Iv got a standard 6 foot tank which im am attempting to house, a 7"-8" Flowerhorn,7-8" Dovii and 7-8" Red Devil. Before the move they were all living in a 4 foot tank with dividers due to them wanting to kill one another, even with the dividers they spent alot of time still trying to attack each other.
now i thought a 6 foot tank might make things better, so far devil hates the flower horn to a stupid extent, same with the dovii i thought hed be capable of defending him self although after a short while it looks like he is all talk and not alot of fight and ended up getting chased all over the shop.
next was the dovii ( female) and the devil which i think is male, at the start there was a good punch up jaw locking, tail flapping the whole im bigger then you, come on ill beat you up thing. Which they did with no real winner or loser.
Tthey have since pretty much stayed on thier own for the last 30 or so mins every so often swimming over to where the flower horn is to try and fight him, he is in about one foot section by him self for now while i sort out what im going to do.
theres 3 pots and two other hiding places for them, a sunken car and series of pipes.
is there any chance that they will live together i realise the aggresstion these fish have, and iv had them all from around 3-4". another thing maybe to consider is the devil is wild caught but iv had him for about a year, these 3 fish have all been removed from my other comunity cichlid tank due to their genral aggresion.
so whats the chances are they going to live happy? or will simply kill the other ? any ideas ? what i could do to try and make them like one another?
thanks
now i thought a 6 foot tank might make things better, so far devil hates the flower horn to a stupid extent, same with the dovii i thought hed be capable of defending him self although after a short while it looks like he is all talk and not alot of fight and ended up getting chased all over the shop.
next was the dovii ( female) and the devil which i think is male, at the start there was a good punch up jaw locking, tail flapping the whole im bigger then you, come on ill beat you up thing. Which they did with no real winner or loser.
Tthey have since pretty much stayed on thier own for the last 30 or so mins every so often swimming over to where the flower horn is to try and fight him, he is in about one foot section by him self for now while i sort out what im going to do.
theres 3 pots and two other hiding places for them, a sunken car and series of pipes.
is there any chance that they will live together i realise the aggresstion these fish have, and iv had them all from around 3-4". another thing maybe to consider is the devil is wild caught but iv had him for about a year, these 3 fish have all been removed from my other comunity cichlid tank due to their genral aggresion.
so whats the chances are they going to live happy? or will simply kill the other ? any ideas ? what i could do to try and make them like one another?
thanks
