April Shannon
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Why are they shy?
How do u tell male from female?
How do u tell male from female?
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Bry
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How big is the tank? How long have you had them?
Cichlids tend to be shy until they claI'm their spots. From the look it doesn't seem they have a place to hide to make them feel more comfortable either. Also, babies tend to hide a bit more just for survival reasons.
Cichlids tend to be shy until they claI'm their spots. From the look it doesn't seem they have a place to hide to make them feel more comfortable either. Also, babies tend to hide a bit more just for survival reasons.
Bry
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If you could get some pics closer up to each of them, I'm fairly confident I could sex them. I've had many cichlids in my time lol
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April Shannon
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Its a 29 gal and there is grass plants and slate rocks for them to hide under
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April Shannon
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They were just moved to this 29 gal tank and the6 can get under the slate rocksBry said:If you could get some pics closer up to each of them, I'm fairly confident I could sex them. I've had many cichlids in my time lol
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April Shannon
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We were told the one with red belly are females.April Shannon said:Why are they shy?
How do u tell male from female?
AquaticJ
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I'm not seeing any adequate hiding spots. Also, they're going to outgrow the tank. The males have brighter colors, get larger, and is especially more red under the mouth/throat area. They told you opposite information.
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April Shannon
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They can hide and are getting use to tank now come.out more now..AquaticJ said:I'm not seeing any adequate hiding spots. Also, they're going to outgrow the tank. The males have brighter colors, get larger, and is especially more red under the mouth/throat area. They told you opposite information.
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April Shannon
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We have had them for a while they were in the 55 gal tank with other cichlid and Oscar it was getting crowed so we moved them here
Bry
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Another way to sex them is look at the top fin. If it ends more pointy it's usually male, while females are usually rounder.
Fire mouths like caves as well
Fire mouths like caves as well
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April Shannon
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They can hide just fineBry said:Another way to sex them is look at the top fin. If it ends more pointy it's usually male, while females are usually rounder.
Fire mouths like caves as well
