I guess his hormones have made it flare up more the past couple of days or something. Like I said, it looks bigger in person. Regardless, I like the fish (and have had him for a couple of years now) so I'm not going to part with him over it. I was hoping there was some simple solution such as decreasing a type of food I give or something to make it get smaller again. Oh well.
Lol, thanks, but they're staying with me! Even if his stupid hump gets bigger. I picked the male up as a sub adult a little over 2 years ago at a fish club auction for $3. My local club in TX was full of African cichlid people, no one wanted a CA cichlid.