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

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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.
 
well ... thought I would toss out a photo of some of my tanks :headbang2

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 :woot:

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!

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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
 
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?
 
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