New texas addition to my tank!!

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The angle in the 2nd pic seems to show a steep profile which is a male trait, and the unpaired fins come to points which "may" indicate male.
And females usually display a dark area in the dorsal, and blunt unpaired fin tips.
Here are a couple examples
male

female

When spawning, these color differences become obscure, below a pair with fry
 
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My Texas has a dark area on dorsal fin but all the other traits seem like a male. It even courts my female cichlids.
 
Haha cheers guys. Hope your all right about being a male. My festae chases him a bit but I think that will change once he settles in. I have heard they get pretty aggressive and are very interactive is this true from your experiences?
 
Hey guys my texas got bullied pretty bad by the smaller festae. I found him hiding in a corner. I have taken him out and put him in my four foot to recover. He is breathing really heavily and always looks on guard. There is a small jd and gt in the four foot. They were perfect until he came in so I know it's not the water. What could it be? Is he just stressed?
 
Whenever you ad a new cichlid to a tank with already established cichlids you are taking a chance that the most dominant cichlid (in your case the festae) in the tank will either outwardly kill, or kill by intimidation the new cichlid.
Intimidation (high stress) can cause the immune system of the new fish to quickly break down.
The resident cichlids have invested heavily in their territory, the new one is at a disadvantage. This is why adding cichlids piecemeal to a tank is always a bit of a gamble, and why it is best to ad all fish at once. Once territories are established it is very hard to change things.
 
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So do you think he will recover in the four foot with the jd or should I put him in my sump that has a spare chamber so he is on his own?
 
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