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red devil 2
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posted 02-04-2004 02:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for red devil 2     Edit/Delete Message
for quite a long time now i have been keeping silver doller in with 2 pink convicts a pregnent black convict a green texas cichlid a red oscar and a red devil and a fire mouth there al about the same size 1 inch exept for the oscar who is 3 and for some reson my silver doller acts like a cichlid now he gets equally picked on as everyone else he eats wheatgerm sticks ( cichlid sticks ) and will occasionally fight my other fish he recantly took off one of my oscars scales over a whetgerm stick. trust me he is a silver dollar i know. now if you think thats crazy ive heard people keep big aggressive south american cichlids with barbs and danios and still have a peaceful tank

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t_chelle16
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posted 02-04-2004 03:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for t_chelle16     Edit/Delete Message
How big is the tank? That's a lot of potentially large, aggressive fish that are going to need a couple hundred gallons when they get bigger. Depending on the size of the tank you have them in now, this could be the first signs of aggression due to overcrowding. And if the tank is too small, it will only get worse.

-Chelle

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red devil 2
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posted 02-04-2004 04:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for red devil 2     Edit/Delete Message
200 gallons. u think thats big enough

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dvross
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posted 02-04-2004 05:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dvross     Edit/Delete Message
I'm curious to see how the other fish pan out with that RD in there. 200g aside, that fish is a mean **** and he'll not hesitate to rip the fins off a tankmate - or worse. You should worry less about the Silver and start worrying about him.

What T_Chelle said is absolutely correct. 200 Gallons is still not enough of a footprint to accomodate those fish' territorial requirements. Most Cichlids maintain about 12 square feet in the wild. Your tank doesn't even off that. I understand we make do with tanks but don't be surprised if you start losing fish to aggression. The Texas, Oscar RD and the convicts are ALL mean little thugs, the RD expecially.

Just a warning.
Hi dvross, Thank you for your informative posts but please be careful of language. This is a family forum with young readers.

[This message has been edited by kc5gvn (edited 02-04-2004).]

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red devil 2
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posted 02-04-2004 07:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for red devil 2     Edit/Delete Message
i was talking about 200 gallons being the cvapacity for now and the red devil actually only fights with one of my smaller pink convicts otherwise hes a wimp his teeth are starting to come in im wondering if he could just be a mix up with a midas cichlid because they look very familiar

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dvross
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posted 02-04-2004 07:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dvross     Edit/Delete Message
You're lucky he's still a Juvie. It will get increasingly worse - "You've been warned"

As far as him being a Midas, that's tough to say without a pic... Here's a photo of an Amphilophus Citrinellus for your reference:


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jason
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posted 02-04-2004 08:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jason     Edit/Delete Message
THats a awsome fish

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red devil 2
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posted 02-05-2004 03:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for red devil 2     Edit/Delete Message
yes it looks like that but withpout the lump on his head i have seen younger midas cichlids and they dont have the lump can u send me a pick of a red devil and then maybe i can tell

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