Jewel Cichlid

[cascadingwaters]

Hey everyone. A local college here has been doing a study on diet involving jewel cichlids. In a nut shell they are trying soy based foods, instead of I believe fish meal. Either way, they are rehoming over 200 cichlids and I may be adopting one. I told the lady I wanted a female and she sent me a picture of a very brightly colored fish. Are females normally more brightly colored than the males? Thanks!

 

[trapidz]

where you based i could take a load?

 

[fluttermoth]

Jewel cichlids are quite hard to sex. The females are as bright as the males. You need to take a close look at the 'corners' of the dorsal and anal fins; in males those will be pointed, while in females they'll be rounded.

There's no difference in aggression between the sexes; they both just as bad as each other...

 

[cascadingwaters]

Thank you fluttermoth!

I am located in Leland NC, the school is UNCW in Wilimington, NC.

 

[fluttermoth]

Just checking; you're not going to put it in your five gallon with your phantoms, are you?