Need help sexing these Jack Dempseys..

[darklunar]

http://h1.ripway.com/darklunar/Photo0006.jpg Both of them


http://h1.ripway.com/darklunar/Photo0007.jpg Fish 1


http://h1.ripway.com/darklunar/Photo0009.jpg Fish 2

I have two Jack Dempseys and just have no idea if they are female or male. I want to breed them if possible.

[Oscar_freak12321]

Photos aren't showing...could you try a different way to post? i.e. embedding or attaching?

[ILuvMyGoldBarb]

Can't tell anything from the first one. Second picture is definitely a female.

On males, the blue speckling on the face stays as speckles, for females it begins to run together as blotches in the manner seen in your second picture. It used to be much easier to sex them simply by looking at the dorsal fins, however with the advent of foods containing hormones, this distinction has mostly disappeared in mature fish.