Where Do I Get Help For Identifying Jack Demsey Gender?

[Skal]

Where do I find in this forum help for Identifying jack demsey gender

 

[Essjay]

The New World Cichlid section is where you need to go.

 

[fishprotector]

You got any pictures?

 

[Skal]

Okay thanks I'll go there

@ Fish protector I don't have any but I'll take some pictures and post them as soon as possible.

 

[Skal]

https/plus.google.com/photos/110206418728009014183/albums/5783992255791509425/5783992254240746754#photos/110206418728009014183/albums/5783992255791509425/5783992254240746754

Here is the pictures link. all help is apprieciated thank you

 

[Dieses Madchen]

They are too fuzzy to tell.

 

[Skal]

How are some ways to tell That they are at least different genders?

 

[Dieses Madchen]

The female will have more bluing on her gill plate and will generally be smaller. Her body coloration will sometime be duller. The male is very vibrant and has less blue on his face. If you check the link I posted and look at the colorations on the male and females face, you will definitely see the difference.

I saw that you have two jack and two oscars. How big is your tank?

 

[Skal]

They are in a 20 but I will soon put them in a already setup 75 gallon

 

[Dieses Madchen]

A 75g tank will not be big enough for 2 oscars and 2 Jack Dempseys. 1 full grown oscar alone needs at least a 75g. To house all those fish together as adults, you would need a 6-8ft tank

 

[Skal]

I think I will have to disagree with you on that.

I have had over a hundred fish in ten gallon. Even with this many fish in a tank they all lived happily and I never had any problems with crowding but I had to clean it a lot.

 

[Dieses Madchen]

A full grown male jack dempsey can top out at 8 inches. Oscars can grow 12-13 inches. Keeping them in a small tank that is not suitable for their size not only will lead to territory issues, but can also stunt said large fish. I'm sorry if you feel inclined to disagree, but as someone who has owned oscars, and breeds jack dempseys, I'm afraid that you are going to run into problems.

 

[Skal]

Of course these fish are much bigger but, I don't think I will regret my decision of tank mates and tank size.

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Suit yourself

 

[Skal]

True you are correct but have you ever had this number of oscars and dempseys in a tank before?