The Red form of the Costa Rican Red dovii cichlid Parachromis dovii
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- In today's video Dan Sharifi @ Cichlids of the Americas discusses the red form of the wold cichlid, Parachromis dovii. A naturally occuring color form of the Costa Rican dovii cichlid.
Where did it come from?
How did it become established in the trade?
Does it breed true?
Does it get as big as normal coloured dovii cichlids?
How do I raise them? Breed them? and where can I get them?
All these questions and more shall be discussed today.
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Wow great to see Red Dovii in US, here in my home country Costa Rica, Doviis are understimated as a aquarium fish. Just last week knew one of this red morph.
Beatiful fish.
I wholeheartedly agree that dovii are such an incredible fish
I remember when my Friend Joe O'haren, and I brought the original pairs from Costa Rica. It was awesome.
Very cool. I love this type of history.
Thank you kindly for sharing
Great video. I have 6 juveniles from Dan coming along nicely. These must be the parents.
Yes it would be. Thanks for watching
please do a video of it i’m a fan of yours
Awesome to see so many of these in the market the last year or so!
It’s a pretty cool thing to see them ‘peel’
Beautiful cichlids. I have a red male bought from Dan about almost 2 years now and he is a beast at around 12 inches. Was grown from 1 inch.
Not really my ‘cup
Of tea’ but regardless they are very very striking in person to see
Actually, based on "GuapoteMel" at th-cam.com/users/GuapoteMel, the red form of the dovi was seen by him over decades ago. I've have to go back to see the video again, but I think he mentioned that the red form was what was originally sent to the states.
May very well be true. I just pose the questions myself to try and get the answers
My female red wolf (sansa) that I bought from Dan just laid eggs for the first time. We're super excited.
That is awesome!
Beautiful. I'd love to add some to the collection someday.
Very unique transformation they go through
The male umbee on the right of the screen is beautiful!
True
Love these fish!!
I got one that's almost 9 inches now, Your Red Wolves look good
Very cool! Thanks for watching
Nice fish. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you kindly
Nice looking.
Me or the fish? I can't imagine its Dan lol
Beautiful fish ... reminds me a bit of the Gold Severums ;)
Yes somewhat
How do i order? Id like to get some. Im from Ontario canada.
Super nice
Thank you
You think you can do a video on the golden jaguar cichlid on how there created?
The golden form of managuensis is naturally occurring unless I’m mistaken. I would love too if I can access some nice specimens to video.
Thank hank you for watching my friend
I have a red male and white female how do a I find a red female? And mine just had fry it was pretty easy some of them are white already
Cichlids of the Americas is the best
No argument from me my friend
Do you have any red dovii fry ? Where are you located ?
These would be from cichlids if the Americas in central Florida but Dan Sharifi ships worldwide
Very cool! How big a tank would I need for 6-8 of these dovii? :P
it would have to be a massive tank to have that many Doviis living together some what peacefully Sir
Yes Todd, as mentioned the chances of having a group live together is very VERY small. Once makes sex out they are extremely intolerant of each other. A standard 180 or bigger would work for a pair however structure, hides, etc... would have to be provided for the decidedly smaller female to take refuge where the male could not reach her. If you can find that balance you may have success. I say may as large Parachromis and their pair bonds in a closed environment such as an aquarium can often strain and either can turn on the other with disaster outs results. Regardless they make for outstanding visual specimens.
Thanks for watching my friend
You would probably need a Olympic sized swimming pool to keep that many adult Sized dovi together successfully.
Beautiful fish, looks like red bay snook
Very similar in pattern yes but definitely not aggression level!
Thank you kindly for watching
I bought 3 baby Red Dovii from 2 red parents,3 months and still not Faded??? Any ideas? Thx
Sorry no.seems no rhyme or reason as to why some peel and some do not
Some will fade and some will not. Some will fade at a later stage from 6 inches + if they do fade.
Dan tha Man!
Word!
I have 4 but one is a regular morph
Very cool
Do you ship to the uk ?
Yes Dan does.
Www.cichlidsoftheamericas.com
Can you do a video on Red tiger mota’s from COTA?
I would love to if the fish cooperate.
Not the easiest place to take really good video with all the glass and lights everywhere..
Chris ‘ The Mad Aquarist ‘ Biggs is the tour video coming
Devon Oconnell yes went up a couple weeks ago
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Love ya brother. Stay safe
How big do these get?
Upwards of 24”
@@themadaquarist boy did I make a big mistake today. I saw them at my LFS for very cheap and they guy there said they'd get about 10 inches. I was very tempted to put one in my 75 gallon. I knew regular doviis get that big. Thanks for the info.
@@calebsunder I've personally never kept them however they are a naturally occuring morph so no reason they shouldn't reach full size
Biggs do you own one ? I personally like the normal form of Dovii much more 👍
I agree 100%. I’m the same way with snook. The orange form was always so prevalent compared to the natural green form. I’m very much a purist and like the natural form. However this is a natural occurring form just not my cup of tea. But the story I do find fascinating.
I’ve kept both the Nicaraguan and Costa Rica forms of dovii over the years. I love the Costa Rican form far more than the other.
Totally with you on that one
Why do u prefer the costa ricans?
Anthony Lee for me I think the pattern 👍
Awsome
Thank you Damion
They remind me of the red snook
Yes very similar colour and appearance however dovii get decidedly meaner!
Thanks for watching
Mo Devlin also has young
Yes he does. That’s Mo’s picture of one of his for the thumbnail
Yh there rare!....but Not gunna lie but the blue Costas looks better Imo.
orange is the most common colour for fish 😅
I agree 100% personally the remind me of the red bay snooks that we’re so prevalent in the late 80’s-90’s or Mozambique tilapias. Too each their own but I too prefer the Costa Rican dovii.
Thank you for watching
I just ordered a female from Dan along with a Trimac.
Hope she turns into a beauty for you
@@themadaquarist so do I thanks.
This fish may be natural occuring but check dna sequences an see this is not a pure dovii its been hybrided with something or another
The DNA sequencing has been done at the university of Florida and it’s pure just an anomaly of nature. Had the originally capture ones been left in the wild the likelihood of them surviving long term would be highly unlikely
@@themadaquarist ur rite it has been done an almost every single time they are mixed with motaguence or some other parachromas mix dovii dont morph red without hybridizing
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Thank you Sir Dave
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THANK YOU
I would like more footage of fish and less talking, it was pretty boring.
I agree 100% with you I shall get a lot more footage this January
@@themadaquarist I needed to turn on the Subtitles, that made all the difference. Such cool fish, I can't wait to see more footage.
@@themadaquarist I Ordered some fish from Dan that just arrived today and Oh MY GOD!!! That guy is a genius!!!! Hell it took me 5 minutes to open the packages he did such a good job making sure all the fish where safe. 5 of 5 stars for his pricing/packaging/quality. I got a Zonatus that is like 5 inches long, IDK about yall but thats a $85-$100 fish here. I felt like I bought 2 and got 2 free with how amazing his pricing and shipping was. Thank you so much for posting the videos, even if I complained, lol, my bad..