When do Dovii's start to get real aggressive?

[Mudfrog]

Female for sure.

As for shyness, is there a lot of traffic walking by the tank? IE Frequent walking can promote hiding. Try dropping in a few .75" fish and see if she eats them, do it regualry to see if she comes out. Feeder shrimps will get her juices going.

It starting to come out a little bit more, usually if the lights are dim though. I've put rosies in with it before and it devours them.

 

[MDH]

My vote is still male.

 

[Mudfrog]

I think it's a male too, been looking at a lot of the pics of females and they don't seem to have much color aside from the yellow. This little guy is starting to color up fairly nice.

 

[Ryan25]

yeah, now that I really look at it. i would say male.

 

[Opiate]

nice dovii dude! looks male to me to!

 

[teguc1]

then it is female. The fish on the 2nd page is really washed out. My female is pretty active, and she started pumpin out eggs at about 5". Currently have a batch waiting to hatch. Get a couple small males then a bigger tank. Breeding colors are awesome.

 

[Mudfrog]

I'm still thinking it's a male now.. I took this pic last night which shows decent color and I think I can see a hump starting to form on the head. Don't know what it should look like so it could just be my imagination..

 

[longaniza]

as soon as they established themselves a dominant in the tank and claims a spot...

 

[MonsterFishKeeper2007]

Well yes you do in fact have a male dovii. Most likely you will know its a male because of the hump forming on its forehead. And of its showing of a greenish/blueish color on its sides of the gills and or on the facial area

 

[Mystix212]

May turn into a male. But my 2.5" female con has a bit of a hump. Rivals my males.