Question about Red Devils
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a part of me wants to say female red devil has the remotest chance of working, but even that is a very optimistic outlook...I agree withIhsnshaik if breeding occurs, which it has a very high chance of in that tank; then its going to be a bloodbath.
I bet you still buy one
On a long enough timeline you are absolutely correct
I will get one. But I don't think it will be with this community.I've never had an oscar before and they have staggering intelligence I hear, maybe that would be more appropriate.
I have a 65 gallon that is 36x18x24, I can probably raise a Red Devil in there for awhile. It is full of Malawi cichlids I got at about an inch each. They are at 4-6 inches now....it got crowded so I gave the really violence mbuna and the ugly OB peacocks to the ethical LFS owner. The only one I miss is OJ, the bright orange Red Zebra...he was a killer and a beautiful fish and he was a crappy little buggy eyed runt when I got him at a grocery store (poor guy).
I wonder how big of a fish the 65 gallon could support. I know it wouldn't be a good forever home, and honestly I wouldn't want to keep a fish like that alone in anything smaller than a 90 gallon, because a 75 gallon really is just too short in height. The 65 has the height but it is only 3 feet long.
On a long enough timeline you are absolutely correct
I've never had an oscar before and they have staggering intelligence I hear, maybe that would be more appropriate.
I have a 65 gallon that is 36x18x24, I can probably raise a Red Devil in there for awhile. It is full of Malawi cichlids I got at about an inch each. They are at 4-6 inches now....it got crowded so I gave the really violence mbuna and the ugly OB peacocks to the ethical LFS owner. The only one I miss is OJ, the bright orange Red Zebra...he was a killer and a beautiful fish and he was a crappy little buggy eyed runt when I got him at a grocery store (poor guy).
I wonder how big of a fish the 65 gallon could support. I know it wouldn't be a good forever home, and honestly I wouldn't want to keep a fish like that alone in anything smaller than a 90 gallon, because a 75 gallon really is just too short in height. The 65 has the height but it is only 3 feet long.
Not to degrade oscars, they are very entertaining; but imo they are as dumb as bricks, maybe that was just the ones i kept. All focus is on eating, which I didn't interpret as interaction or interest in the owner...
I wouldn't do a RD in the 65, i mean; you could grow him out to about 6 inches in there, but once he gets past that its really not fair, unless you could upgrade?
We're a new house in 1-2 years, I will wait until after then I think. A fish like a RD needs to be in the living room with the family and I don't have room for another living room tank (according to my wife). After I move I will probably pick up a couple more tanks, because I would like a South American biotope (an oscar, a green terror, a couple geophagus, severums) but that can go in my office because they can keep themselves entertained. I'll get a tall 5 foot long tank for my RD when I get one, do it right for him. Hopefully there will be pure Red Devils left in a couple years.
