Jack dempsey sex? Male or female?

[duanes]

Monstaman
I agree yours is not a female JD, my guess is, it may be part JD, but most likely, its a hybrid.
And people wonder why I rail against the creation of hybrids all the time.
If you like it its fine, but if you expected a JD well........
The store may have nbeen told its a JD too..

 

[duanes]

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I agree its not a female JD, my guess is, it may be part JD, but its probably a hybrid.
And people wonder why I rail against the creation of hybrids all the time.
If you like it its fine, but if you expected a JD well........

 

[Jexnell]

Like duanes said, that is not a JD, it may be a JD cross, but looks more like a Texas cichlid to me.

 

[duanes]

Here are some real JDs in a Cenote in Mexico
Eden2

 

[MonstaMan]

Great!! I mean I love the look of the fish ect.. but a hybrid isn't what i wanted and certainly not something I want to use for a breeding project. If may have to be a case of rehoming this guy and starting again

 

[MonstaMan]

Here are some real JDs in a Cenote in Mexico
Eden2

Brilliant link for that video by the way it' great seeing them in the wild

 

[Jexnell]

The easiest way is to get 6 juvenile JDs, and let nature take its course. It's a bit harder sometimes to get older fish to pair up without at times bad outcomes.

In the case of my EBJD he had a female was doing his thing and no luck. I gave him to Yankyjack and he has a mess of JDs, so he got to pick a girl and breed in days.

I also had a male and female convicts breed 10 days after I got them out of a tank with 20 other cons in it. Each cichlid is individual and you could get that male and go thru 1 to who knows how many females before you get some breeders.

 

[MonstaMan]

The easiest way is to get 6 juvenile JDs, and let nature take its course. It's a bit harder sometimes to get older fish to pair up without at times bad outcomes.

In the case of my EBJD he had a female was doing his thing and no luck. I gave him to Yankyjack and he has a mess of JDs, so he got to pick a girl and breed in days.

I also had a male and female convicts breed 10 days after I got them out of a tank with 20 other cons in it. Each cichlid is individual and you could get that male and go thru 1 to who knows how many females before you get some breeders.

That's a mich better idea I think to be honest and may be the way I go.. i see the thread of Yankyjacks with the breeding and the fry it looks like a amazing project good luck to both of you guys

 

[Jonswaggoner]

Looks male to me, female's get a blue beard like in this pic, see the skin itself turns blue.
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Would this JD be a female?

 

[Jexnell]

Would this JD be a female?

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It's kinda hard to say by this pic, there is a smidge of blue on the first gill plate, not the full on beards I am used to seeing. Have and more pictures.