Possible Dovii tankmates?

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Somehow I missed the second page or the thread when I made my last reply. It really would be cool to see the symbiotic relationship with the nics and some fry. My original plan was male dovii only. If I tried tank mates it would be an either or situation. A female dovii or a small group of fish that might be tolerated, but not both. I thought the absence of a female might up the chances of having something else work out. As much as I like having breeding pairs, I don't think I want a female. There are enough dovii in the world, and I really don't like the idea of trying to do tank maintenance with a couple of killers in it. I may get some nics grow them out and decide later.
 

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Could try a lake Nicaraguan biotope with dovii and juvenile bullsharks
LOL! I do live on a pretty big lot on the northern gulf coast. I could excavate about .5 acres and collect my own sharks, or I could slip the stock into a nearby private pond. I don't think the neighbors would mind.
 

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I thought about possibly red hooks. I can get them locally and who doesn't like a nice group of SD. They don't really fit the CA biotype, but I could call it a south Florida biotype.


Thanks for the suggestions. Most of them sound very cool to me, but are a little larger and more aggressive than what I had in mind. If this build works out, I may try a second larger one and you got some good candidates for it there.
how many gallons will the plywood tank be???

Could try a lake Nicaraguan biotope with dovii and juvenile bullsharks
LMFAOOOO!!!!!! You ididiot hahaha
 

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how many gallons will the plywood tank be???


LMFAOOOO!!!!!! You ididiot hahaha
Hey Frank, If the current project goes well I may just do a second 470g. If I get really ambitious I may try and do something in the 1000g range, maybe 12'x5'x30". I would have to build an outbuilding for all my normal garage stuff first.
 

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Hey Frank, If the current project goes well I may just do a second 470g. If I get really ambitious I may try and do something in the 1000g range, maybe 12'x5'x30". I would have to build an outbuilding for all my normal garage stuff first.
IDK about the other large aggressive male Cichlids I mentioned, but you can certainly try some of the other options in a 470g like big armred catfish - a Giant Raphael would be perfect, and you could do a Mata mata in that as well. I have also found that in a large tank, Channel catfish are so active and high-energy nothing seems to want to bother them for long. I think a Stingray would be a wonderful addition at that size tank also, it's just that ******* barb......I'd worry more about my Dovii than the Stingray.

I bet he'd totally leave Gars alone.....you could catch your own locally, quarantine and treat for pathogens,, and put a few in w/ him and see how it goes. Aim for Gars in the 24" range.....I used to catch them on Bass shiners in the St. John's River whenever I was in FL - all you gotta do is find some and then dangle a minnow in front of them and be patient.
 

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I think the red hooks would do well, they are big enough to not be a snack, fast, hardy, can school quite well and there r ferocious feeders.
 
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