MALE DOVII update

[CubanB]

just thought i'd do an update on my juvi male dovii. had him around 6 weeks now and he's grown to around 3". feeding him hikari excel, spectrum pellets, fresh fish, prawns and bloodworms. he's in a 5' x 2.5' x 2' by himself so he was fairly timid for the first few weeks. but now he is getting pretty boistrous. ALWAYS hungry!!!!

first and last 2 pics are from the day i got him and the rest are from tonight

i'll try keep updating monthly

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

he has a lot of potential

 

[mdspurl]

awesome pics....Love the DOVII...their some of the meanest little suckers around....

 

[Frostyone]

Beautiful fish, I'm getting 2 from fishfarm this Saturday at the CCA meet. Question though, what are the differences between the nicaragua species and the costa rican species? I'm getting one of each.
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[danny2875]

Nice little male. Showing some of his blue color in his fins. Just wouldnt feed him the live feeders.

 

[gnuisance]

Beautiful fish, I'm getting 2 from fishfarm this Saturday at the CCA meet. Question though, what are the differences between the nicaragua species and the costa rican species? I'm getting one of each.
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I have been told that they differ slightly in body shape and color. One of them has a taller body and more color I think, i bet ken (fishfarm) would be able to tell you.

 

[balton777]

I have been told that they differ slightly in body shape and color. One of them has a taller body and more color I think, i bet ken (fishfarm) would be able to tell you.

I wouldn't mind knowing which is which. My Dovii is the longer, less tall bodied variety.

 

[Mudfrog]

Looking good Cuban.. He's gonna be a beast.

 

[TrikkyMakk]

cure little bugger

 

[CubanB]

cheers for your comments guys.

as most of you know photo's never give any justice to the fish. his fins are very blue and he has some green/blue face spangling nearly all the way to the top of his head. his 'nose' is getting nice and blue too.

as for live feeders i'm still not even sure i wan't to feed them to him. i've fed them to every other CA/SA i've owned but i don't want him to become to fussy and stop eating pellets. might just do it a few times a year or something