Blue dolphins

I picked up some blue dolphin juviniles and was wondering ,,, some have red anal fins ,,, does this mean anything,,ie..sex? how do i sex these ?

Hey Aaron,

I sent you a PM last night regarding this question.

The red tail should be fine. I took a look at my fry and some have yellow to an orange-red tail. Many sites state that the fry have a yellow tail, and some even mention the tail can be orange to red (Not sure if this is a way to determine sex, but the tail will eventually turn blue once the rest of the body turns blue; around 2 inches).

Keep us updated with their progress!!!

Wanted to post another update.

I checked my fry again. A few have a sharp-red color to their tail (as opposed to the common yellow coloring). However, in my larger fry, the red seems to be receeding and the anal-fin is turning a translucent blue. I hope this is a sign that they will start turning blue!!!!!

I have never gotten any blue dolphins.... I have some lil' guys now in my new mixed tank..... Are they super aggressive??? Anyone with exp, please answer.

Blue Dolphins (cyrtocara moorii) are one of the most peaceful Hap cichlids.

They usually do well in a peacock/hap tank.

Moori are peaceful. Males have a bigger hump on the head. I got 15 of em @ 2.5" size.

I need a bigger Mix tank, looking to get a few of the Blue dolphins. some odd reason I like them....

I keep mine in a 240g species only tank. there are 17 females and 3 males. Once they start breeding they keep cranking out the fry, I've got 4 tanks full of their fry right now. Yes the little guys have a bit of yellow/red on their anal fin and it fades with age.
They are pretty docile, need silica sand to sift through and really don't need much for decor.
Males fins are more pointed than females. There are more ways to look and see but that's the easiest one to describe.
My largest 3 are a good 9"

wheres the f*ing pics

I can find some bad pics. There is no getting good pics of them in that tank, its an acrylic that is all scratched and crazed, but it was cheap!

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How about an older video

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Gosu wrote:wheres the f*ing pics

Your sweet

i try, very lovable arent i

They have gotten big Fern !!! hmm, now you got me thinking about them again !

I've got 30+ that are near shipping size, I'm now raising the fry in the tanks sump because they grow 3x faster in there!

Fern wrote:I've got 30+ that are near shipping size, I'm now raising the fry in the tanks sump because they grow 3x faster in there!

Awesome to see you getting some use out of the sump... that is other than the boat load of plants you got in there!! Ferns got a great sump setup everyone

I do need to get some pics of that monstrosity up here.....
I was just thinking to myself today that I need to get another 8 foot long tank just so I can build another sump I love that thing!

Fern, how much you selling you fries for? PM me price if you want....