Jag/Butti mix

[screaminleeman]

well you must have one rare bluegill because my dovii has killed one after another. im trying to find bluegill or sunny that he will get along with. no luck yet

Your more than welcome to em' if you like. Probably close enough for pickup. It's not hard at all getting pictures of the Bluegill & the Dovi going at it as they live "together" in a clay pot!

 

[white15]

Nice looking fish!

 

[cacichlids]

Woah that bluegill looks pretty nice! I wanted to keep sunfish but I thought they wouldn't do well in the same temp as tropicals... Also I've always been curious, what are those ear-looking things they have in their heads? lol

 

[screaminleeman]

Woah that bluegill looks pretty nice! I wanted to keep sunfish but I thought they wouldn't do well in the same temp as tropicals... Also I've always been curious, what are those ear-looking things they have in their heads? lol

I keep the tank on the lower end for the tropicals. 76 - 78 F. Bluegills have awesome temperature adaptibility and maintain an active existance even at the higher temps. It may be that the 76 F is what is keeping my Dovi mellow and peaceful enough that it is taking it from the Bluegill, but it sure does get into it with the 12" Butti agressivlely enough that I doubt that the temperature is what is holding the Dovi back from the Bluegill.

I am not sure what the "ear" mark is, but they will occasionally reflect light and look like a flashbulb going off when the bluegill gets excited in an eating frenzy!

 

[balton777]

I keep all three species together, although my Butti is well over a foot, Jaguar is a foot and Dovi around 10". The Butti and Dovi like to spar regularly, but no serious injuries. Neither fish messes with the jaguar very often, nor does the Jaguar mess with either of them suprisingly. On the rare occasion of a skirmish between the Jaguar and either the Butti or Dovi result in a quick thumping/ chase off by the best fighter in the tank. BTW There is an 8" Bluegill in the tank that will attack any of the three anytime it feels like it and backs the Butti & Dovi down.

I'm curious how things will be when the Dovii is tweve inches and up. That's when mine went bananas. Nice bluegill btw. I always thought they had to be kept in cold water too. Glad I came across this thread.

To the OP, I don't think it will work long term in a 150g.

 

[mshill90]

The "ears" is just part of their gills. You can use these to sex the fish.

I have a male and a female bluegill that I caught in a pond with my koi, and they hand feed just like everyone else. I never realize they are there until I look down, and he's attached to a pellet.

And I don't believe that all the fish that have been mentioned are ALL mean. It really all depends on how the fish is raised from small to adult, and other fish it's been in contact with.

I have a midas, Red Terror, and a Jag all in the same tank.. and they are all fine. Were all introduced as adults too. But I do have a 3" Dovii that has killed off 12+ FH babies, a ton of other dovii, and umbees. (It's a buddys tank with his fish that I was holding..) The dovii is the only 1 left.

 

[brich999]

Buttis can be quite mean, I wouldn't underestimate and butti

 

[BC in SK]

Buttis can be quite mean, I wouldn't underestimate and butti

No, don't underestimate the big Tilapias. They have the superior growth rate. All they need is a little weight advantage and they can dominate just about any CA cichlid.

 

[screaminleeman]

Woah that bluegill looks pretty nice! I wanted to keep sunfish but I thought they wouldn't do well in the same temp as tropicals... Also I've always been curious, what are those ear-looking things they have in their heads? lol

Woops, sorry guys and girls. I have been educated yesterday here on MFK. I don't know that I have actually ever really seen the thing (fish) called a "bluegill". The fish in the picture that lives with the Butti, Jaguar & Dovi is evidently a fish called "Green Sunfish". I used the term "bluegill" as interchangable with "Sunny". I was under the impression that they were basically one in the same (common name and not different species entirely!)

It is SO wierd, my entire life I have never been corrected in my erroneous refrence to "bluegill" Sunfish. (I do SO understand the extreme massive difference between using Crappie as live line bait for FW Hybrid Striped Bass as opposed to using the extremely similar shapped fish Sunnys). Sharp dorsal spines can cause cuts (Sunny) vs. nice soft dorsals on the Crappie (STRIPER CANDY!).

Please be advised that the agressive master of the Jaguar, Butti, Dovi tank is a Green Sunfish and NOT a "bluegill".

Thanks for the compliments on the nice looking native fish in the pictures I posted, my killa Green Sunfish.

 

[mbeatrice]

its deff a green sun fish, and deff a bad *** aggressive fish , but they dont get to big your other fish will deff outgrow him..