jaguar or dovii????????

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Josue12

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Hi guys this is my 1st post with my new account old account doesn't work any more.

I'm switching back to Central American cichlids I'm giving my gf all of my Africans just because there boring .
my tank is 6ft l -28 w - 3ft t I'm most probably going to get a jag but I really like dovii's but what I read about dovii's is that they grow to big for my tank and I'm not planning on upgrading my tank.

what I want is either a pair in the tank or a single fish in the tank .

Would like to hear mfk'ers advice
 
And I'm the opposite of the above, I personally like dovii more (although I do like jags a lot). I think a single male dovii would be OK in that tank for life - even if not, he'd be good in there for years.

Depends on what you want more, a pair of jags or a single dovii for life.
 
I like the pair of jags great looking fish get big and will live in that tank for life.I also have to change my name once in awhile on here it just stops working?? formally rivers 2005-then bigriver 2007-2012 rip and now sonicboom I miss my bigriver account.:(
 
I don't know if that tank would ever get 'too small' for a male dovii - they do grow very large, however. A 28" wide tank does help give you some leeway over a 24" tank, but if the male dovii in question is pushing 22+", then you may feel like a 30-36" width would be best. Honestly though, your tank would do very well for a good long time and you'd be able to have a long time to see whether or not the one you grew out would ever attain monster size. I have heard of some males topping out at 18", and some that are over 25". Depends on genetics and tank conditions.
 
I've never owned a dovii, they are not available here. Jaguars are also hard to find in lfs nowadays. I loved my old jaguar a lot that I had a long time before and thought it was the best cichlid until I got to see these pics of a dovii couple of weeks before. It seems very beautiful to me even more than a jag.

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But I think they have to get real big like two feet to get these colours which might not be possible in a normal size tank.

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6' long 28" wide 36" deep? your tank is plenty big for a dovii. minimum tank size for a dovii is a 180 gallon 6x2x2. i have both fish 4 jaguars & 2 dovii and i prefer dovii over jaguar

my vote is dovii
 
prashan said:
I've never owned a dovii, they are not available here. Jaguars are also hard to find in lfs nowadays. I loved my old jaguar a lot that I had a long time before and thought it was the best cichlid until I got to see these pics of a dovii couple of weeks before. It seems very beautiful to me even more than a jag.

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But I think they have to get real big like two feet to get these colours which might not be possible in a normal size tank.
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That's my fish bro LOL His name is Orion :)
 
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