Burek Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Hi all i want to know how to sex e.yellows do females get black on the fins on the bottom and top? do females grow as large as males? Do Females get egg spots too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillip Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 hi daniel i have kept and bred with e.yellows before and i can tell u stuff through my experience, ppl have mixed opinions on this fish. But i find that the male grows much larger faster than the female and the females bottom and top as u say lack the black that the males have. I have had females that had egg spots so i wouldn't 100% say that egg spots determine whether the yellows are female or male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burek Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 at last a replie lol thanks for that much appreciated... also females do have black on the bottom fins right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auscanuckafishy Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 This is how I sex them if I have to do it visually. I'll give the example of my male. He is about the same size as my females so can't tell there. He has much more black in the dorsal and anal fins, it looks much more striking. His forehead is on a steeper angle, the females heads look much more... I don't know, refined? whereas he has a bit of a boofhead. It's not always easy to spot. My particular male has no eggspots at all, so no help there. I breed a very malish line of yellow females, so it's often hard to tell. Look for head shape, and more pronounced black on the fins. Eggspots can be a help but are no guarentee unfortunately. Failing that, yellows are super easy to vent. Look it up on google, and you'll never look back with these guys. Hope this helps, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial-Cichlid Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Daniel I go by the dorsal and anal fins as well if I was to take a shot at sexing them but I don't think that guarantees anything. When I first started out with yellows, I bought large batches of fry/juveniles and grew them up. When a female had a mouthful, I'd net her out and keep her in a separate tank from the colony. Over a period of time I was able to gather a large number of females and the lighter dorsal and anal fins seemed to be common traits. The males were easy to spot out. They just shook their tails the most , the dorsal and anal fins were slightly darker, and they grew larger in the same period of time. Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 i believe theres also a way of sexing something to do with the eyes ? i cant remeber but ill try find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misty62 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 Hi, When we had electric yellows at first it was hard to sex them but over time with alot of asking and stuff we learnt the males from the females. I agree with all of what has been said the other thing that kimbo is thinking of is the stripe through the males eye when excited so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 And yet I am sure everybody agrees that none of these methods are even close to foolproof The best method, IMO, is Serial-Cichlids 'newb' method, of picking a couple of nice likely males, and then moving the definate females when they have bred and your sure you have a good mum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial-Cichlid Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 The best method, IMO, is Serial-Cichlids 'newb' method, I've never felt so noob in my life Daniel - over time you'll just be able to tell the sexes of electric yellows in your own tank by their behaviour. Although it isn't fullproof, I used the dorsal and anal fin method when breeders allow me to pick which ones I want. In my experience, I find out a few months later down the track that I have alot more females than males evident in the mouthfuls . I guess it's just something to go by when you don't really have a leg to stand on. HTH Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destrukshn Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 i can tell the different between my female and male because the dorsal and anal fins on the male are darker than the female? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serial-Cichlid Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 It's one of many things I look for to tell the 'difference' Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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