Starting to wonder if this is really a female

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Well, I found a nice bubblenest behind the filter during a water change and it's super sticky. It's better then most of my boys. And I started thinking. This fish has never shown bars, I haven't found an ovipositor, it's super aggressive (even took a glowlight's little eyeball :-( ), and has really nice colors. I originally bought it because I thought it might have been a male, but then I never really checked that closely :*)

I appologize for water spots, I was doing a water change.

The nest!
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The victim :(
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Mmmm, plant blooms :rolleyes: See, no ovipositor?
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Tried the mirror, "it" didn't like that too much
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This is pretty much how the other tank mates are 24/7. I feel bad :/
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Dancin for food :wub:
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Also, what color is he/she? She's like this green/yellow/brown chocolatly mustard gas thing :D And very pearlescent.
 
I think it IS a male mg plakat :look:

Somehow, after having a thousand plakat fry I have developed the knack to sex them by lookng at their faces, and I'm 98% positive that is a male. That might explain your poor victims :look:
 
:blink: I wonder if if him and that female got it on? That nest sure was sticky...

Cool! He'll be coming out of that tank tonight :D even though he really seems to enjoy torturing the other fish...
 

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