^^^^^ smh this why I hate MFK sometimes!!!
I know man, me too. The truth sucks. It really sucks when people tell what is going to happen if something isnt changed.
I know the truth bothers you. Look at your balzini/ firemouth thread. You got countless advice from people telling you it wouldnt work and not to do it and you still kept saying you were going to try it and that people were being rude etc.
Were not here to caress fragile egos and play therapist for people that were pulled off the teat too early. You ask a question, you get an answer.
Once youre here a good bit longer longer than 3 weeks, youll see the pattern that threads take and be able to help from the start, need be, and at the same time learn how a forum works. Until then, dont be so sensitive and try and figure out who knows what theyre talking about and who just likes to put their 2 cents into everything and ESPECIALLY things they know nothing about...and those that make emotionally based ccomments about hating MFK because of truthful, blunt posts.
All this talk about Red Devils going psycho. I have owned and spawned Devils and other Amphs for years and have never had issues. I currently have a WC Amph Hogaboomarum pair 10" M/6" F, an Amph Xiloaensis pair 6" M/6" F, a cream sickle devil male 9", a barred red Red Devil female 9", a barred blue Red Devil male 9", 2 x Texas male 11", Grammode male 7", Kraussi male 12", and Loisellei male 9"/female 5". All sharing the same show tank. The Hogas spawn constantly, cause the male Hoga is alpha male in the tank. But no problems. All of these fish have been together since they were young. I guess its all in how you raise them, and what you feed them.
So you COMPLETELY overstock your tank to prevent the fish from being able to move around or claim territory...and you call it a "Show Tank"?
What size is this "Show" tank that sounds so ridiculously overstocked?
Unless your tank is at least a 400+ gallon, thats the wrong way to house fish for their benefit. Thats what youre SHOWING...how NOT to house fish properly.
And yea, Ill bet you arent going to mention what is sharing in your other tank. You dont feel like being grilled by the 95% of us that know the correct way to keep fish. I dont blame you.
Unless your advice is to cram too many fish into too small of a tank for housing a RD to work, then your comments on this thread are pretty much null and void.
And its not in "how you raise them or what you feed them" at all. Its if you want mediocre, ripped fin fish that are just getting by or if you want healthy, thriving fish in an environment they obviously enjoy being in. Overstocked tanks only provide the first option.
A Red Devil, in a regular community that people who care about their fish keep, wont work 99% of the time, plain and simple.
Some people kill me with their thinking that fish or spawning fish is some sort of "status symbol" or gives them some sort of extended machismo or bragging rights that matter.
