Juvenile dovii breeding pair bullied by...juvi red devil's?

[Malcontentcichlidae]

I keep my midevil in a 100 gallon by itself, my dovii was in a 125 g growout by itself, my 5" jag is in a 75 with only a striped raphael that is larger than it and very well armored. Even grow outs of highly aggressive species will stake out an entire 4' tank as their own. I would not attempt growing out that mix even in my 210 without using dividers. I think you should just keep the red devils, they will require an upgrade sooner than later, but not as much of one. They are also more interactive from a younger age.

I agree they are still of a nature capable of that friendly curiosity in their caretakers goings on and being social and charming in the way the less predatory cichs are. I have had several midas and in spite of their badassness they are usually fairly capable of harmonious living in the right adult community. I went ahead and reintroduced them anyway one at a time after a night in a dark ten gallon and let them each individually ake a little slapping around and things have returned to normal mischievous play in their area of the tank with an occasional poke at the big guy to which he responds with either a dart out of his lair to stand motionless and stare at the pain in his ass til he scoots off or a light speed chase around the tank ending exactly where it started. The contrast in their personalities is enjoyable again and not at all frightening like what went on before I removed them. They should be fine another few weeks. Jaguar back too and seems delighted to be out of the harmonious and active mixed tank. She's getting her own 120 next week. I hope I can find her in it

 

[Malcontentcichlidae]

The problem is the tank size here, It is a 40 gallon, correct? And these fish are all 4"? That's a whole lot of mean cichlid for a 40 gallon. Do you have tanks planned for these guys down the road? You would need something ridiculous to house the dovii, jaguars, and red devils together for the long haul

Are you serious? Well nm then....

 

[Fish on Fire]

Again I asked for it to be skimmed. The post was exhausting to read I know I apologize

Yeah, but even a 40 breeder is too small of a growout for those fish if you wanted to avoid aggression problems. You would need a 125, or any 6' tank, minimum to pull that off even with fish that small. The 3' length of a 40 breeder simply isn't enough for that kind of a growout mix. I'd get another 40 breeder, at minimum, and split the dovii and jags. If you keep them together, sooner or later the dovii will pick off those jags. Parachromis don't play well with other parachromis.

 

[livebearerfreak]

I have a single 6 inch ( maybe 7 inch now? ) female dovii in a 40b, already killed off a 5 inch male convict, they do best by themselfs or as a pair alone......

 

[duanes]

I'm more conservative than Dan, I believe a 220 is not enough space for a dovii pair alone.
Putting all those 4" fish in a 40 gal for even a week, is ridiculous

 

[MP_cichlid]

I'm on board with duanes . personally, i think to house a dovii pair for life (properly) a 4-5 hundred gallon is necessary.