How can you tell what sex your fish are?

Question

They are Cichlids.

Answer 1

check out these sites, there are a lot of pics of males and females

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=801
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=134
http://www.african-cichlid.com/Lake_Malawi.htm
http://www.cichlidae.com/author.php?id=140

Hope these sites help you to define yours

Good luck



EB

Answer 2

It depends on the type of fish. Let us know what species you have. Sometimes it's very easy to tell the male from the female. Usually males are more colorful and have longer pointed fins though in some species it's near impossible to tell.

Answer 3

What sort of Cichlids? There are thousands of them world-wide and the answer would be different for each species.

Answer 4

Usually the males are more colorful but in some fish the female is the larger fish.

( gotta tell you a funny story)
We were visiting Louisiana where they serve some pretty exotic foods for us Georgia people--Jambalya, Boudin, Creole Chicken, etc.

We learned early to ask them to explain the dish before we ate it. So one night we were at some people's house and the lady of the home said, "Tonight we are having fish balls for dinner."

My mom looked shocked and asked "Fish have balls?"

Answer 5

I agree with PeeTee here, it's helpful and as a general rule of thumb, which I hate to put my neck out on, the males are usually more colorful, but at the same time, knowing what species you have is going to be what we need to give you an on target accurate answer.

JV

Answer 6

It would depense what type of fish it is, Give a name or a photo. And some fish are not sexable such as the angel fish

Answer 7

It depends on the species, but here is an article that helps you identify what sex different fish are.

Answer 8

welll the male cichlid always have alot of pretty colors and the male usually chase alot of other fish, and the female is just one color or some times ugly color

Answer 9

It depends upon the kind of fish you have. Mostly, the male fish are more "decorative" and pretty while the females are more plain.

Answer 10

depends on what kind they are i only know the difrence between electric yellow male electric yellow bakc bottom fins are all black but the female only have a black dot but also if you have 2 male one of them wont have the black fins at the back becuse its not dominent and will get killed for having black back fins

Answer 11

Usually on males there is a rod-like appendage sticking out of their bottoms. You need to look closeyl. The females don't have it.