Wow that is a big aquarium that you will need. 30 years wow.. that's a commitment. It's a beauty!!! I knew next to nothing about this species. Hi Paul. Hope you are well..
Beautiful dovii. I agree 7 foot and approximately 240 gallon for minimum. Dovii is by far the most aggressive american cichlid I've owned and I've had almost all of them lol. For size the most aggressive cichlid I've ever experienced was Hemichromis fasciatus. There is a youtuber that has a hybrid one and it is brutally crazy.
Your Dovii was mental Marcus lol one of the best about too, one day I will have one. What's the youtuber called mate I will check it out, thanks for watching 👍
Hey Paul thanks for the look at the dovii you know it's one of my favorite fish, I actually have one ,I think you've seen it in videos it's about 20 inches and absolutely beautiful it's definitely on my top of the list and I've always wanted one and I finally got one about two years ago
Wow , that dovii is an absolute monster , stunning stunning fish , I’d love to keep a pair but I just can’t get a tank big enough for them, my house ain’t big enough , that’s why I keep a jag and rtm,s because they are smaller , as for the most aggressive fish , I’ve found that each fish has different personalities , I’ve had a jag in the past that was evil but the one I have now is a real softy , it’s pretty timid and gets along great with the Red Devil it shares its tank with, there’s never any aggression between them. The most aggressive fish i have kept before what probably be the red terror or festae. Beautiful fish but very aggressive towards its tank mates. I’ve had three of them 2 females and a male and they were all aggressive , I’ve never had much luck with them though, they all died after about 3 years, just got sick and stopped eating , I really don’t understand why , I always do weekly water changes and try to give them a variety of different foods , it’s a strange one mate. I might have another go at keeping a pair in the future but for now I’m just enjoying my rtm pair, really beautiful fish. 👍👌
I believe that Red Terrors can be a tricky to keep but never had them myself and like you now my 2 Jags that I have had have been quite chilled in general, I loge how much you love the Parachromis mate and cheers for watching pal
GuapoteMel used to have a successful community of Umbee and A.Rivulatus in a massive tank but he wasn't confident enough when he added dovii in another community tank of umbees, red devil etc. But Andy Woods once said RTM are the most aggressive towards other fish, I think he's talking about fish aggression, as in dog to dog aggression. So, in general it seems parachromis (RTM or dovii) might be the most aggressive American cichlids
That Honduran red point I got last week turned out to be a normal convict and I think that's the most aggressive cichlid haha. The 1st day he was peaceful, by the 2nd day he was ragging around the Monte even though he was a quarter of the size and also trying it on with the severum. Long story short, I took a hit on my money and he took a hit on the head and the tank is peaceful once more!
Umbees are by far more aggressive. The difference being that Umbee are open water predators and as such are just pure dominators of their space. Dovii being ambush predators are sneaky & stealth hunters, lurking like a leopard waiting to strike. Umbees are Silverback gorillas going at anything in their space whose mere existence disrespects them.
Kept both not sure on this I have a larger umbee pair at moment that don’t go anywhere as mental as a dovii when spawning, I much prefer a umbee as a fish.
@@liamwalters5029 I've literally gone to Nicaragua & Columbia to observe & collect both species and operate a small private fish farm in FL where I've been spawning both fish for over 15 years... what would I know.
The American cichlids are amazing, I'm growing on 6 dovii and 6 Cubans at the moment looking for a female umbee to go with my 20" male . Shame Andy has called it quits was talking to him on the phone.
Hi mate just subbed to your channel 👍 2 great species your growing out yes its sad about Andy mate but he is doing it for the right reasons i suppose, your Umbee is mint and did you get anything off Andy? I bought Little Morris off him
In my opinion the most aggressive fish ITW is the haitiensis Aka the Black Nasty. My dream favourite fish I would do anything to keep one. My friend has one that will annihilate anything. They are the most aggressive fish in my opinion
Dovii apex predators, they are aggressive but size is definitely on they’re side! Stunning monsters for sure. I had a buttikofferi years ago… I didn’t find it any more aggressive than my red devil male from a pair that I had, I can see a dovii in your future paul 🙂👍🏻
Dovii are very smart and aggressive fish..my dovii started tank bashing around 7 or 8 inches..he's about 15 inches now and bangs the lids hard to let me know he's hungry ...the guy is crazy but he's one of my favorite predatory fish..I have Umbee and Jaguar sole specimen tanks as well..but the dovii has alot of personality..👍
Most aggressive fish i've owned is by far the parachromis ( i had a RTM pair ) and actually salviniis are small psychos aswell mine was small like 10-12 cm ( 4-5 inches ) and pushed my oscars that where 25 cm without any problem , i truly belive that the smarter a fish is the more aggressive they tend to be , salviniis i remember very clearly being BY FAR the smartest fish i've ever had just simply from trying to catch them i've once spent LITERALLY 1.5 hours catching 2 of em meanwhile the other 10 fish in the tank took maybe 10-15 min ( i was to lazy / dumb to drain all the water to be fair but ye.. )
I've recently picked up a dovii myself tough only a male im really really tempted to get a female but i wont , i had the rtm pair and when they chase eachother the entire house is shaking i cant have taht with doviis they are way to big im planning to keep a male ONLY in my 190g ( 200 x60 x 60 cm )
Must have been a surrender you think? Super super impressive fish but don't see them ordering it in hey. Yeah aggressive as. I'll never keep one. I'd be forever worried it'll smash the glass open one day and give me what for haha..
