Dovii and Arowana as tankmates

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No, I am not doing this. I am just interested in it and was wondering it if would even possibly work.

Yes, I know tank size plays a huge part in how the fish interact with each other but I really want to know if anyone has done it before or has heard of anyone doing it before.

Thanks for inputs and stuff
 
They just might ignore each other if they cannot eat each other.The aro usually stays at or near the top of the water but the Dovii still may bother it.
 
Yeah, I figured that they would potentially just ignore each other (kinda like Pbass and aros) but Dovii aren't Pbass so I'm not sure.
 
It may work it may not, really no set guide with cichlids as so much depends on the individual behavior. In the long run I wouldn't think it would end well
 
50/50, One thing I have pinned in the back of my head is nothing is black and white with cichlids, The right dovii could work very well the wrong dovii could end the arowana very fast.

I did have one of my female doviis when she was 3-5 inch in a 7ft tank with a 2ft jardini. The Jar never tried to eat or harm the dovii or any of the other smaller cichlids but a large flowerhorn and it got in a massive fight, once the flower horn was out everything went fine for a few months. the jardini was sold, I didn't have any wider tanks at that time =(. So if a jardini can live with a baby dovii that poses no threat to him but could be an easy meal I dont see why an arowana wont work with a dovii that is not a nut job like some. I would never try a hornet but those fish are the devil!
 
Dovii will kill anything in their territory when they are adults. The arowana can and will be killed by the dovii for intruding on its territory. The aro may jump, and may slam into the lid many times damaging the fish. Either way it would be unfair and stressful on the Aro. Now a Jardini.... they are aggressive and tough, the two might negate eachother.
 
From the dovii I have seen I would say once its an adult the aro will be toast. Maybe a docil female in a huge tank would work but I have yet to hear of a success story with someone keeping dovii with anything else for life
 
Rafini said:
Dovii will kill anything in their territory when they are adults. The arowana can and will be killed by the dovii for intruding on its territory. The aro may jump, and may slam into the lid many times damaging the fish. Either way it would be unfair and stressful on the Aro. Now a Jardini.... they are aggressive and tough, the two might negate eachother.
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^ I agree. A LFS near me has a breeding dovii pair with fry in a tank with a 15"+ bichir. I would have never thought this would work out. My old dovii pair would have killed off anything else in the tank.
 
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