They are in a 55 gallon for now. Both fish are around 5". Upgrading to a 125-150 in the near future.

Cichlid noobs finding out the hard way....

Is that so? I've seen them living together in numerous tanks. How is that noob? The Red Devil was in a tank with a variety of other cichlids (including a Tiger Oscar) and the guy at the lfs store even recommended that I take him when I was going to pick a Jack Dempsey or Tiger Oscar. You can keep your useless comments to yourself.
And thank you to everyone else that had a useful input.![]()
Here's the advice: don't listen to the guy at the lfs. You should went with Jack Dempsey instead of the demonic red devil. Also don't get upset when someone called you a noob. But you are noob and should've research on red devil first before buying it. Well now you have red devil killing your oscars and it's not shocking news to us. Your red devil does what other red devils do.Is that so? I've seen them living together in numerous tanks. How is that noob? The Red Devil was in a tank with a variety of other cichlids (including a Tiger Oscar) and the guy at the lfs store even recommended that I take him when I was going to pick a Jack Dempsey or Tiger Oscar. You can keep your useless comments to yourself.
And thank you to everyone else that had a useful input.![]()