artemis1 wrote:

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delboybully, i beleive other then venting, the only way to sex convicts is by the belly/dorsal fin color.:)

I'm pretty sure that you can pick out a male by looking at it's dorsal fin. Males tend to have a dorsal fin that tapers away to a point, a lot of CA cichlids have this feature

Not that you can easily see...I've owned LOTS of convicts, and there was no significant difference other than the belly color.

Ok if your pink convicts have no belly colour then its just a wait and see game. If you have a male and a female you WILL have eggs, just gonna have to be there to watch them being laid to know which is which

Oh, I have only one, and for a reason!
It is a bit difficult to compare anything though with only one, hence I was asking. I would have liked a normal coloured one better originally, but this one's growing to me, always the first at the glass together with the Oscar, funny sight really. (I had to take one firemouth out again, so the convict went in there instead.)

Will see how it develops, just a bit afraid always a convict might try to breed with a different species, so I'm hoping for a male.

artemis1 wrote:

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Not that you can easily see...I've owned LOTS of convicts, and there was no significant difference other than the belly color.

Well that's how I've always done it and never been wrong yet. I've either been very lucky or I have an eye for it. Either way it doesn't matter really, that's just how I pick out a male