Telling the difference between male and female jack Dempsey, Cichlid can sometimes be difficult. Male Jack, Dempsey Cichlid is going to have a lot more coloration and be a larger fish in size. The dorsal and anal fins are going to be a lot longer on male jack Dempsey fish. It’s very hard to tell the difference between male and female sexing until the fish are mature and adults.

Oven. I’ll jack Dempsey Cichlid’s are very hard to sex. If you’re trying to breed Jack Dempsey, Cichlid, fish maybe reconsider. These are aggressive, cichlids and don’t have a lot of people buying this fish. Fish stores have a hard time getting rid of cichlids like this and I don’t feel it’s necessary to try to breed these to populate more of them.