

[HUKIT]

pointed anal fin = male, rounded anal fin = female, cichlid is the only thing this works for

That is completely inaccurate, genetics has more to do with fin shape and is not a accurate way to determine sex. Below are a couple of female convicts that would disagree, I'll toss in one of my female festae for you too! I could attach hundreds of photos of female cichlids as you say that has this trait.

 

[k.mascher86]

So hukit, can female cichlids also have the knot on their head or is it a strictly male trait?

 

[HUKIT]

So hukit, can female cichlids also have the knot on their head or is it a strictly male trait?

Yes females can develop a nunchal hump, even more so when there is no male present snd they are the dominant fish. It will never grow quite as large a male but it is very pronounced none the less.

 

[k.mascher86]

I ask because one of my green terrors started getting a hump and I'm hoping I have a pair.

they only do this in one corner and then after a few minutes they rub bodies and slap fins.......any take on that?

 

[HUKIT]

They don't reach sexual maturity until they're 3-4" or around 9- 12 months do all your seeing is aggression and nothing else.

 

[k.mascher86]

Ok.....thanks for the info

 

[drew.hinds]

this is just what i heard from my lfs