Is this Dovii too young to sex ?

[Dilema]

Having a walk round my LFS today, i saw this. It's around 4", is it still too young to sex ?

Took a few pictures on my phone, so they are not great.

 

[danny2875]

I see the start of some freckling on its flanks. Looks like a male but give it some time.

 

[NWatson]

Female.

 

[Freshwaterpredators]

Female.

^^ +1

 

[karak]

Looks like my female did at that size

 

[Dilema]

Thanks !

Was hoping male, i had nearly convinced the wife that we needed a Huge single fish tank

 

[surfpalmsncycads]

female.

 

[Dilema]

It's still there, and i am resisting the urge...... For now !

Does everryone still think it looks female ? It does seem to have more speckling than before.

 

[dreysthename]

resist the urge. definitely not an impulse buy type of fish. this isn't just another one of those cichlids you can throw in one of your already established tanks and "grow out" until you get your tax returns to buy it its own 125

 

[Dilema]

resist the urge. definitely not an impulse buy type of fish. this isn't just another one of those cichlids you can throw in one of your already established tanks and "grow out" until you get your tax returns to buy it its own 125

Yeh i know... It wont be purely an impulse buy, it's something i have been looking to get for a long while, and i have a 180 on the way that has nothing to go into it yet