brendon Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 i have 5 acei and there around the 7-9cm mark but i cant tell the sex of them can anyone help me , how do i tell boy from girl ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR73 Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Are they the blue/yellow "Yellow Tail Msuli", or the dark coloured "White Tail Ngara"? Either way, pretty hard fish to sex as they're monomorphic. With Yellow Tails, males are generally the brighter colouration with a brighter purple/blue sheen, while the females have more of a blue/grey colour. With Acei in general, males fully grow to about an inch bigger than females. Generally with Mbuna you can sex the males with having eggspots on their anal fin, however the Acei females sometimes may have one or two eggspots just to confuse the heck out of us. However the males will have more and brighter eggspots. Having said all that, I've found the best way to sex my Acei is observing their behaviour. Males are definitely the more extrovert and you should notice them right away by doing most the chasing and "flaring up" at their ladies or other species intruding on their space. Females on the other hand are more sublime and just swim along with the others sedately and not harrassing anyone. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendon Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 thanks for the info , ive defintly got males , just dont no about females , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Vent them. There should be heaps on info on vent sexing cichlids in the FAQ section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 they aer terribly difficult to vent as females have such small eggs. i gave up trying as females i have had holding had vents i still looked at and thought huh!?!?!. only way i ever managed to sex these guys 100% accurate was to take out females that were holing and keep them separate. its painfully slow, and annoying to get rid of excess males but it works a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendon Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 none of my acei are displaying dominence or anything though, so i cant realy say if there is a male or not either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendon Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 i just went in to check on my fish and what do you no , one of the acei have a mouth full of eggs so there is definatly a male and female Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViS Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Being 7-9cm I'm surprised ALL of your females don't have mouthfuls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR73 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 none of my acei are displaying dominence or anything though, so i cant realy say if there is a male or not either ← So were they the Yellow Tail variety? Is one of your Acei at least, a brighter blue/purple sheen? I also would've thought at that size you'd surely see some chasing or fin displaying happening. Maybe if you study them intently for 4-5 hours straight, without blinking. At least you now know of one female! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.