debate over the dovii tank

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what to do with dovii

  • sell the female, let the male get big and mean

    Votes: 3 8.1%

  • keep seperated until time to breed

    Votes: 13 35.1%

  • sell the pair and start over

    Votes: 21 56.8%
  • Total voters
    37
you should sell both
 
at2;1220404; said:
ok, how long could i possible keep this male in the tank? he is 4 inches now?
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Not long. Dovii grow quickly when kept properly and are open water predators that require alot of swimming space. While the 18 inch width is good, the length of a 75 is too short and would probably start to become an issue in less then a year due to swimming space. Its good that your putting them up for sale. If its possible, sell to somebody who already has the proper tank set up for a dovii pair. When it comes time to get a Dovii in the future again, a 72x24x24 inch tank is as small as I'd go for a single male.
 
i would. make an egg crate divider, although others say 75 is not big enough, you can make do with it until the 180-240 comes along.
 
Tango374;1221317; said:
Not long. Dovii grow quickly when kept properly and are open water predators that require alot of swimming space. While the 18 inch width is good, the length of a 75 is too short and would probably start to become an issue in less then a year due to swimming space. Its good that your putting them up for sale. If its possible, sell to somebody who already has the proper tank set up for a dovii pair. When it comes time to get a Dovii in the future again, a 72x24x24 inch tank is as small as I'd go for a single male.
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the idea is, when we get our own house we want to build a huge monster tank into a wall in the hosue. wife's brother in law is a construction guy and we have talked this over with him for a year or so going over ideas. we wanted to buy a house in the spring but i am in the military and dont know if i have to transfer yet so everything has been put on hold. but yeah ultimate plan is to get as big a tank as we can handle and house a dovii pair in it. a guy i work with built an 8x2x2ft tank into his dining room wall a few years ago and we are using some of his blue prints for reference.
 
mbunafishkeeper;1221666; said:
i would. make an egg crate divider, although others say 75 is not big enough, you can make do with it until the 180-240 comes along.
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i thought abotu this too, and i have even seen a much larger breeding pair in a 75g. i believe this is a 75 in this video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qOtui7bFXtQ

but also this tank is the center piece of my living room and a bare tank with an egg crate divder woulndt look that good. i am shooting for something more along the looks of "chiclid addict" tank.
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/8282/sig240bk7.jpg

ive got a guy interested in the pair a few hours from me. i am more than likely going to sell to him and wait until i get a monster tank for my next pair of dovii.
 
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