African Cichlid Tank

[Living Color in PoCo]

How do I tell males from females?

[onefishtwofish]

deoends on what type/species of fish you are talking about.

[tony1928]

It depends on the species but a rule of thumb for most is that the dominant males will be colourful and the females normally pretty drab. Even if you have a few males together, the dominant one will be colourful and the subdominants will be drab looking too. So very hard to tell usually until adult too.

[Ladayen]

With african cichlids there are only a few species that you can tell just by looking at them. You will have to vent most of them. Try googling "venting cichlids" that should explain.