Male or Female Jack Dempsey?

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Vickey

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• Jan 16, 2007

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I am wondering if this a malke or female Jck Dempsey?

http://www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoVi...rder=&albumsperpage=&navfolderid=2007

The gill cover is heavily spotted esp. on the bottom.

But the fins are pointed just like the larger males.

Could this fish be a strangely spotted male?

Thanks...

AI

 

liv2padl

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• Jan 16, 2007

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without the name and password i can't open your picture.

 

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Vickey

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• Jan 16, 2007

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Sorry, try this.

http://www.fishboard.net/index.php?act=UserCP&CODE=photo

<img src="hthttp://www.fishboard.net/index.php?act=UserCP&CODE=photo" alt="" width="300" height="200">

I am wondering maybe if this fish has some sort of ich problem or something, that caused the spotting on his gill cover to go whacky?

AI

 

liv2padl

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keep trying .. no pic yet.

 

mostlycichlids

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• Jan 16, 2007

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try uploading the image to www.imageshack.net its free.

 

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Vickey

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• Jan 16, 2007

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Thanks

Thanks for your patience.

http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1725td3.jpg



Hope she works!

Wanted to know if it was a fish health problem or sexing problem!

AI

 

mostlycichlids

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• Jan 16, 2007

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im leaning twards female.

 

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Vickey

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• Jan 16, 2007

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I agree

After your post, I was reading here:

Sexing:

Sexing the dempsey is rather simple. Males will be larger and have longer more pointed fins with very little blue on the gill cover if any and will be in dots if its present whereas the female will have splotchs on her gill cover and have less color throughout the body. The female also tends to be more "squat" in shape.

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I uploaded this pic of the male:



the color is well dispersed but none on the gill cover!

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fish_freak

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• Jan 16, 2007

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Sometimes the males will have green on the gill cover as well but I have only ever seen it spoted where as the female has blotches on her gill cover like the one in your picture. I am almost certain that it is a female.

 

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Jason_S

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I agree...first pic you posted was female and the second pic is male.