Do I have a chance with this dovii?

[twhittle]

I think a big male festae would go alright I had one in a tank for a while with a dovii and it did fine. How big is ur dovii?

Finding a big male festae is another thing altogether.

 

[josh1986]

Yeah that's a decent dovii mate . . . Think it's rip tankmates at that size

 

[celebrist]

What happens if you don't remove the fry?

 

[LilMonsters]

You could always send a few of those fry this way to get rid of them....
I'll find a nice aqua habi for them...

 

[tobegr]

You could take it out of the tank, scare it and put it in a small tank for a while. Then you put it back into your 180 gallons with other big aggressive cichlids at the same time. That will work.
I know this will be cruel for the dovii but it worked for me before.

 

[festaedan]

I'd start with a few small cichlids you odnt really care about or some SDs

 

[sbrady5pts]

I would guess that you could probably add a Large Male Salvini. I would say you may be best off to add a few cichlids in at the same time. Maybe a couple Large Convicts and Salvini.. I know this are much smaller fish, but I think if you take the male out redecorate the tank and provide cover for the small fish it should work. Worst case convicts and salvini are on the cheaper side.