This is what a male should look like, my formerly owned compressep. It colored out very late, at 8+ inch.
Dimidiochromis Compressiceps sexing???
- Thread starter Pyluper
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When I bought my current compressep at 2 inch, it was the tank boss showing hyperactive color similar to the one in the video. But two weeks after setting in my tank, the color is gone along with fading hormone effect. I never like buying fish with hormone treatment, but wholesellers do it regularly with Haps nowadays. I once bought a hormone treated OB Victorian cichlid that showed hyperactive male color, only to lay eggs with another hap a few weeks later after hormone coloring effect faded away. I still hope that my current compressep is a male but I am not certain it is or it is a male that will never color up again due to hormone damage.
