Is it normal to wake up and find 1 out out 5 Doviis dead? The 2 biggest are about 3 inches, two smallest about 1 1/2, the dead one in between. all the skin, tails and eyes are gone. Did they kill him?
1st Dovii death/killing?
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Maybe it was due to pecking order. If you have a dominant male he could have taken out the competition. I'm not sure if this is the case but I've seen it happen with other cichlids. Sorry for your loss.
ya i agree with gruff master. in my past experience i had 5 dovii all that were about 1-2 inches long. the dominant male killed off the rest of them. he did pair up with a female for about 2 months but then he eventually killed her too. just make sure you have a lot of hiding spots. these guys get big so hopefully you have them in a big tank too. that might help the situation. they are very territorial.
I have a tank of Carpintis and the same thing happened in that tank. I think the largest one will kill off all the smaller fish.
Just curious - What size body of water are planning on keeping 4 Dovii let alone 5 ???
I recently read an article from a guy who calls himself the "Cichlid Madman" basically a guy claiming to be all knowing - the article was about raising and breeding Dovii in 75 gal. of water. To those of us who own/have owned Dovii this is absurd.
I recently read an article from a guy who calls himself the "Cichlid Madman" basically a guy claiming to be all knowing - the article was about raising and breeding Dovii in 75 gal. of water. To those of us who own/have owned Dovii this is absurd.