Jewel Sexing

alfdawg · 01-21-2005, 10:55 AM

I'm new here so Hello. I have been trying to find out the sex of my jewels. I thought I would post some pics. Sorry they are not to good as my camera stinks. Thanks for any replies.

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davoz01 · 01-21-2005, 11:39 AM

Impossible to sex from your pics. Males tend to have more color and females more round. I usually just watch the behavior.

**Cichlid Man** · 01-22-2005, 07:53 AM

It's very difficult to say, not because of your pics but because they are not showing their true adult breeding colours.
When they breed or get mature, the male has blue spots all over the body and when displaying or breeding turns his throut red, his fins will also grow into a point when he is the dominant fish in the tank.
The female will be stumpier, have rounded fins,and in colour have speckled blue dots only on her gill covers.
To tell the sexes when there colours and apperance are so similar, if the male is dominant he will be the one displaying, and if he does, will caught the female and you will have a sucessful breeding pair.
If on the other hand the female is dominant, she will chase and attack the male and not let him breed with her, he may be killed if the tank is too small.
Dispite the male being dominant he may show some signs of aggression at first, but once the female realizes that she can benifit the protection of a male, she will axcept him as a mate.

alfdawg · 01-24-2005, 10:57 AM

heres a few more pics. Still not too clear.

alfdawg · 01-24-2005, 10:58 AM

another

alfdawg · 01-24-2005, 10:59 AM

another

alfdawg · 01-24-2005, 10:59 AM

second to last

alfdawg · 01-24-2005, 11:00 AM

last one

alfdawg · 01-25-2005, 10:56 AM

Anybody?

alfdawg · 01-27-2005, 08:23 AM

Thats cool. Thanks for the replies I got. Be cool

**Cichlid Man** · 01-27-2005, 11:03 AM

Sorry for the wait, but if you can't tell the sexes from that description that I gave you then I'll tell you myself, it's most likely that the longer larger one is a male and the shorter smaller one is a female.

alfdawg · 01-27-2005, 12:19 PM

thanks again. When/what size for sexual maturity?

**Cichlid Man** · 01-27-2005, 01:10 PM

From the pictures they look more or less ready, but I'll have to see them in real life to be 100% certain.

joe kool · 01-27-2005, 06:31 PM

If they are like other cichlids the females vent (hole behind the anus ... or second hole back from the head on bottom

)will be noticably larger than the "first hole" anus on the males they will be closer in size ... now jewles are egg layers and eggs are significantly smaller than the mouth brooding africans so I don't know if that will ring true with the jewles. gently net then up, turn them over and take a look see ... perv ...

just kidding

alfdawg · 01-28-2005, 10:10 AM

Thanks again

01-21-2005, 10:55 AM	#1
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	Jewel Sexing I'm new here so Hello. I have been trying to find out the sex of my jewels. I thought I would post some pics. Sorry they are not to good as my camera stinks. Thanks for any replies. [/img]

01-22-2005, 07:53 AM	#3
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Re: Jewel Sexing It's very difficult to say, not because of your pics but because they are not showing their true adult breeding colours. When they breed or get mature, the male has blue spots all over the body and when displaying or breeding turns his throut red, his fins will also grow into a point when he is the dominant fish in the tank. The female will be stumpier, have rounded fins,and in colour have speckled blue dots only on her gill covers. To tell the sexes when there colours and apperance are so similar, if the male is dominant he will be the one displaying, and if he does, will caught the female and you will have a sucessful breeding pair. If on the other hand the female is dominant, she will chase and attack the male and not let him breed with her, he may be killed if the tank is too small. Dispite the male being dominant he may show some signs of aggression at first, but once the female realizes that she can benifit the protection of a male, she will axcept him as a mate. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

01-24-2005, 10:57 AM	#4
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	Re: Jewel Sexing heres a few more pics. Still not too clear. Attached Images

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01-21-2005, 11:39 AM	#2
davoz01 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6	Impossible to sex from your pics. Males tend to have more color and females more round. I usually just watch the behavior.

01-24-2005, 10:59 AM	#7
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	Re: Jewel Sexing second to last Attached Images

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01-25-2005, 10:56 AM	#9
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	Anybody?

01-27-2005, 08:23 AM	#10
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	Thats cool. Thanks for the replies I got. Be cool

01-27-2005, 11:03 AM	#11
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Re: Jewel Sexing Sorry for the wait, but if you can't tell the sexes from that description that I gave you then I'll tell you myself, it's most likely that the longer larger one is a male and the shorter smaller one is a female. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

01-27-2005, 12:19 PM	#12
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	thanks again. When/what size for sexual maturity?

01-27-2005, 01:10 PM	#13
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	Re: Jewel Sexing From the pictures they look more or less ready, but I'll have to see them in real life to be 100% certain. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

01-27-2005, 06:31 PM	#14
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	If they are like other cichlids the females vent (hole behind the anus ... or second hole back from the head on bottom )will be noticably larger than the "first hole" anus on the males they will be closer in size ... now jewles are egg layers and eggs are significantly smaller than the mouth brooding africans so I don't know if that will ring true with the jewles. gently net then up, turn them over and take a look see ... perv ... just kidding __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead)

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01-28-2005, 10:10 AM	#15
alfdawg Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 10	Re: Jewel Sexing Thanks again

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