Aggressive tank

[Rodders02]

Hi everyone I'm new to this forum but I'm thinking of getting an aggressive tank. Considering a 6x2x2 180gal with 1. dovii male 2. festae pair, Jardini, jag male and Midas (also hoping a pleco will work for the tanks). Or a 4x2x2 with 1. festae pair
2. Jag pair 3. Cuban pair 4. Rd or midas. I'm into the really aggressive predatory big Americans. Anyone have any other suggestions or opinions?

Cheers, Tom

 

[HumanBean]

Welcome to the MFK.

Will this be your first tank with aggressive cichlids ?

 

[Rodders02]

Welcome to the MFK.

Will this be your first tank with aggressive cichlids ?

Yeah it will. Cheers for the quick reply!

 

[Evz jardini]

You'll be lucky if you can get a jardini to live with one of those cichlids let alone a list , ive had a jag and jardini long term but my jag took lots of beatings over time and turned out to be one tuff contender. Some jardini are more passive than others but most won't share tankspace with anything that poses a threat to them or occupies the same swimming space .
As for the cichlid side of things you'll probably have to swap and change a few once they become dominate untill you find some sort of balance and pecking order is established, dovii dont mix well once 10"+ and get very big so you may want to think about that choice especially male

 

[HumanBean]

The cichlids mentioned in the post are all aggressive and predatory. Keeping them in one tank is not advisable because they will try to establish the territory and that's where problem will start. For a 180 I would say a pair of either Dovii or Jag to start and grow out that's it. More FSH means essentially floaters or fish which are swimming upside down

 

[convict360]

I could see the Dovii going on a murderous spree in there...a possible option could be to work around a big male Midas, justarn used to have a great show male

 

[Rodders02]

I could see the Dovii going on a murderous spree in there...a possible option could be to work around a big male Midas, justarn used to have a great show male

The cichlids mentioned in the post are all aggressive and predatory. Keeping them in one tank is not advisable because they will try to establish the territory and that's where problem will start. For a 180 I would say a pair of either Dovii or Jag to start and grow out that's it. More FSH means essentially floaters or fish which are swimming upside down

You'll be lucky if you can get a jardini to live with one of those cichlids let alone a list , ive had a jag and jardini long term but my jag took lots of beatings over time and turned out to be one tuff contender. Some jardini are more passive than others but most won't share tankspace with anything that poses a threat to them or occupies the same swimming space .
As for the cichlid side of things you'll probably have to swap and change a few once they become dominate untill you find some sort of balance and pecking order is established, dovii dont mix well once 10"+ and get very big so you may want to think about that choice especially male

Oh yeah I didn't mean for them all to go in one tank I meant for the 6' either the male dovii on its own or the others together. Cheers for the quick replies though.
Tom

 

[Rocksor]

If you want to commune aggressive fish, do not do any pairs. Just stick with an all male tank to increase your chances of success. Also, have another tank ready for any of the fish that take a serious beating and need a chance to heal.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

That tank is nowhere near big enough for a dovii.

 

[tobegr]

I have my dovii, red devil, beani, istlanum, motaguense,indonesian tigerfish and four umbees living together in 5'x2'x2'
They are still juvenile though, the biggest one is the 7 inches male umbee