Green terror question

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Ive had this guy for almost 2 yrs now and when i first bought him he had a nice litlle nuchal hump he was about 2ins. long. It went away shortly after bringing him home. In these pics hes now about 10ins. And still no hump. He was in a 60 gal until about a month ago now in a 75. I ran a fluval 306 canister and a 350 biowheel on the 60 gal and now with the 75 gal i added a aquaclear110. And doing 50% to 75% water change weekly. Also i feed him hikari cixhlid gold, and a few times a week cleaned earthworms, bloodworms , and emeralds entree. So what is going on is it female possibly? Or just not good genetics maybe?

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Ok maybe i will try to add a female for him. It is a male though correct?
 

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Also i will probably have to buy a small juvenile female not sure if i can find a mature one in my area. Is there a way too distinguish a juvenile male and female apart?
 

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Getting a female too small will only get you a beaten up female who doesn't want to breed. You could also get unlucky and end up getting a small male showing female colors.

Don't jinx it and try a pairing just so that it will have a hump. Your male could lose its nice finnage during courtship and chasing.

Nice male BTW.
 
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I agree with the others, that dominance, may be the problem, humps are not permanent features like bones, they are liquid and fat filled sacs that react to external and pschyological forces (at least in legitimate cichlids).
And like Rocksor said, adding just one female might be a negative, and cause for battle.
I'd add 3 smaller females, and expect a little collateral damage.
Of course the end result might end up in hundreds of fry being produced, and then the aftermath of how to deal with that problem.
Ask yourself if wanting a hump is worth it
 

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I also agree with what’s been said. It’s a dominance thing but not necessarily always worth trying to bring it out. It’s a decision you’d have to think over and make.

This was my male 5 months ago when he had two females in with him. Aggression eventually hit an all time high and he developed hith from the stress. Thankfully it was caught early so it didn’t leave any lasting damage.
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And this is him today. His hump has gone down significantly. But.... I think that’s a small price to pay for a healthy fish.
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Not a GT, but my Sagittae did the same thing. Started to develop a nice little hump when was with other Sagittae. After he killed them off his hump has shrunk to almost gone altogether.

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His little hump

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The hump has declined to non existence ever since he has been alone in his tank.
 
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