TEMPERMANT QUESTION!

[dadecountyalan]

hell everybody. i guess you could call this a stupid question but i guess i need some reassurance. what is the temperament level of a wild caught red devil and how would they adjust to living in a fish tank.being pure, are they more aggressive thank the domestic ones (midas/rd mixes)



i have wild discus and i know it take them a couple months for them to start being themselves and actually show there full colors.

 

[NCStateFisher]

id think it'd be mad aggressive, you could probably keep it alone though without too many problems

 

[dadecountyalan]

i know thats the plan. but i have a red devil now that somebody i know is really interested in buying and i was thinking selling this one and getting a pure rd.
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[NCStateFisher]

sweet. i mean i say if you aren't too attached to the one u have sell him and get the WC

 

[dadecountyalan]

what do you mean by wc. and the only thing holding me back is thats its wild and im afraid how it will do in a tank.

 

[BODYDUB]

Though discus are still cichlids and semi aggressive. A red devil I think would dominate the tank...........

 

[jclyde13]

what do you mean by wc. and the only thing holding me back is thats its wild and im afraid how it will do in a tank.

If the tank is large enough (ie 75g+) then it will do fine, but it will most likely need to be kept alone due to aggression. And WC = wild-caught (whereas CB = captive-bred).

 

[dadecountyalan]

its going to be where i have the current one. solo 75g

 

[dadecountyalan]

Though discus are still cichlids and semi aggressive. A red devil I think would dominate the tank...........

theres no way you could keep a rd with discus i know that much. ive been raising discus since i was a baby.

 

[dadecountyalan]

If the tank is large enough (ie 75g+) then it will do fine, but it will most likely need to be kept alone due to aggression. And WC = wild-caught (whereas CB = captive-bred).

how long would it take to acclimate though. being a wild fish