Festae pairing(bigger female)

[Ryan144]

I have a group of 7 festae that I have growing out in hopes of getting a pair or 2. Unfortunately, it seems like all of them are male except for 1. What makes it worse, is that the female is bigger and meaner than the rest by a pretty significant margin. She is roughly 4.5 inches in length with the biggest male being around 4 inches. Should I wait it out and hope she accepts one of the males? or should I start looking at finding a bigger male/or more females before they get too big?

 

[newworld]

Keep them together and let them pair off…

 

[Roger Mcfish]

I agree with above, don't move any of them. Even the removal of one male can cause a catastrophic aggression event. I'm sure there's a rank list for them and the female will pick the best one for herself to pair with.
Yes, females can get quite nastier than the males. I had a group of 10, and similar situation had 2 females that were bigger than the males and definitely showed the males who the bosses were!

 

[HUKIT]

The handful of times I’ve kept and bred them the female was always larger than the males. The females growth rate would slow down after they started to spawn which allowed the males to outgrow them.