I've been a little preoccupied with my discus but managed to get a few pics of my jack dempsey (I think it is female but could be worng)

Nice, how old/ big is she (he)??

This post has been edited by rossyt99: May 29 2008, 08:13 AM

If anyone know for sure if this is a he or she, let me know.

I don't know how old she is, I got her a few months ago. She is about 5" right now and seems to be getting along really well with the oscar.

Looks like a female to me, has gill spangling all the way to the bottom of the jaw and hasn't got as many dots along the flanks. Though I'm not really a JD person but thats just what I've read from the net.

100% def female... due to what shroob mentioned. If you can get a better pic of the fins too then you can tell from the anal and dorsal fin tips. On a male, they are very pointy and long while a female as shorter tips

Very nice fish as well. Always love to see pics of other JD's. My fav cichlid

5" is prob about 10 to 14 months old, depending on how much and the quality of food that is being fed. A female should only get to about 6 or 7 inches with the male maxing at ~8. Since they do most of their growing in the first year, year and a half, thats why I say right around the year old mark

Thanks guys, I thought it was a female too. She does not have long pointy fins. I've only had her since she was about 3.5-4" so I don't know how she was taken care of prior to that. I thought she was pretty nice looking in the store, that's why I got her!