WHat size is your Red Devil?

[Pyramid_Party]

Hi,

What size is your red devil? Also post how old they are too. I am just trying to see what sizes I get so I can get an idea on a true average size. Cause sometimes I get sick of people throwing out an enormous size and claiming they saw a cichlid that big. Everytime someone asked how big an oscar or red devil or GT gets, someone always says
"I've see one that was 18 inches!". But I know thats not always true. Im not denying some fish can get pretty big, but its not norm in my opinion.

I was looking at a website and reading a bunch of comments and most people were saying their red devils were somewhere between 20-30 cm. So I am just trying to get some averages. Thanks

 

[Reagan]

I've had one that got to 15" and 2 more that were 14". I've had 10 or so more that were 13". most will get over 12".

 

[Kolewolf]

I have 3 Males that range between 9-11" and they are just 15 months old.

 

[LittleFrog]

I have a female that's somewhere between 7 and 8 inches, and I got her 9 months ago at about an inch in size.

 

[honda237]

Mine is 4" and is around 5 months or so. here he or she is, can anyone sex please

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Thats a nice RD. Does it mess with your pleco?

 

[Cecropia]

Mine hit 9ish" before she suicided and took the rest of the tank inhabitants with her.

Biggest I've seen in person was a 11" female, I think that one was supposed to be almost 2 years old.

 

[honda237]

Thats a nice RD. Does it mess with your pleco?

Thanks, i like him a lot. No not really for right now, the pleco hides during the day. He is starting to get aggressive now and flares up at me when i come up to the tank. So he should be a lot of fun when he gets older.

 

[Kolewolf]

Here are pics of 2 of my males

 

[Jason_S]

i had a female a while back that i bought at about 2" and got to around 9" after probably a year and a half to 2 years. much later i bought 2 others that turned out to both be males. one i got at about 2" and got to probably 10" in maybe a year to year and a half. the other was already 4" when I got it and he got to 10" in probably a year.

i now have A. xiloaensis, very closely related to red devil. i got them at 2" tops in march and now the 2 larger males are pushing 7".

also, all sizes i've stated are in standard length. a lot of people make their fish sound bigger by adding ever cm of the tail or fin trailers too.