i picked up a nice pink rd male today for $20 ill post pice as soon as i can
does a rd get as big as a midas???
does a rd get as big as a midas???
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reptech420;1294182; said:
Much of what is available in local fish stores today is crossbred between the two....Personally, I beleive the Midas is more full and thicker....As with the pure Red Devil being more pointy(longer), thinner, and bigger lipped...Really what gives away a true red devil is the thick lips....All male "Midas" I have come across have that ideal thick body structure with nuchal humps of golf ball size or greater...
Adding on the last post, RD's have an elongated snout all through life, and midas tend to lose this trait after 7-8". The RD's will get as long as a midas, but not as thick.
I have 8 juvies right now, the dad was a RD the mom was a Midas or vise versa, can't remember. All of mine have the huge bubble lips, most of them are getting thier color, all are long with pointed noses, but I have 1 that looks like a bodybuilder, he is ripped. You can actually see the lines in his muscle on his sides. Your fish should top out at 8" - 12". Depending on m/fm.
Gourami Swami;1294484; said:
Midas lose the long snout after 4" not 7 or 8. I have never seen a true Midas at 7 or 8" with a pointy snout. Midas will get much bigger than RD's both body mass and length. RD's will top out at 12" and Midas 14". IMO I like my two Midas's more than my RD. The RD is a sissy and is 12". My 13" white Midas owns him all the time. IME Midas are also more aggressive than RD's. As said with my Barred Midas because he is just ABSOLUTELY insane at only 9".