yeah, I'd say they are probably the most aggressive new world cichlids. I say "probably", because I haven't kept an umbee, and they could potentially top it. But these guys pale in comparison to Hemichromis species such as elongatus or fasciatus aka the 5 Star Generals. But you DID exclude African cichlids...
Personally, I would not have those fish in the hobby if I had my way. I would have no objection to having a fish that size in a public aquarium. I would recommend a 6 or 7-foot tank to keep 20 tiger barbs but that's only my opinion.
@@bigfishlad4847 I'm a great believer in the bigger the better tank. Even for fish only 6 inches long I believe would last longer in a 7-foot rather than a 5-foot.
@@liamwalters5029 Well I used to keep just a four-foot community tank in the U.K with mollys , platys , red eyed tetras. But I'm out in Thailand now and hope to get a 7 footer not only to keep barbs. I mean tetras and other fish so maybe about 80 fish altogether of compatible species. Thank you.
@@dermotkelly2971 I do agree with a lot of what your saying but if you have a 8x 3 tank I think your giving a dovii a good life, that’s my view not saying im right.
The dovie- Guapote is a beautiful top of the food chain in lakes and river in Central America . Beautiful colors
what a big and handsome devil he is sir.....and he has a lovely purple hue to him!
He was a beauty wish I could have brought him home lol thank you
Great video mate and what a stunning fish.👌
Thanks mate appreciate it 👍
Wow that is a big aquarium that you will need. 30 years wow.. that's a commitment.
It's a beauty!!!
I knew next to nothing about this species.
Hi Paul. Hope you are well..
Hey Chris yes they need a big tank these big fellas do thanks for watching buddy all good here hope you are too
@@bigfishlad4847 oh I agree a big fish like that needs a lot of room
Love the dovii cichlid Amazing looking beast ! great video brotha thanks for sharing !
Thank you very much appreciate it loads
I live in wigan, so go to Maidenhead quite regular with my daughter and we always sit crouching watching the dovvi loki for ages, great fish
Brilliant I love that I an not the only one that looks mad sat in front of him lol cheers pal
Beautiful dovii. I agree 7 foot and approximately 240 gallon for minimum. Dovii is by far the most aggressive american cichlid I've owned and I've had almost all of them lol. For size the most aggressive cichlid I've ever experienced was Hemichromis fasciatus. There is a youtuber that has a hybrid one and it is brutally crazy.
Your Dovii was mental Marcus lol one of the best about too, one day I will have one. What's the youtuber called mate I will check it out, thanks for watching 👍
@@bigfishlad4847 found it ;) th-cam.com/video/IByvW_8FdHk/w-d-xo.html
@@MbunaMarcus wow that is brutal made that FH look like a toy cheers for sending it
Hey Paul thanks for the look at the dovii you know it's one of my favorite fish, I actually have one ,I think you've seen it in videos it's about 20 inches and absolutely beautiful it's definitely on my top of the list and I've always wanted one and I finally got one about two years ago
Yes Bruce yours is big stunner top and it's great to be able to see yours it makes up for me not having one lol
I gave this video a thumbs up, you are 100% the guy to goto on anything larger than a guppy (female) :)
Thanks 👊 lol
He’s a big boy for sure, great video mate.
