How Long Does It Take A Dovii To Reach Full Size?

[Aquarium_Fish]

12" isnt even half grown.

Yup ... I know!

ABOUT 28 INCH for male's

 

[davidefc]

2ft's a good size...havent seen any 28" tho

 

[twhittle]

Most Dovii in aquariums max out at 18-20 inches from what I have been told. You do on occasion see the 2 ft beasts, but I have heard that is the exception. From what I have heard, they take awhile to hit 20 inches...several years.

 

[Aquarium_Fish]

well ... thought I would toss out a photo of some of my tanks

The first photo is from left to right

1. the new 90 gallon with the lights for it on the table - virgin tank never had livestock in it yet!
2. the little 28 bow front - where the 4 inch female Wolf Cichlid is (until tomorrow)
3. and the mack daddy - the 210 gallon.

the second photo is my 56 gallon

the plan at the moment is to move the guys in the 210 over to the 90 and when my male gets here tomorrow - he and the female will get put into the 210 for the rest of their life!

 

[Aquarium_Fish]

Here is the tracking as of a few minutes ago on the new male Dovii ...

Location Date Local Time Description LOUISVILLE,
KY, US 10/26/2007 10:04 A.M. IN TRANSIT TO 10/26/2007 10:03 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN NEWARK,
NJ, US 10/26/2007 8:01 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN 10/26/2007 6:06 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN SECAUCUS,
NJ, US 10/26/2007 5:05 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN SECAUCUS,
NJ, US 10/25/2007 11:00 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN BOUND BROOK,
NJ, US 10/25/2007 9:49 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN 10/25/2007 8:58 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN 10/25/2007 8:09 P.M. FORWARDED TO THE FACILITY IN THE DESTINATION CITY 10/25/2007 4:38 P.M. PICKUP SCAN US 10/25/2007 4:29 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
Tracking results provided by UPS: 10/26/2007 11:17 P.M. ET

 

[Opiate]

my mates dovii has grown 6 inches in 9 months

 

[dlp40]

I hade a 2" male dovii in a 125 for a while, roughly 3 weeks, then after that he was a 4" dovii. Funny thing was then he went into the pond with 7" oranda goldfih , for about 2 weeks, and he came out 6" . He got gone after that because he was a little bit deformed in the jaw and he killed or should I say mamed my favorite gold fish and left the rest alone. Good plan on the fish tank swaps. I think you'll be pleasently suprised how fast the dovii are going to grow in 210 gallons of water. Good luck and how about pics ASAP of the little beats?

 

[at2]

thats a cool a** setup you got there. and those dovii should be fine in that 210 for a long time. get ready to have tons of fry!!

 

[Dovii dude]

Dovii are super cool!!But dont expect any tankmates with them.

 

[Aquarium_Fish]

here are some pics of the pair ...
for those of you who know of Jeff Rapps ... the male was one of his!