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weighates  Hobbyist Posts: 56 Kudos: 44 Votes: 1 Registered: 20-Jun-2005   | Hi all I was just wondering what is a good way to tell what sex my convicts are. THanks, Chris PS- Pics would be nice |
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riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005 | Its really easy the males are bigger most of the time and have a big bump on its head the female dosen't have a bump but she has ornge scales on the side of her body. and sorry about the pics not a premium member. |
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bettachris   Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/convict.xm according to the profiles, big hump on males, and orange fins on female. |
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| Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004  | Females have a lot of orange in their stomachs. Males will have some, but females have a lot. Males are bigger too. |
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| weighates Hobbyist Posts: 56 Kudos: 44 Votes: 1 Registered: 20-Jun-2005 | 1 is alot smaller than the other but there is no oj on any of them. 1 has a big bump the other 1 seems to have a really small bump. Are they both males??? |
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| sumthin_fishy Enthusiast Posts: 237 Kudos: 314 Votes: 16 Registered: 13-Aug-2004  | is the smaller one the one with the smaller hump? i remember there was a post on this a few weeks ago and someone said females can color up at a young age so you may possibly have to males. what size are they? do a google on them and you will be able to see the difference in sex quite easily |
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| angeleel Fish Addict Posts: 561 Kudos: 472 Votes: 61 Registered: 08-Feb-2005   | I would go to your Local LFS and look at there tanks of convicts and take a look at the bellys of the fish. At the age they are there you should see the diffrence. Look at them for a bit, even take a pic if you can. Go home at look at your see if they are the same. I'll try to get pics here hold on.http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/raising_baby_fish_2.htmThe second fish on this page is a female notice the orange scales on her stomach.They can also have darker and more of the color. and male... is the 3rd picture, top fish. No orange scales. I hope this helps. Angel Eel Last edited by angeleel at 15-Aug-2005 15:27 |
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| LOACHESRCOOL Enthusiast Posts: 206 Kudos: 215 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Apr-2005 | Ditto^^^ the males should have a noticeably larger bump. i noticed my male to be the aggressor to Last edited by LOACHESRCOOL at 15-Aug-2005 20:24 |
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| Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004 | Both male and female are agressive...have you seen a breeding pair of convicts?...let alone 2 pairs in a 10 gallon tank at an lfs  ...all hell breaks lose...there are 3 breeding pairs in a tank at one of the lfs's around here...they have 3 odd fish out pinned behind a filter, 1 pair is in a cave the others 1 in front of it and one behind it...it's a non stop brawl between the pairs...the females will fight and the males will intervene and start fighting...very agressive when breeding (both sexes). |
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| LOACHESRCOOL Enthusiast Posts: 206 Kudos: 215 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Apr-2005 | yes i used to have a breeding pair of convicts.they were EXTREMELY agressive they would start flaring if i walked up to the tank.i had cories in the with them for a while i was STUPID back then  |
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| madwill Hobbyist Posts: 110 Kudos: 92 Registered: 10-Oct-2004 | i have a mating pair of convicts and the male has -large hump and -longer fins females have -orange on stomach -little or no hump -smaller than male -shorter fins |
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| JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005 | With the rate convicts breed, the easiest way to tell is to find which one lays and sticks close to the eggs. |
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