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him/her?
him/her?
Pseudotropheus acei
this is doty, thought it was a female not so sure now, what do you think?
posted by: mo beats

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Nov 19th, 2009
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s m » posted 2009/11/19 02:40 am
Hard to tell with the acei's. By the fins I would say male. (?)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1460
Mark & Kathy Lindamood » posted 2009/11/19 02:41 am
mo beats » posted 2009/11/19 02:43 am  
thanks Sandy, what do you think about this one, he/she is about 2 1/2 in
mo beats » posted 2009/11/19 02:46 am  
i always buy juvies, cant ever tell with these, its the 5th one i got trying to get females, they always turn out being males
s m » posted 2009/11/19 02:52 am  
Looking better @ that site if I were to bet I would have to say female. (but I wouldn't bet the house lol) I say that because the dorsal is rounded and not very long. The male pics seem to have dorsals that extend out to the tail fin. Check it out and see what you think
mo beats » posted 2009/11/19 03:00 am  
thats whai i noticed first, the dorsal fin is to the tail now and shes losing the yellow on top, i just dont have any luck with them, gonna have to buy adults i guess
tony henderson » posted 2009/11/19 04:55 am
Roger Hopper (m) » posted 2009/11/19 08:06 am
bip_ 4u (m) » posted 2009/11/19 10:52 am
Mo they are so hard to tell apart. I still have trouble sometimes telling Lily (my female) from her son who is the same size. I don't think you can tell by pointed or non pointed fins for acei though. My large male has really short rounded fins, and my female has short, but more pointed fins. I did notice one thing, my female's dorsal is all yellow, where as my males, the yellow is only towards the end of it. Here are some links to my male and female so you can compare...My male is around 6" and my female is about 4.5".
Male...

http://www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/Purple_Haze_Feeling_Frisky.html

Female...

http://www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/Purple_Haze_and_Lily.html

Hope it helps.
dennis chiong maya » posted 2009/11/19 02:18 pm
Richard Lima » posted 2009/11/19 04:41 pm
Nice

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