Dovi Plunge

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tanyaelec11

tanyaelec11

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Ive decided to take the Dovi Plunge and get one !!! I do have a few questions though to the experienced owners. I am purchasing a young one maybe 1.5 inch so of course I will not know its sex. I also want to invest in another large tank as in I have the space. This dovi will be housed In the new tank after it is fully cycled and will temp be in a 135 gallon until that point. My question to the more experienced . Would a sump system or a canister be more efficient ? Im more than likely picking up a 180 or 220 whichever pops up. It's an extra 100 dollars for a drilled tank. Is it worth it ? And what size of sump ?
 
I'm a canister fan myself. Sumps do provide the best in bio, but not great mechanical. I run FX5's on big tanks, no issues with any. As for your new Dovii, EXCELLENT! I've had mine a month now, got at 3ins, might be pushing 4 now. I have him in a 55, will up to a 125 in another month. Perhaps you should grow yours a bit to confirm sex. A female would be ok in a 135 for several years I think. The dif between a 180 and 220 is only height, and imo would be to small for a male once he gets up near the 18in mark. Once my male gets up to big fish size it will be 8ft tank time
 
Thank you for the input suprd71. I was going to get a much larger tank regardless if it was male or female. I have been planning to get a shiny new tank for some time now but I did not have the space ! I myself like the fx5's but wanted ones input on it since dovi are quite larger compared to the stock I currently have and couldn't find any threads about filtration for larger fish.
 
Congrats on the decision to Dovii.....wonderful fish. Canister filter should be fine , weekly 30% water changes will help better regardless of the stock.
 
I agree on the canisters I use fx6 on my heavily stocked 150 it works fine with weekly water changes of about 40% , I too have got a small dovii few months back I'm pretty sure mines a female , growing nicely in my grow out tank I'd say at least 1.5" in the few months its been with me

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Canister filters are great but the sump is the way to go! There are so many benefits to a sump, hide heaters and all equipment, you can move much more water just by adding a larger pump or slow it down with a ball valve. I don't agree at all that they don't have as good bio filtration. These kinds of filters are made for bio filtration. Along with bio balls u can add a fluidized sand bed or some K1 kaldness. There is just so many different options with sump that you can't get from a canister. If you look at any large aquarium 240 + 9 times out of 10 they are using some kind of sump and it is able to keep these large tanks pristine. I use a sump on all 7 of my tanks including my 125 that I house and breed my matting pair of dovii in. They are happy ( well as happy as dovii can be lol) and have had a total of 3 fry since I got them just several months ago.
Hope this helps.
 
Canisters work well. Sumps work well and expand the system volume, gives you a place to hide heaters, etc, and can serve as a qt or ISO tank from time to time. And maintenance is a breeze for a sock/sumpsetup.

I prefer sumps but they both will do the job. I've seen a few Dovii setups filtered with nothing but sponge filters.



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interesting. I do like the idea of hiding heaters and such . Looks like I have much more researching to do.
 
Well I went over to my favorite LFS and picked up a 1 inch dovi . ITS so cute !! I put it in a smaller tank for now by itself until it gets to the 3 inch point . Im happy to report it started eating like a pig last night. Also the LFS here has convinced me to purchase a nice glass euro braced tank and they would throw in a fx6 $200 cheaper so that is a plus. I guess I better start a DIY stand thread. I figured it would be cheaper to build my own stand rather than spend 700 on a prebuilt one. I am very excited ! Now I have to convince my husband I need a leather recliner for the basement so I can watch my fish lol !
 
tanyaelec11 said:
Well I went over to my favorite LFS and picked up a 1 inch dovi . ITS so cute !! I put it in a smaller tank for now by itself until it gets to the 3 inch point . Im happy to report it started eating like a pig last night.
Now I have to convince my husband I need a leather recliner for the basement so I can watch my fish lol !
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Congrats on the buy :woot: , hope you get a chance to post some pics......Good luck on the leather recliner too :cool: !!!
 
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