[ralph]

I have 2 electric blues. Im unsure of the sexing of one them. How can I tell?[/b][/list]

 

[Lupin]

What species are they?:question: I was thinking they could be cichlids.:squint:

 

[ralph]

There cichlids and there from lake malawi :?

 

[Lupin]

There cichlids and there from lake malawi :?

Off it goes to the Cichlids section then.:mrgreen: I'm not sure if these are mouthbrooders as I do not have much knowledge with Lake Malawian cichlids however one thing I can tell you is that males are generally bigger and have egg spots on their anal fins.

 

[arney]

hi ok with electric blues i have found as i bred them heeps the males are very light at young and feamails dark.i hope that helps u out

 

[j.c fishfan]

I dont think that is a very accurate way of sexing them as i have had many of them as young and this is how i sex them.

Young male:Seems to have a blue sheen to him.
Young female:doesnt have blue sheen
Adult male:Bright blue colouring with red fins and a strip of white on the top fin.
Adult female:NO colouring just a plain brown.

HTH

Jamie

 

[sxcsamman]

yep agree with above post
adult male bright blue
adult female grayish colour hold up heres a pic of my adult female blue (cant find a pic of my males) sorry for bad foto quality

 

[SinisterKisses]

Depends entirely upon exactly which species we're talking about. I can think of at least 5 or 6 Lake Malawi cichlid species that commonly go by "electric blue".