bryant

are these two males?

Steve113

I can't see pictures - only dots (.)
I've noticed this a lot here - Is it a problem with the uploaded image or an issue on my side.

* try uploading them again, or failing that - linking to them.

bryant

pictures work fine...
maybe there to big or something.
i can see them when i upload and when i come to this page??

platy ben

They look like males to me

bryant

one of them is shaking at the other.
i guess that is normal or is he guarding his territory?

platy ben

he should be guarding his territory, i got a juvinile jack dempsey yesterday, how long does it take them to get that size from being small?

Steve113

- Wonder why I can't see them.

I've noticed this problem on various posts in this forum.
Wonder why...?

Shawnie

the best way I can tell you how to sex is a few ways...

1. males are larger with more pointed anal fins...
2. males dont have as much blue on the gill plate where fems do
3. the fems have less color and on the bottom of their bellys are more solid and less speckled...

my jacks are totally submissive and once the jacks are 3-4 inches they get way more color....

bryant

the small one is about 5 years old and maybe 7" to 7 1/2" and the bigger less colorful one is 7 to 8 years old about 8 1/2" long.

from what ive been told.

TaylormadeR7

Second group of pictures. 2nd. photo of male (very nice male). Bottom photo of pair under bridge shows a very nice female on the left.

attackonthebass

i noticed in the 1st pic you have a yellow cichlid (sorry i don't know the actual name) but do the jacks and the yellow one get along? I have a couple of those yellow guys in a seperate tank from my jacks and I would love to put them together however I didnt think that they would stand a chance against the dempsey's.