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Can anyone suggest something that I can put in with my red devil. I have had him for three years now. He is between 8-10 inches long. I have tried oscars but he brutalized them pretty bad. I was thinking maybe a jaguar cichlid with him. He is in a 75 gallon by himself now. I also wanted to see if anyone could suggest a scavenger to put in with him.
ChilDawg
03-10-2003, 3:55 PM
I don't think that he will accept any tankmates in his 75g, and I don't think that he is of a disposition to accept any tankmates period.
I think your right. I was hoping to find something for him because I hate just having one fish in a tank. Getting rid of him is out of the question because my wife and I are kind of attached to him.
RDs are cool but anything besides spongebob and his buddies(in plastic) is likley to become lunch.
ChilDawg
03-10-2003, 5:03 PM
I know the feeling because I have been thinking about the same thing for my future Dovii set-up, but, luckily for the both of us, our (in my case, theoretical) fish are very interesting on their own and make great pets.
Tightdog1
03-10-2003, 8:45 PM
yea the RD will pretty much kill anything that is not as big and aggressive so probably just about nothing can go in the tank without being killed.
Tinman
03-11-2003, 9:50 AM
hey I have a female thats 12 inch maybe we can go take them for a walk in the park. I have been trying to teach her to sit for 5years and play nice with other fish but she just will not listen.
jmann
03-11-2003, 10:48 AM
Hey Tinman, I am starting to think making them play nice is a lost cause.
AikidoGuy
03-11-2003, 12:35 PM
in a 75 probably not even a pleco for very long. I had a large dominant male reign over a female midas, a buttikoferi, and a carpinte in a 220gallon, eventually he and his mate were the only fish in the tank which eventually led to him being traded away for some nics
Tinman
03-12-2003, 10:51 PM
maybe if a put a muzzle on her like a pitbull she will not attack when not commanded to. I don't know what to call her because she is not hetero or homosexual she just doesn't like nothing or no one not even me. But I'm thinking about investing in a 375g and adding my 10inch male dovii and see how she likes that. That would be a awesome mixe breed of fry but to bad it will never happen!!
jmann
03-13-2003, 12:49 AM
Mine is the same way. He hates everything and everyone. Last year I picked up a female from my lfs and it looked like they would get along. I put her in with him and they were cool all day. I went to school that night, came home 3 hours later and there was barely enough of her to be able to tell she was a red devil.
AcTwisted
03-13-2003, 2:55 PM
I was thinking of putting a RD in a 125 by himself since I hear they don't "play nice"
Now does that go for bottom dwellers too?? (i.e.. no plecos or catfish??)
1 fish in a 6 foot tank seems a waste, but if that's the best thing to avoid trouble, I'll do it.
AikidoGuy
03-13-2003, 3:34 PM
usually you can get away with a pleco (but not always) just make sure you give it a place to hide once in a while.
I've tried plecos twice with no luck. They had a large cave to hide in. They used it to hide but the rd would wait and ambush them when they came out. I took them out and put them in other tanks. The only luck I have had is when my wife accidentally put a clown loach in with him. She bought me a clown loach and put it in the wrong tank. They were in the same tank for two days before I noticed and the loach had no damage done to it.
Tightdog1
03-13-2003, 7:53 PM
i would say if u wanna put a pleco in there he should be bigger than the RD, a lot bigger