Dovii Umbee and Festae?

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Deep Blue Sea

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I've been seeing a lot of pictures of dovii and umbee cichlids lately and I'm really starting to like them, so my question is: Could you keep a Dovii, Umbee, and a Festae together in the same tank or would they shred each other? The tank I would be putting them in would be 220g and I don't plan on doing this for a couple of months if I did this is just curiosity :D
 
Or what about Umbee and Festae? I have read Dovii's are killers
 
It would be a female festae and from what I read dovii's can be kept in a 120g minimum. I also have a huge sump for that tank so filtration isn't a problem I can deal with the waste output.
 
Umbees can be cold blooded killers too. You are soon to be in the same quandry most of us find ourselves in..which fish do I want most because I only have so much room. Putting all 3 together is asking for trouble and it's not advisable to put anything with adult umbees either. Good luck!!
 
Darnit, why do all the most beautiful cichlids have to be such tough asses XD alright thank you
 
Deep Blue Sea said:
It would be a female festae and from what I read dovii's can be kept in a 120g minimum. I also have a huge sump for that tank so filtration isn't a problem I can deal with the waste output.
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We you can start dovii out in a 120 but you'll definitely wanna upgrade in about 1.5-2yrs. And no, as adults you'll have a difficult time trying to keep all three nonetheless two of them in anything less than 360. But if you get them small, why not throw a small group of each in the same tank and grow them out? It's one way to learn how things will go.


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If you get them all young and raise them together they will fight and do some damage but once they get used to each other there be ok. I'm keeping a Red devil dovii buttikoferi red terror all in a 220 gallon and they don't fight anymore they all respect the dovii.


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hmmm interesting Ill have to take that into consideration jorock thanks
 
Jorock6969 said:
If you get them all young and raise them together they will fight and do some damage but once they get used to each other there be ok. I'm keeping a Red devil dovii buttikoferi red terror all in a 220 gallon and they don't fight anymore they all respect the dovii.


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it works. If you have a lot of space for them..

Right now My 5" midas, 9" Syn, and 2" Umbbe are living together peacefully because they have a lot of space..

TANK SPACE MAKES IT WORK. lol with tat three fish, U'll need a lot of space in the future or it wont work.. Right now, if they are small, it should be ok.
 
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