Cheers mate
awesome fish, thanks for sharing, only 2 weeks to the auction, look forward to see you again mate
Cheers Ian see you there buddy
Wow , that dovii is an absolute monster , stunning stunning fish , I’d love to keep a pair but I just can’t get a tank big enough for them, my house ain’t big enough , that’s why I keep a jag and rtm,s because they are smaller , as for the most aggressive fish , I’ve found that each fish has different personalities , I’ve had a jag in the past that was evil but the one I have now is a real softy , it’s pretty timid and gets along great with the Red Devil it shares its tank with, there’s never any aggression between them. The most aggressive fish i have kept before what probably be the red terror or festae. Beautiful fish but very aggressive towards its tank mates. I’ve had three of them 2 females and a male and they were all aggressive , I’ve never had much luck with them though, they all died after about 3 years, just got sick and stopped eating , I really don’t understand why , I always do weekly water changes and try to give them a variety of different foods , it’s a strange one mate. I might have another go at keeping a pair in the future but for now I’m just enjoying my rtm pair, really beautiful fish. 👍👌
I believe that Red Terrors can be a tricky to keep but never had them myself and like you now my 2 Jags that I have had have been quite chilled in general, I loge how much you love the Parachromis mate and cheers for watching pal
Cracking specimen I love their faces
Fantastic Si cheers for watching mate
GuapoteMel used to have a successful community of Umbee and A.Rivulatus in a massive tank but he wasn't confident enough when he added dovii in another community tank of umbees, red devil etc. But Andy Woods once said RTM are the most aggressive towards other fish, I think he's talking about fish aggression, as in dog to dog aggression. So, in general it seems parachromis (RTM or dovii) might be the most aggressive American cichlids
Andy woods dovi is a monster. I love this video. I want one someday. I want them all lmao
Hahaha yes we always want them all and yes Andys collection is something else ain't it
@@bigfishlad4847 love his Umbee. I want them so bad!!! I want to do a grow out on them eventually like I did my Narino
I can just see you standing in front of that tank drooling Paul.
Haha I absolutely was mate 🤣
I’ve had Dovii and Umbee and I’d have to give the most aggressive American Cichlid to the Dovii…
Yes its a great argumemt and both those are big daft aggressive fish
Nice thumbnail
Getting their dude 👍💯 nice one
The young dovii murder each other until 1 survived
Oh no thats not great
That Honduran red point I got last week turned out to be a normal convict and I think that's the most aggressive cichlid haha. The 1st day he was peaceful, by the 2nd day he was ragging around the Monte even though he was a quarter of the size and also trying it on with the severum.
Long story short, I took a hit on my money and he took a hit on the head and the tank is peaceful once more!
Flipping pocket rockets ain't they absolute nut jobs lol glad all is back to normal for you 👍
I have a red dovii,absolute nightmare bashing the lid of the tank all night,good luck.
This one ain't mine mate seemed quite chilled lol bet yours keeps you on your toes lol thanks for watching 👍
Umbees are by far more aggressive. The difference being that Umbee are open water predators and as such are just pure dominators of their space. Dovii being ambush predators are sneaky & stealth hunters, lurking like a leopard waiting to strike. Umbees are Silverback gorillas going at anything in their space whose mere existence disrespects them.
Nice one great comment 👍 thanks for watching buddy appreciate it
Kept both not sure on this I have a larger umbee pair at moment that don’t go anywhere as mental as a dovii when spawning, I much prefer a umbee as a fish.
@@liamwalters5029 I've literally gone to Nicaragua & Columbia to observe & collect both species and operate a small private fish farm in FL where I've been spawning both fish for over 15 years... what would I know.
#MASSIVE 😮 #STUNNING 🤯
Unreal mate 💯
The American cichlids are amazing, I'm growing on 6 dovii and 6 Cubans at the moment looking for a female umbee to go with my 20" male .
Shame Andy has called it quits was talking to him on the phone.
Hi mate just subbed to your channel 👍 2 great species your growing out yes its sad about Andy mate but he is doing it for the right reasons i suppose, your Umbee is mint and did you get anything off Andy? I bought Little Morris off him
@bigfishlad4847 I didn't off Andy I was to late,I wanted some off his trimac
@@RicksAquariumsuk I bred those Trimac that he had mate 👍
@@bigfishlad4847 really I bloody want some lol 😆
In my opinion the most aggressive fish ITW is the haitiensis Aka the Black Nasty. My dream favourite fish I would do anything to keep one. My friend has one that will annihilate anything. They are the most aggressive fish in my opinion
A very nice fish the Haitiensis never kept one though
@@bigfishlad4847 It is my Dream fish Andy woods one is a absolute stunner
@@Predatorfishaddict yes very nice
I just saved a bucket of eggs from my pair 🎉🎉
Mine are in a 9x4
Yours are in a HUGE tank lol good luck with the eggs
@@bigfishlad4847 Thry should hatch today
Totally out of room for fry 😂😂😂
@@paulstingray 😂😂😂
Dovii apex predators, they are aggressive but size is definitely on they’re side! Stunning monsters for sure. I had a buttikofferi years ago… I didn’t find it any more aggressive than my red devil male from a pair that I had, I can see a dovii in your future paul 🙂👍🏻
Hey Jeff yes size is deffo on their size ain't it and yes I reckon one day I will its something I have to do lol thanks pal
Dovii are very smart and aggressive fish..my dovii started tank bashing around 7 or 8 inches..he's about 15 inches now and bangs the lids hard to let me know he's hungry ...the guy is crazy but he's one of my favorite predatory fish..I have Umbee and Jaguar sole specimen tanks as well..but the dovii has alot of personality..👍
@@briggjohnson358 3 great species there mate absolute beasts
Most aggressive fish i've owned is by far the parachromis ( i had a RTM pair ) and actually salviniis are small psychos aswell mine was small like 10-12 cm ( 4-5 inches ) and pushed my oscars that where 25 cm without any problem , i truly belive that the smarter a fish is the more aggressive they tend to be , salviniis i remember very clearly being BY FAR the smartest fish i've ever had just simply from trying to catch them i've once spent LITERALLY 1.5 hours catching 2 of em meanwhile the other 10 fish in the tank took maybe 10-15 min ( i was to lazy / dumb to drain all the water to be fair but ye.. )
Haha yes Salvinis are pocket rockets same as the Neetroplus both very smart fish i am lazy too lol thats exactly what i would do
I’m getting a red morph here soon I’m excited
Nice one 👍 great them as well thanks mate
I've recently picked up a dovii myself tough only a male im really really tempted to get a female but i wont , i had the rtm pair and when they chase eachother the entire house is shaking i cant have taht with doviis they are way to big im planning to keep a male ONLY in my 190g ( 200 x60 x 60 cm )
Thats a great acquasition bet your buzzing cheers for watching 👍💯
So, if you could, would you buy one already large like that one? Or would you prefer to start it from a baby? Thanks, have a blessed day!
