I had my share of bland dovii.. my LFS gets them in at 2-3" for $4.99. I went through several there. I got an awesome female from there but the male I had at 5.5" was still real bland. A freak accident wiped out that tank (now my wife knows not to let the kids clean the glass). This time I wanted a really nice male Dovii. This guy came from Jeff Rapps at TUIC, it's an F1. I couldn't be happier with him, they blew my expectations away.