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blue2fyre said:
That's because in your 30 gallon hex it was overstocked so aggression stayed under control. Once they moved to the 75 gallon it was very understocked so you had more aggression issues. You need to add more fish to solve your current aggression problem.
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blue2fyre said:
That's because in your 30 gallon hex it was overstocked so aggression stayed under control. Once they moved to the 75 gallon it was very understocked so you had more aggression issues. You need to add more fish to solve your current aggression problem.



I found an article on here posted by liv2padl talking about cichlids becoming male or female based on size, but I didn't find anything about them changing gender. Did you vent the Kenyi before and after the gender change?
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No actually the events were like this.....as itwas changing to Yellow coloration it had laid eggs...the fish was yellow with brown bars as they look when they first get their colors....A few days later it was back to the beautiful blue color...I kept an eye on the fish because I was wondering what was going on. The fish is now about 5.5 inches and a definate dominate male....correct me if I am wrong but only females can lay eggs, the fish is now 100% male.
 
mostlycichlids said:
No actually the events were like this.....as itwas changing to Yellow coloration it had laid eggs...the fish was yellow with brown bars as they look when they first get their colors....A few days later it was back to the beautiful blue color...I kept an eye on the fish because I was wondering what was going on. The fish is now about 5.5 inches and a definate dominate male....correct me if I am wrong but only females can lay eggs, the fish is now 100% male.
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Interesting, has it bred with any females?

I've had a kenyi in an all male tank go from juvie blue to yellow and then back to blue, it was still a male though, before and after (I've vented both times).
 
ibr3ak said:
Interesting, has it bred with any females?

I've had a kenyi in an all male tank go from juvie blue to yellow and then back to blue, it was still a male though, before and after (I've vented both times).
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It has never bred with any females although I only ended up with two females in the tank and they were harrassed so I only kept the males...I have three males in there now...including this one. I have some pics around somewhere on here although I might have to look back almost two years to find them.
 
Mostlycichlids, have you vented this fish recently to confirm it is now a male?
 
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efors said:
Mostlycichlids, have you vented this fish recently to confirm it is now a male?
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No but here is a current pic...
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Always fighting with my dominant male Kenyi here...
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This is a very interesting case, indeed and as I'm too curious, I would vent right now those 2 kenyis to compare them.
 
i keep hearing "vent" the fish ..exactly how is this done please?
 
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