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bryan.olsen

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I went through the wet spot in Portland and I spotted a ton of really awesome fish, but nothing that exactly tickled my fancy. Then, as I was heading out I seen a small tank with about 6 3"dovii.
Sooo, I got one. Currently its in a 29 planted with a banjo cat till it gets a little bigger and the 180g gets set up with new substrate,
The idea is that the 180 will be dedicated to the dovii, but I would like it to be heavily planted.. From my experience, most of the
time larger cichlids I've kept in planted setups have done well if the. Plants are grown in and are well placed near rocks and wood.
So, I'm looking for tips or information from anyone who has kept these monsters. Is it possible to keep a natural looking planted dovii setup?
Ive had luck with notoriously bad behaving cichlika such as green terrors, jack dempseys, red devils... So far its done well in its growout scene
But any experiences in anything near this would be appreciated.
 
Sounds like some babies from Mel's fish. Look for a thread by Modest Man and "biggest dovi in private aquaria" that may be babie's mom and dad.
 
bryan.olsen;3838903; said:
I went through the wet spot in Portland and I spotted a ton of really awesome fish, but nothing that exactly tickled my fancy. Then, as I was heading out I seen a small tank with about 6 3"dovii.
Sooo, I got one. Currently its in a 29 planted with a banjo cat till it gets a little bigger and the 180g gets set up with new substrate,
The idea is that the 180 will be dedicated to the dovii, but I would like it to be heavily planted.. From my experience, most of the
time larger cichlids I've kept in planted setups have done well if the. Plants are grown in and are well placed near rocks and wood.
So, I'm looking for tips or information from anyone who has kept these monsters. Is it possible to keep a natural looking planted dovii setup?
Ive had luck with notoriously bad behaving cichlika such as green terrors, jack dempseys, red devils... So far its done well in its growout scene
But any experiences in anything near this would be appreciated.

those are most likely mel omearas baby dovii. i bought some off aquabid from a seller he supplies. the seller told me he supplies most of those stores in oregon. if they are his they are nice nicaraguan blue dovii. nice pickup
 
Sorry its been so long but here's a pic of the dovii today. Albert, as my wife calls him. Sorry about the filthy looking tank and low quality picture. The fish dig around and destroy hornswart and such regularly and I havwnt been able to reach in lately due to breeding habbits. And my work schedule

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Nice fish, looks bigger than 3" though

it was 3in when he got it in january (a year ago) lol, these guys grow quick haha. but yeah OP he looks great! you can even see his big ol chompers in that picture!
 
it was 3in when he got it in january (a year ago) lol, these guys grow quick haha. but yeah OP he looks great! you can even see his big ol chompers in that picture!

Lol, I clearly did not read it correctly. I was a bit shocked as I thought mine looked mature at 3.5 - 4"
 
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