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Old April 21st, 2009  
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Sexing Convicts

So I have 3 convicts...a pink and 2 blacks.One of the black is still young and I doubt I can sex it yet,but the other two both have red bellies.From everything I read,females have red bellies.

Both of the bigger convicts have pointed fins,so I am a little confused.
I used to have a successful breeding pair of convicts many yrs ago,but I cannot remember how I could tell the female apart.

Advice?
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Old April 21st, 2009  
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welcome to fishlore!!

the red bellies are sure ways to sex..fems have it males wont...fins on my cons are all alike whether it be the jellybean cons, pink cons, or the normal stripped ones

on the younger one, if you can find an LED light and flash it on its belly, you will see red or not even at a young age!
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Old April 23rd, 2009  
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Thanks!
Looks like I have three girlies.
The pink and my large black one have been acting like they are going to spawn though...yet they both have the pink bellies.What is up with that?

They follow eachother everywhere,checking out the caves and "cleaning" the caves out and then almost courting.They also now chase the smaller one away from certain areas.
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Old April 23rd, 2009  
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some of my females will spawn together lol..but the eggs dont hatch because sometimes the ladies do need the boys for other than trash day and fixing our cars
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