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Originally Posted by rajeshkhilari
I have a female black convict cichlid who would lay eggs any day now. I couldn't identify a male Con. at my pet shop. Can I get a male firemouth, with longer and pointed anal fin and reddish breast to fertilise female convicts eggs ?
Rajesh
Mumbai
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no no no PLEASE NO ... male convicts are EASY to identify even as small as 1/2" they get little "dots" on their top and anal fin first some will get it on the tail fin as well. Most males will have no orange coloration on the side of their belly area like the females will.
here is a pic of a male and female having a spat notice the small black dots in the tail and anal fins of the male the dorsal isn't viewable in that pic but it will have a few of the same little black dots. http://www.aqua-fish.net/imgs/fish/c...-cichlid-5.jpg
now that you know go find your girl the man of her dreams 
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A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks.
Breeding: currently nothing ... I've just been released from my one year sentence in Korea
I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, so if your in the pan handle area hit me up
current Fry: see above
tanks: Just set up my first "fish" tank, cichlids of course 100 gal and still have the 20L planted with CRS although most of my plants didn't survive the wife's care.
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