Hello everyone. My 125g tank has now finished cycling :bday:. i've decided to go with american cichlids. Over the last week i've been looking at some nicaraguan cichlids at my LFS. The chap working there says that he has two that have formed a pair. Im not really conviced that he knows if they are male and female (in the past i rang to see if he had a male krib and he didnt know how to tell the difference). The male nicaraguan cichlid is 4 inches and the female is 3 1/2 inches (so say). I have read that when fully grown the male should be larger but at the stage they are now size irrelevant. They look identical apart from the size but he assures me they were taken out of the tank with others in after they paired off. Can someone tell me if there is a way to tell a male from a female that i can see visually or should i just trust my LFS.:help: