johnwilly1000 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 these are in order from smallest size to largest, 8cm to 13cm. thanks for ur help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poi55n Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 id say 1,2and4 are females and3,5 are males.. what age are they?14months or near abouts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidbreeder Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 id say 1,2and4 are females and3,5 are males.. I agree with poi55n HTH Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk21 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 1 and 2 fems for sure 3 male 4 the jury is still out 5 male wayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwilly1000 Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 i've had them for about 9months now since they were about an inch. My #3 from the pics is the only one oddly shaped (very rounded). How come u guys chose 1,2,4 to be females and 3,5 to be males. can u please tell me what made u come up with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 I am no fronty expert but I would say head shape is their guide. I wouldn't take any of it as gospel though, I have seen some pretty male looking girls. You should try your hand at vent sexing them. There are lots of articles with good pictures to guide you, and fronties are comparitively easy to vent, gievn their size, compared to alot of the mbuna I vent. Another question for the frontie experts. What is with the front bar stopping at the eye? Should it extend all the way up? Most of the young 7 bars I see have their bars like these pics, but the big adults all seem to have a full bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.d.m Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 i think the only male is 3 ,but this is a guess because the hump should be quite pronounced at 12mths old ,have you got any "humpy" males in with them? if not you may even have 5 females, and yes ducksta all mine have the front stripe going all the way through the eye and joining the other side. johnwilly the yellow dorsal is interesting are these a particular geographic type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 6.5 bar fronties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 I aint no expert either so I wasnt going to say anything but I reckon the last fish is a female too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burek Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 6.5 bar fronties? ← Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwilly1000 Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 these are all the fronnies i have. and about the yellow i think the guy told me months ago that 7bar kigoma usually get this that s y i chose this over the burundi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Head and fins is the guess from pic's. Only male i see is No 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypo Zebra Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 At that age sexing still difficult. By the pics they look like very good quality 7 bar kigoma. Stripe through eye in kigoma does not extend over the head, those fish are perfect specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrontyKing Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I'm with Hypo on this one. Way too young to sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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