Which is more aggressive? Red Devil or Midas
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Had to add a follow up on my Midas.
I thought I had a puppy dog who was easy going. I was wrong!
Last night I decided to get my red hook silver dollars before I had my new 120g set up. These were going into my 65g (36x18x24) growout with my 5" Midas. These SD's were 3.5", pretty good sized fish for my Midas. As I floated the new fish my Midas was attacking the bags, but stopped after a few attempts. So I thought that it would be OK to release the red hooks into the tank. After a few moments the Midas was biting the sides of the fish and attacking them! He nailed a couple pretty hard and I thought they were goners. This morning I awoke and found everything was just fine and he had accepted his new tankmates.
I learned a few things:
1. Dont let the puppy dog looks and attitude make you think your agressive fish is easy going.
2. Rearrange your tank before adding anything new, to give them a fighting chance.
3. Sometimes it is better to wait to add new fish - I really could have held out for two weeks till my 120 was set up!
But in the end it really depends on your fishes personality.
I thought I had a puppy dog who was easy going. I was wrong!
Last night I decided to get my red hook silver dollars before I had my new 120g set up. These were going into my 65g (36x18x24) growout with my 5" Midas. These SD's were 3.5", pretty good sized fish for my Midas. As I floated the new fish my Midas was attacking the bags, but stopped after a few attempts. So I thought that it would be OK to release the red hooks into the tank. After a few moments the Midas was biting the sides of the fish and attacking them! He nailed a couple pretty hard and I thought they were goners. This morning I awoke and found everything was just fine and he had accepted his new tankmates.
I learned a few things:
1. Dont let the puppy dog looks and attitude make you think your agressive fish is easy going.
2. Rearrange your tank before adding anything new, to give them a fighting chance.
3. Sometimes it is better to wait to add new fish - I really could have held out for two weeks till my 120 was set up!
But in the end it really depends on your fishes personality.
you can get a well behaved one now and then that goes against the grain.
the midas in my sig is 9". the only tankmates she never liked was a bunch of female cons i added. the largest con was about 2" and my midas was scared of them and she was 8" at the time.
the midas in my sig is 9". the only tankmates she never liked was a bunch of female cons i added. the largest con was about 2" and my midas was scared of them and she was 8" at the time.
I just had to take my Red Devil back to my lfs. His relentless chasing of my other fish was a fish he had to go.
