cichlidgurl Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 only fairly new to the whole breeding thing so dont trust my venting skills 100% but this is a male right? its a venustus and hasnt started geting blue yet but i wonna know now so i can get a mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-sheeran Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 surely if it was male it would have blue cheeks by now? i've been told around the 10 - 12 cm mark unless they already have a lady in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidgurl Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 surely if it was male it would have blue cheeks by now? i've been told around the 10 - 12 cm mark unless they already have a lady in there there are days where i think i can see blue but i think its just my eyes lol its only about 7-9 cm at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-sheeran Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 there are days where i think i can see blue but i think its just my eyes lol its only about 7-9 cm at the moment oh, it looked a bit bigger then that in the pic. well i find the my venustus's colour comes out allot more when the lights are off. like when i come home from work and just turn the tank light on his colours are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidgurl Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 oh, it looked a bit bigger then that in the pic. well i find the my venustus's colour comes out allot more when the lights are off.like when i come home from work and just turn the tank light on his colours are awesome! its only a estimated size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidgurl Posted June 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 can anyone give me a positive answer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 can anyone give me a positive answer ? Not avoiding giving you an answer. Its just tricky to tell from the picture, at first glance it looks male to me. Thing is that until they have their first spawn, the females vent looks similar to the males You usually want better focus on the rude bits and then enlarge them. I go another step further and get shots of other ones of same species, so I can compare. It sounds like you only have one, so thats not a viable option........... which is a shame as it makes it a lot easier. This is because all species are different, some have large eggs and are easy to spot, others small eggs and dam hard to spot! (Big eggs = big hole) Try taking photos of a heap of your fish which you already know the sex of. Bonus points for ones that have not yet spawned. Wont be long and you will be the guru. protip ~ master electric yellows and you have a skill for life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidgurl Posted June 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Not avoiding giving you an answer.Its just tricky to tell from the picture, at first glance it looks male to me. Thing is that until they have their first spawn, the females vent looks similar to the males You usually want better focus on the rude bits and then enlarge them. I go another step further and get shots of other ones of same species, so I can compare. It sounds like you only have one, so thats not a viable option........... which is a shame as it makes it a lot easier. This is because all species are different, some have large eggs and are easy to spot, others small eggs and dam hard to spot! (Big eggs = big hole) Try taking photos of a heap of your fish which you already know the sex of. Bonus points for ones that have not yet spawned. Wont be long and you will be the guru. protip ~ master electric yellows and you have a skill for life! thanks for all the tips and thats why i wasnt 100% sure because i did think that it would be different if they had never spawned before. i look at all the other fish and i can be sure cuz they have spawned and its really easy to tell the difference and thanks for the link i have seen it before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
