Guest BigT Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I have a 4in eye biter I was sold about a year and a half ago , was told it was male and would colour. It is silver with the black stripe still not a bit of blue to be seen , I have a female don't I ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoq Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 If you put a picture up we can confirm for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigT Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 How do I put up a photo ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firthy13 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 make an account on photobucket.com, upload the photo and copy and paste the img code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-F-A Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 It's only 10 cm at what size did you buy it ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigT Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 About an inch but it was on deaths door , was hard to get here but really wanted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAM Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Some times these fish colour up at 7cm but usually more like 17 cm or larger depends on the aggression and there status in the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-F-A Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Agree it would be impossible to sex at 2.5 cm are is the anal fin pointy ? Also a pic would help quite a bit also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hi BigTwelcome to ACEthe only way to sex these at 1" is with a crystal ball does the fish have a red edge on the dorsal fin and a pointed anal fin with egg spots?females don't get the red edging and the anal fin is rounded with no red or egg spotslink to female pichttp://malawicichlids.com/mw08034.htmlink to male pic note dorsal edginghttp://www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/d_compressiceps-9.htmllink shows both sexes pic 3 is female pic 4 looks like either femalesor juveniles the other pics are male at different stageshttp://www.fishtanksandponds.co.uk/galleries/photo-pages-fw-tropical/cichlidae/dimidiochromis-compreciceps.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigT Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Yeah it's got a round anal fin , it's a girl !!! Thanks very much for your time and effort everyone , I still call it duggo and my kids still love it so all is great , thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krellious Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 check the mouth and the anal fin. The males in my experience start to show color there. You will notice a thin red line and what looks to be egg spots form on the end of the tail and the face will start to go blue. 10cm is a little small. All of mine have been atleast 12 if not bigger before they show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAM Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I have about 30 in my colony of witch there are males with round anal fins, but most males are pointed, the only way to be 100 percent right is the females lay eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-F-A Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Agree anal fin is not the best observation at a small size as it will extend and start to point when the male starts to mature On most large haps I find the first thing to change is the edging on the fins and he should start to get this on the top fin before anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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