Jack dempsey sex? Male or female?

Male or female?

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duanes

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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..
 
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Jexnell

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