Red Devil

I was at the LFS and seen a large red devil for sale and was wondering
what other kinds of fish would co habitat with a red devil, I have a
180 gallon tank that I've been wanting to put bluegill in, could the
red get along with them?

Hate to break the news to you but i have a 5in red devil in with a 2in
bluegill and a 6in pleco and all are doing fine.



Rick wrote:
"Joe Smith" wrote in message
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I was at the LFS and seen a large red devil for sale and was wondering
what other kinds of fish would co habitat with a red devil, I have a
180 gallon tank that I've been wanting to put bluegill in, could the
red get along with them?



ah, no, the bluegill would be toast very quickly. Red Devils don't even get
along with each other, at least males don't. Put two males and a female in a
180 and you will probably find one dead male very quickly. Very aggressive
fish. Suitable tank mates might be other cichlids in that 12" size range and
even then there is no guarantee.

Rick

"Gene" wrote in message
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Hate to break the news to you but i have a 5in red devil in with a 2in
bluegill and a 6in pleco and all are doing fine.



get back to us when the red devil is 12" however some say that putting the
fish together when young may help.

Rick

How big is the tank?
....Kodiak

"Gene" wrote in message
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Hate to break the news to you but i have a 5in red devil in with a 2in
bluegill and a 6in pleco and all are doing fine.



Rick wrote:
"Joe Smith" wrote in message
...

I was at the LFS and seen a large red devil for sale and was wondering
what other kinds of fish would co habitat with a red devil, I have a
180 gallon tank that I've been wanting to put bluegill in, could the
red get along with them?



ah, no, the bluegill would be toast very quickly. Red Devils don't even
get
along with each other, at least males don't. Put two males and a female
in a
180 and you will probably find one dead male very quickly. Very
aggressive
fish. Suitable tank mates might be other cichlids in that 12" size range
and
even then there is no guarantee.

Rick

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"Gene" wrote in message
...
Hate to break the news to you but i have a 5in red devil in with a
2in
bluegill and a 6in pleco and all are doing fine.



get back to us when the red devil is 12" however some say that putting
the
fish together when young may help.

Rick

I with Rick on this one. I have 2 Red devils which were raised together,
and they got along famously. One moved out for 3 months. Upon return
the fish cannot be put together (they will kill each other), and now
neither of them can be put with any cichlids, so they share a 60g tank by
themselves (staring across the plastic screen which keeps them
separated). Come BBQ season, I'm going to be researching recipes ;~)

If you have a harmonious combination with Red Devils (which is very
possible), I suggest you do not mess with it. Do not remove or add fish
which could cause their pecking order to be re-evaluated. This is true
of most any large cichlids, but the results can vary from bad to Red
Devils ;o)

NetMax

I had a breeding pair of Red Devils in a 150 gallon tank with a breeding
paif of Jack Dempseys. There'd be the occasional brawl in the middle of the
tank between the males but nothing life threatening.

Hell, they even left each other's fry alone.

Bot the Red Devils were easily 12 inches if not more.

I think the key is raising them together however. That is true in my case.
I bought them when they were maybe 6 inches each. The tank originally had
three times the fish in it but I got rid of most as they started getting
bigger.

I've heard lots of stories about the killer Red Devils but never saw it in
person. There is a fish store here in the bay area that has several Red
Devils in their large display tank with lots of other fish.

"Rick" wrote in message
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"Gene" wrote in message
...
Hate to break the news to you but i have a 5in red devil in with a 2in
bluegill and a 6in pleco and all are doing fine.



get back to us when the red devil is 12" however some say that putting the
fish together when young may help.

Rick

They could get along, provided bluegill is much small than RD and is not
treated as a threat by RD, you chance will get better if you have other fish
in the tank too.

My foot long Red Devil rules my 180G with a dozen of tankmates, some are as
little as 2", RD's are very territorial but not highly piscivorous, in a
tank large enough, they tend to leave smaller tankmates alone, they could
still kill other fish if they feel threatened by them though.

D. J.

"Joe Smith" wrote in message
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I was at the LFS and seen a large red devil for sale and was wondering
what other kinds of fish would co habitat with a red devil, I have a
180 gallon tank that I've been wanting to put bluegill in, could the
red get along with them?