sexing severums and dempseys

azharleydude

azharleydude

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:help2: Hello everyone,
I need some help. I have severums and electric blue jack dempseys that are maturing. I do not know how to tell male from female of either species. Can anyone help me?
Thank you
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I know i am not giving you a direct link as i do not know how, but bring up your search engine, mozilla firefox, google, internet explore, etc.
and type in "badmans tropical fish jack dempsey profile" without the " it will give a detailed description for the dempsey not sure about the severum
 
also female dempseys tend to have a turquoise spot patch by the gill, and males in general are bigger, slightly longer fins and are more colorful
 
male severums will show iridescent wormlike markings on their faces (similar to discus) while females will not. female jd's show a lot of blue on the gill plate, while males do not.
 
Thank you for the info and web site. It is very helpful. I currently have 9 EBJD's that are still young. It does look as though you are right. Most are males from what I can tell. I have one, which I got from Jeff Rapps, that is almost solid black. He is one of my favs. As for the severums, I have a nice mix of male to female. Currently I have 9 of those as well. 4 Golds, and 5 Rotkeil. I have 12 Red Spots coming and have traded other fish for 3 more golds. I hope to have some sucess at breeding them but know it will be hard as I live in Phoenix. I hear that storms help to trigger the spawn. That happens maybe 4 days a year here. I will give it my best shot and hope for the best.
Thank you all
 
Wow!!!! After reading what you all have wrote I must have hit the lottery! I have 5 out of the 9 EBJD's that are females!!!!!!! They have bright blue gill plates and rounded top and anal fins. There is a distinct difference between them and the males now that I know what to look for. All are doing great and growing fast thanks to the water changes that I do every other day. Again thank you sooooo much for your help. I am even more encouraged now to try and get them to breed.
 
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