Sexing Brichardi Cichlids
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Andy Sager
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Sexing Brichardis isn't always easy unless you've seen mature fish before so you can see fully formed fish.
The male will have longer fins than the female and the female will have a stockier body than the male. These are the basic differences of the L. brichardi.
Since you have 4, you can wait and see if any 2 pair off naturally and defend an area of the tank. There's your pair.
If you see 2 fish being overly aggressive with each other, you can assume that these are both males and should be separated. If you just put a glass or see-through divider in the tank between the 2 fighting males and put one of "non combatants" in with each male, if they are females, then you should have some harmony and potential spawnings in the tank. If they are all males, you should have the same situation again with the fighting and you've answered the question 
Hope this helps
