young hap sp 44 colour ?

[manu]

Hey
just a quick question

when do hap sp#44 get their colour ?

i bought many times may 44 and they were all the same
looking like female ( grey )
when i buy them they are about 1inch tall, so the all look the same
any tips for me so i stop buying female since i want a litlle bit of colour: :lol:

[I3lazd]

I have one that is about 3" x 1" ans he is fully colored and looks like he has been for a while.

[deadman-1]

i would look for at that size, a darker face and egg spots that have an black orbit. i have spawnes them several times and the males at 1 inch cal already show the egg spots with the orbit.

[manu]

I3,
The thing is where and when i can get some they are a lot smaller than that :-(

Deadman,
For the eggspots, you dont mean the kinda black stripe along their body
I am not to sure what youre saying
sorry to let you know that i am french and some of the terms i dont get to good

(I'll try to look and figure out these details. When they are not to stressed :p )
Thanks for the info

[Jeff F.]

Egg spots are the round shapes on the anal fin. That's the fin on the botoom of the fish towards the back. Heres a good picture of one.... http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/files/imagecache/news/files/20071119_fishspots.jpg

[deadman-1]

thanks jeff.

[manu]

Excellent
I will look at this right now :-)

[manu]

ok then
i have 2 with these yellow eggs and 1 without
the one without is larger, so this mean it is a female, and the other 2 do have eggspot but nothing dark around it so far....
these 2 seems to be male
Thanks for the info :-)

[nick a]

http://www.cichlidforums.com/postimages/2009-04-01/253088-001.jpg

Look closely at this pic of juveniles/young adults. The fish in the center is a dominant male. See how the two egg spots are clearly defined with the dark border around them? That will sharpen with maturity. The fish in the upper right is a female. See how the single egg spot is vague--that and her basic coloration are clues to her sex. The fish in the lowe left appears to be a female also. The upper left is a sub dom male & I'd lean towards another subdom male in the lower right--but only time will tell for sure!

HTHs some.

[Dragonkeeper]

Mine started to color right about an inch. This is where breeding started as well if the conditions were good.

Excellent pic nick and a great description.

Keeper

[Bre]

You can sometimes go by the anal fin...This will be yellow on a lot of females and either more of a clear or coloring up anal fin on males. Sometimes you can also look at the dorsal fin...Females will often be round at the end and males will turn more into a point. These are not always 100% but can also be helpful in determining male from female.