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Does anyone know how to sex giraffe cichlids

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catfish2007

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I just bought two new giraffe cichlids they are 3-3.5 inches long I was wondering how to sex them or are they still to young to sex

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EdWhite

EdWhite

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Male venustus will have a blue face and more of a deep gold markings. Females are a little lighter in color and will have brighter yellow on bottom of tail and belly. I have an adult pair I can show you pics.


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EdWhite

EdWhite

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It's a bad camera on my phone and my Malawi tank thinks they're being fed every time I walk near the tank. You can see that the male is more golden and female is more silvery. My male is almost 8" and female is about 5"


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verbal

verbal

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I think 3 inches is a little small for males to show color. They will eventually get to roughly 10", but they take a while to do so.
 
cichlidaddicted

cichlidaddicted

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Mine took less than a year to go from 1" to 8". Females have more yellow in their anal fin when young and not showing much else in terms of sex. Before the blue face, yellow blaze, pointed fins, white/yellow dorsal margin...

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Tony

Tony

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I'm on my 3rd generation of adult fish in my 180. They will show color early imo... 3" give or take, even with other bigger fish in the tank. They are fearless.
 
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catfish2007

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My male is about 3 inches my females are also 3 inches after a lot of searching I've discovered the male has more blue on its body and has pointed dorsal and anal fins and the females have rounded dorsal and anal fins and way less blue on the body with darker brown spots than the male

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catfish2007

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And the males have more yellow on their tail fins and females only have half yellow on theirs which is the lower half of their tails

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catfish2007

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Thanks guys I've figured it out I had two girls so I now have 2 girls 1 male now
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