ANTHONY WILCOX - 2009-05-10 I have 2 Red Devils, 2 Jack Dempseys, 1 Blue Devil, and 1 Oscar. All my fishes get along. My Red Devil Binky owns the tank and he kills other fish that I try to add to the tank. I tried to add a snakehead that was way bigger and my Red Devil killed it in less than 3 hours, and snakeheads get like 4 to 10 feet. The Snakehead was full grown. All my fishes are nice but I know not to bring new fishes into the tank that he's not familiar with.
misfitt - 2009-05-03 I've had fish my whole life, but this is new. I just got two 3 inch red devils and two 3 inch texas cichlids. Well the devils don't get along with eah other and the tex don't get along with each other. My smaller devil and larger tex seem to have paired off and vise versa. I think it's kinda cool. A friend had a devil and a convict that paired off and bred so it'll be interesting to see what happens with the 2 devil tex pairs I have.
Cleveland - 2009-03-30 My red devils are smaller than my oscars and way smaller than my silver dollars; however, they are bigger than my jack demps. I see my red devils and jacks sometimes exchanging food or whatever it is, mouth too mouth. I find that entertaining and funny, to me. They are so cool! They are aggressive, yet they have a kind side to them too.
Kevin Hoffman - 2009-03-25 I began with four red devils and the most aggressive one has finally killed the others off. I bought an oscar who was even larger than the red devil and I thought he would defend himself. He was killed off in just 24 hours! This is a beautiful fish but one of the most aggresive ones I've ever had.
helga;-]devil - 2009-03-25 My red devil lives with 2 oscars, 3 gourami +3 silver dollar. Yes he`s boss, but he`s nothing like the PSYCHO SERIAL KILLER type that everyone claims is 'the norm'. Am I the only person in the world with a peaceful friendly devil? Such a shame because he`s easily the smartest, funniest, and most amazing fish I've had.
brandon - 2009-03-07 I have had a red devil for about 4 months now and I kept it in with pink convicts, black convicts, jack dempseys, and an oscar. It killed one of my biggest pink convicts and he's going aggresively at every other fish.
Kevin Hoffman - 2009-03-04 I started out with four red devils and now I'm down to just two. Although they were all healthy eaters, one seemed to grow much faster than the others and he killed two of them off. An ick infestation calmed him down somewhat but now that he's healthy again he's absolutely brutal towards his only remaining tankmate. If this continues he'll have the whole tank to himself before long. The weaker fish hides among floating plants at the surface. I knew this might happen as I have had similar situations with other large Ciclids.
Kevin Hoffman - 2009-02-21 I recently purchased four red devils (two males and two females). For some reason one of the fish is more timid than the others and he is taking a real beating. He has marks all over him from where the largest fish has attacked him. If this continues I think I might lose him. I added a Pictus Catfish to their tank and he turned up dead in just one week! I have had large Oscars in the past and they never bothered the bottom dwelling catfish so I thought this one would be safe. Wrong! But these are very smart fish. Since I am the only one who feeds them they come to the front of the tank as soon as I approach. I am hoping two of them will pair off and breed. There are large piles of gravel from where they have been digging. I just wish the scardy-cat fish would get some nerve and fight back to the bully who keeps tormenting him!
Mark Huffman - 2009-02-20 To answer your question about additional tank mates for the red devils Jaime, I have a 55 gallon tank with two rather large red devils and several south american convicts. I find that if you keep cichlids of the same region in a tank together they get along fine. Make sure the convicts have caves, rocks, stumps, and plants to hide in and around. I recently transfered the red devils and the convicts along with a pleco from a 20 gallon to the 55 gallon. I've had the convicts for over two years and the red devils for almost a year with no problems. The convicts have had several broods and the convicts will defend their terroritory against the much larger red devils, but without injuring them. Hope this helps a bit. Good luck.
A beautiful but violent fish, the iconic Red Devil makes for one of the most striking show cichlids in the hobby!
I have 2 Red Devils, 2 Jack Dempseys, 1 Blue Devil, and 1 Oscar. All my fishes get along. My Red Devil Binky owns the tank and he kills other fish that I try to add to the tank. I tried to add a snakehead that was way bigger and my Red Devil killed it in less than 3 hours, and snakeheads get like 4 to 10 feet. The Snakehead was full grown. All my fishes are nice but I know not to bring new fishes into the tank that he's not familiar with.
I've had fish my whole life, but this is new. I just got two 3 inch red devils and two 3 inch texas cichlids. Well the devils don't get along with eah other and the tex don't get along with each other. My smaller devil and larger tex seem to have paired off and vise versa. I think it's kinda cool. A friend had a devil and a convict that paired off and bred so it'll be interesting to see what happens with the 2 devil tex pairs I have.
My red devils are smaller than my oscars and way smaller than my silver dollars; however, they are bigger than my jack demps. I see my red devils and jacks sometimes exchanging food or whatever it is, mouth too mouth. I find that entertaining and funny, to me. They are so cool! They are aggressive, yet they have a kind side to them too.
I began with four red devils and the most aggressive one has finally killed the others off. I bought an oscar who was even larger than the red devil and I thought he would defend himself. He was killed off in just 24 hours! This is a beautiful fish but one of the most aggresive ones I've ever had.
My red devil lives with 2 oscars, 3 gourami +3 silver dollar. Yes he`s boss, but he`s nothing like the PSYCHO SERIAL KILLER type that everyone claims is 'the norm'. Am I the only person in the world with a peaceful friendly devil? Such a shame because he`s easily the smartest, funniest, and most amazing fish I've had.
I have had a red devil for about 4 months now and I kept it in with pink convicts, black convicts, jack dempseys, and an oscar. It killed one of my biggest pink convicts and he's going aggresively at every other fish.
I started out with four red devils and now I'm down to just two. Although they were all healthy eaters, one seemed to grow much faster than the others and he killed two of them off. An ick infestation calmed him down somewhat but now that he's healthy again he's absolutely brutal towards his only remaining tankmate. If this continues he'll have the whole tank to himself before long. The weaker fish hides among floating plants at the surface. I knew this might happen as I have had similar situations with other large Ciclids.
My friend keeps his with a black convict and a jack dempsey and a red oscar. They are the ones it usually doesn't chase.
I recently purchased four red devils (two males and two females). For some reason one of the fish is more timid than the others and he is taking a real beating. He has marks all over him from where the largest fish has attacked him. If this continues I think I might lose him. I added a Pictus Catfish to their tank and he turned up dead in just one week! I have had large Oscars in the past and they never bothered the bottom dwelling catfish so I thought this one would be safe. Wrong! But these are very smart fish. Since I am the only one who feeds them they come to the front of the tank as soon as I approach. I am hoping two of them will pair off and breed. There are large piles of gravel from where they have been digging. I just wish the scardy-cat fish would get some nerve and fight back to the bully who keeps tormenting him!
To answer your question about additional tank mates for the red devils Jaime, I have a 55 gallon tank with two rather large red devils and several south american convicts. I find that if you keep cichlids of the same region in a tank together they get along fine. Make sure the convicts have caves, rocks, stumps, and plants to hide in and around. I recently transfered the red devils and the convicts along with a pleco from a 20 gallon to the 55 gallon. I've had the convicts for over two years and the red devils for almost a year with no problems. The convicts have had several broods and the convicts will defend their terroritory against the much larger red devils, but without injuring them. Hope this helps a bit. Good luck.