Red Devil Cichlid

Subject: Red Devil Cichlid Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:43 pm

I picked up 9in Red Devil from the LFS today. The lady said it came in last week and she wanted to get rid of it. She sold it to me for $15.....a steal I thought so I took and brought it home.....so far it is playing nice.

Here he is

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:49 pm

Great deal! Nice fish too!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:02 pm

Thanks!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:16 pm

Wow, very nice! Congrats on the new addition Mostlycichlids.

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:30 pm

Thanks!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:03 am

Nice Looking male! My LFS had one around that size and when ever I put my hand up to the glass he'd try to attack it. Where is it living now?

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

I love 'em when they get that size. They follow you around and chase after your hand if it's in front of the tank. He looks really well taken care of too.

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:48 pm

Thanks guys....he was in very good shape...I am sure he will color up a bit more. He is a very active digger...the jag was not too fond of him so I switched some fish around today. I gave the 75g to him ands through my Firemouth in with him. The firemouth is very aggressive. the firemouth has plenty of places to retreat. Hoping it works out otherwise he will end up having the entire 75g which is fine with me.

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:57 pm

Nice lookin' RD, MC.

WYite

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:20 pm

Thanks Wyite!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:56 pm

Nice pickup, great looking fish!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:53 pm

Thanks!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:16 am

Great looking RD there!!! How are he and the firemouth doing? (Looks like you have a very nice JD in the background too)!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:12 am

Well I ended up giving him the 75g to himself. He is a bastard though everytime we walk by he charges the glass...he has dug some plants up and when I put my hand in I get attacked....That is just the nature of the RD though...I love it! Ladies and Gentelmen that is why I love Cichlids.....lol He is already getting some nice coloration throughout the body. I have been feeding him Hikari , NLS and krill. I have also been giving him earthworms and shrimp a couple times in the last week, he is on a pretty varied diet.

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:52 am

Will he be going into the jag tank or is your jag to mellow for the RD?

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:24 am

Well I had him in there for a day and they took over the tank....in fact the jag is still digging out the substrate from where the RD was digging. The would probabally of been fine if there was no other tankmates.

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:58 pm

LMAO.....mine use to chase my hand around the tank when I cleaned it!! Use to crack me up, although I had to watch out for the Pacu and the Oscar too when I did anything in that tank...OMG, they use to make me jump so much!! I would be watching the RD/Midases cause well they chased me and the next thing I knew BAM the oscar would get my arm from the other side, I'd jump and look at him when BOOM, the pacu would get me from the other side LMAO, they were a blast though!!!!!!!!

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:41 pm

Yeah just did water changes today...lol The only fish that nudge/bite me are my Kenyi Males they are a holes and bite rather hard....and now the RD he has quite a big mouth and left a few marks but no big deal. I just kept thumping him back in his mouth.

Subject: Re: Red Devil Cichlid Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:43 pm

Couple updates...Had him a little more than a week now and already gettin some good colors on NLS and Hikari! The dorsal had a lot of blue and the orange is coming out a lot more throughout the body.