Another rusty question
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Not necessarily as ChrisK said. My largest male rusty has 4 egg spots, the other male has 3 and both female rusties have one egg spot each. That doesn't warrant that the ones you have with one spot are females and that the rest are males. You will have to wait and continue to watch their behavior (but some females are dominant too) and their change in color as they mature. My males have a rusty-violet sheen and my females are more plain rusty or brownish. But remember that the most reliable way to sex cichlids is by venting.
egg spots - what the guys already said.
venting - http://www.mbunacoast.com/vnt.html its a physical inspection of the vents on the fish. Sorta gotta look up their skirts so to speak.
size & colour is a good indicator but not 100% especially with young fish where there is no difference in colour between genders within the particular species.
venting - http://www.mbunacoast.com/vnt.html its a physical inspection of the vents on the fish. Sorta gotta look up their skirts so to speak.
size & colour is a good indicator but not 100% especially with young fish where there is no difference in colour between genders within the particular species.
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mostlycichlids
Cichlid Specialist
Venting 101
fish underside would be indicative of this example :
male oo
female 0o
this is what the vent area would look like..
fish underside would be indicative of this example :
male oo
female 0o
this is what the vent area would look like..