ex-cichlasoma salvini male?

[mikem691]

How accurate is it that the female has a black splotch on the dorsal fin and on the back of the gill plate and the male don't?
Going by that I think this is a male what do you all think?

 

[dalto]

Looking like a male.

How big is it?

 

[mikem691]

He's about 4" still young

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[JRT83]

No black on dorsal fin or gill plate at that size and you got a male. Here's a female I used to have


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[JRT83]

Dont know if that pic worked



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[mikem691]

Thanks for confirming what I thought

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[mikem691]

No black on dorsal fin or gill plate at that size and you got a male. Here's a female I used to have


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Beautiful coloration. Was she kept alone or with a mate?

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[JRT83]

Beautiful coloration. Was she kept alone or with a mate?

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She was in my 125g with a male jag, male midas, and male festae that were all in the 3-6" range... probably the toughest cichlid, pound for pound, I've ever owned and regret getting rid of her. Aggression was getting to be too much to worry about, only have the male jag left and am growing out a group of 8 juveniles to try and get a female to try my hand at breeding. Definitely will be getting another Salvini in the future when i have room for more tanks.

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[Fishy Smell]

They are absolutely stunning if you can get good stock. Fortunately mine is a stunning female, but I have to say she's pretty well behaved. She only got nasty when trying to breed with my Sajica male and she tried to chew a larger cichlids face off. I had to do some moving around after that. One of my favourite fish.


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[mikem691]

Yea I just spent 2 hours catching the last 4 dithers. Last night he decided the Buenos Aires tetras were food after spending 6 months with them.

 

[Rivers2k]

So pretty just wish they weren't so mean.