sexing convicts please help

hende

hende

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how old or long tell the female's start showing there orange??? i have one that is about 2 ta 3 inches and is not showing any orange then 3 others that are from one inch to 2 inches how big do they have to be befor i should be able to tell them apart?
 
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I would think you would be seeing their orange by now. Some females have less orange then others. THats the problum. Are they new to their tank? If stressed there will be less color. Look for the dorsel fin to come to a longer point on the males as well. I would guess you would have at least one female out of three but who knows.
If they are new to the tank give them some time to get used to their new home.
 
they should start getting there colors at under an inch. some good looking females can have the best dorsal and the only thing that can convince you thast they aren't male is the copper stomach. But my 4" female brred breeder only shows 3-4 scale of pale red and that is only when she wants to breed. A 1" female pink I saw at the lfs, was almost completely red exept for a portion of its head
 
When my pink female was about an inch she was all orange except her head. I would think the bigger ones would be showing orange, but it may not be as obvious in some of the fish.
 
well the three smaller ones that i have all look the same and i can not see any red do they only show that when they are wantin to breed or all the time?
 
They will show all the time. If they are healthy it should be quite obvious. If they are sick or stressed, you may need to look harder, but will stilll see it.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/species/db2.cgi?db=fresh&uid=default&ID=0243&picture_page_view=1

looking at the first picture(female) there is the orange evident, also look at the top fin, how it does not extend to the tip of the tail. Looking at picture #2(male) you can see there is no orange, and the top fin is almost as long as the tail fin. And these are not high quality images.
 
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ok i have really looked over my biger one that is about 3 inches or so and i see a little orange but not much at all and its fins are a lil shorter then its tall dose this tell any one what it is? and its fins are pointy where my otheres look to be rounded on the ends
 
sexing convict cichlids

i have bread cons with great sucess and in my experince the males have longer pointed fins and can reach lengths of 6 inches while the females only reach 3-4 inches and shorter more rounded fins and males are far more aggresive than females i hope i have been of some help
 
well hum im still not to sure what i have will have to barrowed a cam to take pics of the is there some one here that i can email them to so they can take alook there is quite a few pics 10 or so that is why i wanna email and not post??????
 
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