View Full Version : sexing aulonocaras
dave76
08-08-2003, 11:36 AM
Is there anyway to sex these fish before they reach adulthood?
Not really, guess you will have to wait till the males are coloring up.
Jimmy
valerie
08-08-2003, 3:28 PM
Venting is the only real way to tell before the males color up.
dave76
08-08-2003, 3:31 PM
so thats why no one has peacocks that are juveniles, it all makes sense to me now.
Hatter
08-08-2003, 4:47 PM
It's not 100% accurate, but IME you can usually pick out a male or two in a batch. The more dominant male juveniles will usually be a little larger than their siblings and will be more aggressive/territorial.
Females are trickier. In the past when buying juveniles, I bought the 2 of the largest and 5 of the smallest to try for a trio...with mixed success. The females are usually, but not always, among the smaller fish.
Dragon_Lord_Tia
08-09-2003, 4:44 AM
Originally posted by dave76
so thats why no one has peacocks that are juveniles, it all makes sense to me now.
all my peacocks in my 4ft are juvanlies and i brought them that way but i must admit they arnt very eye catching as juvs but when adults they are the best cichlid ofr the beginner easy to feed,care for and breed
valerie
08-09-2003, 7:35 PM
Some people say they can also tell a male by fin shape or egg spots or color of the anal fin but in my experience this is not always accurate. I have females with lots of eggs spots and a bit of color on their anal fins.
Verse914
08-10-2003, 2:31 PM
Males will elongated and pointy anal and dorsal fins, where the females will not. Egg spots are a bad way to sex fish as both the males and females can have eggspots.