I would like to grow one out to be honest thanks for watching bud have a blessed day too
Pikes and tucunares are more aggressive
I have one about 6 inches long and a 75 gallon tank.. he is starting to get really aggressive with the smaller fish
Nice size to have one such amazing fish yes as they get older they become killers don't they
Hi Paul, Random question, the light on your tank at the start of the video behind u, could you tell me which it is please? Thank you 😅
Hi mate no problem it's one I got of eBay just a cheap one called Nicrew I think
Must have been a surrender you think? Super super impressive fish but don't see them ordering it in hey.
Yeah aggressive as. I'll never keep one. I'd be forever worried it'll smash the glass open one day and give me what for haha..
Yes deffo a surrender hahaha yes big tank busters these with big teeth as well cheese Daniel
Men i don’t know if a grammodes grew a foot they’ll take out a dovii imo
Grammodes are mental I believe never kept them mate
I personally think a Grammodes or a neet as the most aggressive.
Yes absolutely agree on the Neets lol
Neet as in the poor man's tropheus?
@@amx1820 so they say lol not sure why though what does thar saying even mean 🤷♂️
Wolfyy??
Wolfie is a legend on here lol
yeah, I'd say they are probably the most aggressive new world cichlids. I say "probably", because I haven't kept an umbee, and they could potentially top it. But these guys pale in comparison to Hemichromis species such as elongatus or fasciatus aka the 5 Star Generals. But you DID exclude African cichlids...
Haha Africans are nuts ain't they lol cheers mate appreciate it
Top comment never kept any but I’ve got a mate that has, hell in a tank.
id say a big jaguar cichlid is just as aggressive or pound for pound salvini can be dam aggressive!
Yes Slavini are absolutely nuts ain't they lol cheers bud
My big male jag is the biggest softy
Dovii or umbee for you Paul ?
Dovii all day mate not a fan of the Umbee
@@bigfishlad4847 see I’m completely the other way around
@@bigfishlad4847 are you tempted to buy this Paul ?
@@liamwalters5029 it's not for sale mate and know I wouldn't even if it was can't house it also I would grow my own out if I did
Personally, I would not have those fish in the hobby if I had my way. I would have no objection to having a fish that size in a public aquarium. I would recommend a 6 or 7-foot tank to keep 20 tiger barbs but that's only my opinion.
Absolute perfect world that ain't it though 20 Tiger Barbs in a tank that size lol
@@bigfishlad4847 I'm a great believer in the bigger the better tank. Even for fish only 6 inches long I believe would last longer in a 7-foot rather than a 5-foot.
What fish do you keep dermot ? I agree more room the better but let’s get real you wouldn’t have that in a 7 foot tank.
@@liamwalters5029 Well I used to keep just a four-foot community tank in the U.K with mollys , platys , red eyed tetras. But I'm out in Thailand now and hope to get a 7 footer not only to keep barbs. I mean tetras and other fish so maybe about 80 fish altogether of compatible species. Thank you.
@@dermotkelly2971 I do agree with a lot of what your saying but if you have a 8x 3 tank I think your giving a dovii a good life, that’s my view not saying im right.
I'm going for a salvini pound for pound mate. Horrible, horrible little fish.
Yes they are mate lol evil cheers bud
Love my dovii!!!! He so fuckin awesome
I bet mate how big is he?
@@bigfishlad4847 he is bout 13… I got frm tangled up cichlids … back in 2017 … bout 2inch range…. Love him … more than my daughters🤪
@@Tan-lc7ti 🤣🤣🤣