If the anus and ventral opening are the same sizes it is male. Females stay considerably smaller only 2 to 3 inches in length.
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The males are usually bigger more elongated and when they are ready to breed they are much brighter than females and turn slightly blueish.
Yellow cichlid fish male female. It is relatively straightforward to distinguish male from female yellow lab cichlids. Through your magnifying glass and with the help of your light look at the two spots just above the anal fin. For a yellow lab cichlid it takes 6 months to become fertile.
Those spots represent the anus and vent. Dec 1 2018. Yellow lab cichlids breed very easily.
Does it dig pits and clai m territory around other fish. Looks like a female. But the analfin has egg spots and i thought males only have those.
They are ready to reproduce when they are 6 months old and about 1 5 inches in length. At that point they reach the size of approximately 1 5 inches and they can breed at any time. In an ideal aquarium the male to female ratio should be 1.
How to breed yellow cichlid. Hi all is the cichlid a male or female. If the ventral opening is larger than the anus it is also female.
However if you keep them with fellow yellow lab cichlids it has to be in a ratio of 1 male to at least 2 females. Still other cichlid males develop what are known as egg spots on their anal fins. If both are the same size you have a male cichlid.
The male is the bigger of the species topping out at 4 to 5 inches long when he s fully grown. Keep his head in the water. I have 6 more too i ll be posting pics of lol.
I tried to check the vent. Electric yellow cichlid male or female. As they get bigger one day you are going to notice that the male is busy digging in the sand creating a pit where the female can place her eggs.
If both are different sizes you have a female electric yellow cichlid. Considered dwarf cichlids the electric yellow cichlid rarely reaches lengths exceeding 5 inches. This unique adaptation present in east african haplochromine cichlids is thought to represent male quality and may assist cichlids to attract a female according to oklahoma state university.
After the fry hatch the female fish has protected its fry. Female fish incubate the eggs in the mouth for about 3 weeks. Striping if present may occur on both male and female fish.
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