Hello

[nicosia31]

I'm matt. I'm a dog trainer at petco. Been working there 8 months and got into aquatics there. I have a 29 gal with 6 juvenile african cichlids. May need some help IDing two but I have a yellow lab, red peacock, blue johanni, and a rusty.

 

[Bags101]

Welcome to AA. ask questions, a lot of wise people here willing to help....

 

[nicosia31]

Thank you much! I was wondering what constitutes a mature adult cichlid? Most of mine are 2-3 inches. Id like to sex the little guys because I'm worried I may have too many males. I've tried my hand at venting at the store. No problem catching nad holding the fish but no luck at seeing anything. I think I need a magnifing lense to do it accurately.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Welcome to AA
I wouldn't worry about having to many males in fact some people do all male tanks. But if you add a female you need to have 3 females to 1 male.

 

[nicosia31]

Thanks! I hadn't considered an all male tank. I believe the red peacock in there is female. To my knowledge the red peacocks are dimorphic and the females are entirely silver/grey as juveniles where as males will have more red torwards the head early on. He/she can't stand the rusty, the peacock will chase the rusty every time it gets anywhere close.

 

[Bags101]

I hope this helps..

Determing Your Cichlids' Gender




www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/gender.php

 

[nicosia31]

Thanks for the link. Glad I found this forum, I appreciate all the help. I'm gonna need all I can get.

 

[Bags101]

Your welcome. There is a lot of great people on here so you should have no problems. Someone is always there to answer your questions...