Red Morph vs. Regular Dovii
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I have never heard of colour morphs (particularly captive bred strains) to behave any differently, wild forms may have different colours and an underlying set of differences due to their separation and variation from other populations over time. Selective breeding quickly changes the colour, but the underlying fish remains the same.
The red Dovii are actually a naturally occurring wild variation originally caught in costa rica. So it would be plausible that there are behavioral differences between the fish. Unfortunately I don't have experience with them. But here is a nice video of Dan from CoA talking about the fish.
Sorry for the typos...i was a little tired.
There are species that show differences in aggression related to the colour morph.
When you raise Amphilophus fry the gold morph will outcompete and dominate the normal coloured ones.
In other species like for example Astatotilapia or Pundamilia the non blue morph males are more aggressiv compared to normal coloured specimen.
And also with non cichlids like in some Xiphopherus you can find the gold morph beeing more aggresive than the normal blue morph.
So I would not be very surprised if the red dovii also shows a different level of aggression.
Since the red morph was just reintroduced to the hobby we might have to wait a while till somebody figures it out.
Another example would be blue jack dempseys being less aggressive in general than their normal cousins.
I think either way there can be behavioral differences. And you are right we will have to wait a bit. I know some people must have larger ones out there already. But haven't seen them on MFK.
I've never kept red dovii soo cant help you there. Just wanted to say that is a good looking firemouth behind him. Both are gorgeous fish
Thanks!
From my limited experience there's no difference in aggression levels.
I'm currently keeping a red pair solo, and a mixed group of 9 blue and reds. I can't tell any difference at all. My 9 inch red males Rufus is already a glass banging maniac.
I'm currently keeping a red pair solo, and a mixed group of 9 blue and reds. I can't tell any difference at all. My 9 inch red males Rufus is already a glass banging maniac.