Dovii here selling for 10 bucks and no one want itMy one dovii cost $55 here
Shy Dovii
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there are full fresh ones caught in full fresh land locked areas, so if you
wanted you can keep it full fresh, brackish or full salt. the choice is yours
to make. there also a lot of people keeping them in full fresh and have
been for many many years and i also had mine in full fresh.
Agree with Yuki, a group of dither fish (like mollies, or in your neck of the planet, rainbows) will work well to dispel the dove's shyness. And about the time it gets over its timidity, it will eat the dithers, making its space more tolerable.
At times where I used to live in the U.S. people have a hard time giving dovii away because most aquarists don't have the means or room to house a them correctly.
The only reason I bought the bag of juvie dovii at that auction, was because no one else bid (and the hall broke out laughing sarcastically when I finally did bid). Its the same with haitiensis and many Parachromis, at Milwaukee fish auctions bag of 10 juvies of any of these for under $5 is common.
And even if a bag or 6 or more is bought, it usually gets whittled down to a pair (if your lucky), or one by the time maturity is reached thru attrition.
At times where I used to live in the U.S. people have a hard time giving dovii away because most aquarists don't have the means or room to house a them correctly.
The only reason I bought the bag of juvie dovii at that auction, was because no one else bid (and the hall broke out laughing sarcastically when I finally did bid). Its the same with haitiensis and many Parachromis, at Milwaukee fish auctions bag of 10 juvies of any of these for under $5 is common.
And even if a bag or 6 or more is bought, it usually gets whittled down to a pair (if your lucky), or one by the time maturity is reached thru attrition.
Wild caught Dovii? If yes, then it would hide for months before it adapt to home aquarium.
*I bought a 1.5 inch dovii fry not long ago and i kept it with mollies, after few hours its already chase mollies around and after 3 days its already come to front glass when its saw me and wait for me to feed it. I keep it in 50G tank until it hit 5 inches then I gave it to my friend since my friend love it mean attitude. Oh, at 5 inches its already try to bite my finger through the glass...
So i went with 4 Cherry barbs.
Theyre very active and hopefully that helps out with the shyness
Theyre very active and hopefully that helps out with the shyness
So i did it guys.
Went back to the LFS and traded the female back in for a male
Seems much more active
Went back to the LFS and traded the female back in for a male
Seems much more active
Barbs are a schooling fish and do not do well unless they are kept in groups of 6 or moreSo i went with 4 Cherry barbs.
Theyre very active and hopefully that helps out with the shyness
