Cichlid verification needed

[Chronos313]

Hey everyone. I just picked up 4 cichlids, from my local shop that I have been dealing with for a long time and I just picked up what were labeled as Jack Dempseys. Based on coloration im assuming I have two males and two females. I know they do get bigger and I am in the works of expanding my 55 to something larger. I was hoping someone could either verify or identify what I picked up. I'll try to get a Better picture if this one is not good.


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[camj417]

I would say the two in the pic are female jack dempseys



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[Chronos313]

That's what I was thinking, I have two other ones who have identical markings but are a lot darker almost a black. It was fun picking them up, the owner couldn't catch them for almost 20 minutes so I let him take a break and 15 minutes later I took a shot at it and caught all 4 in 5 minutes. Needless to say he told me he hates me


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[camj417]

Can I see a pic of the other two do you know they are males? And how big of a tank are you getting


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[Chronos313]

Here's one of the suspected males. The second picture is one of the females I assume. They tend to hide on me. Im looking at 75 gallon.


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[camj417]

A jack dempsey can be aggressive by itself so a pair would be dangerous I would think about taking one of the males out.


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[camj417]

This is my female JD


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[Mogurako]

A jack dempsey can be aggressive by itself so a pair would be dangerous I would think about taking one of the males out.


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A pair would be perfectly fine, Jacks are pretty mild mannered as far as Centrals are concerned.


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[Chronos313]

Wow that's a beauty of a female jack. Can't wait til mine grow more


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[camj417]

4 of them together just sounded bad to me


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[Mogurako]

4 of them together just sounded bad to me


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In a 55 yes, but an single adult pair would be fine.


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[Jerry46360]

My Female JD

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[Jerry46360]

Can I'm not an expert by any means but it looks like a make to me as the spangling on the lower jaw is blotched and not full like my female

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[Chronos313]

Oh I know in a 55 is pushing it that's why I'm upgrading to a larger tank. I've done a good amount of research and I don't intend on forcing a larger breed to share a smaller space. Especially one that gets territorial


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[camj417]

Can I'm not an expert by any means but it looks like a make to me as the spangling on the lower jaw is blotched and not full like my female

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You think mine is a male?



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[Jerry46360]

Just from what it looks like to me. Throw another thread up and say male or female.

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[camj417]

I've done that before everyone said female I think that area was just a little light in that pic. I was looking at old pics and there was more blue in them, but I thought males didn't have any blue in that area they normally only have the dots that stop at eye level


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[Mogurako]

I've done that before everyone said female I think that area was just a little light in that pic. I was looking at old pics and there was more blue in them, but I thought males didn't have any blue in that area they normally only have the dots that stop at eye level


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Take them out and vent them, then you'll know for sure.


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