Triple Red Cac's husbandry, pictures

[Peregrine]

I recently acquired a pair of cac's from a breeder. I was looking in the species profiles on triple reds and I was wondering what kind of quality these specimens are. From what I've gathered so far I think my female is pretty good while my male is decent. Tell me what you think though. They're still pretty young,

Male and female (female is in good focus)

Male

 

[pjvtrash]

Sorry to say that it looks like two young males to me.

 

[ste12000]

Welcome to the forum, this place is awash with knowlegable dwarf cichlid keepers..They are all busy so you will have to do with me

You fish look superb, They have a good shape,fins are all there and in good condition and are a good size considering they have came from a breeder. He must have had them for ages. I am not a fish judge or even a apisto expert but these fish look absolutly fine, the main thing is that you are happy with them, after all its you thats got to look at them all day, could be two young males
...Goodluck.

 

[tato]

I think like pjvtrash that they are two males.
Regards

 

[Peregrine]

Really looks like two males? I've been watching their behavior for a while now and the smaller one (the one I think/thought is a female) gets in front of the male and twitches. She then swims to her cave that she's been cleaning and guards like crazy. It seems like she's trying to lure the male into the cave. Would it be normal for a smaller male to display like that to a larger male? Here is another picture of the (hopefully) female.

That is her cave!

Here is a picture of the female in the middle of doing the twitching dance she does in front of the male. Unfortunately he seems to be ignoring her.

 

[Peregrine]

Hmmm, all my pictures are gone. Can't really see the fish without pictures. Here is a link to all the pictures I've taken so far.

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/elmork/Aquarium/?

The best pictures with some commentary.

http://www.aquaria.info/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=67826

I really hope I don't have two males.

 

[beleg]

Looks like 2 males to me..

 

[Mike Wise]

In many of the domestic highly colorful strains, the females look very much like young males. Often behavior is the only way to sex them. It is possible that you have a female. Time will tell.

 

[donaldscichlids]

Hi, I want to know more about the females that look like young males. I think that i have the same issue??? I have what i though were some female cac/ butthey do look like young males with faded colorings. How long will it take for them to grow out?