265 has some inhabitants!

[Austin Badertscher]

A pair of Dovii on one side (normal female, red Gene male) on the other side a pair of normal convicts, a pair of pink convicts, 3 Midas, and 2 PetSmart red devil's.
I really want another tank!!! The problem I have is the tank is in the living room and needs to "look good" so I'm trying to decide what direction to go with the tank... So far I love them all!!! Hard to decide....

 

[DMD123]

Awesome! Good to see the fish in their home.

 

[Austin Badertscher]

The normal convicts have spawned in a small flowerpot cave, the dovii on the other side are doing pre spawn behaviour!

 

[Austin Badertscher]

Pics of the pair

 

[Austin Badertscher]

Left side group doing well!

 

[DMD123]

Nice group of fish you have. Looks like you too will face the what to keep decision as they get bigger. Keep us updated, I really want to see how the midas turn out.

 

[Betty]

Wow, what a nice big tank! Going to be awesome when it's all done.

 

[Austin Badertscher]

Moved the little pink convicts back to the 40 gallon until the female gets big enough to keep up at feeding time with the other fish, picked up a supposed 6" red devil that turns out to be over 10" the biggest PetSmart red devil given to me keeps trying to spawn with it I think.... And my male dovii is starting to get more color and get a small hump on his head!!!

 

[DMD123]

That is a good looking red devil. Nice colors on it

 

[Austin Badertscher]

That is a good looking red devil. Nice colors on it

The white on it's body is missing scales, they guy I got it from said it was fighting with his Oscars bad.... The fish is doing well and is the boss of the tank now so it should make a quick recovery.

 

[Austin Badertscher]

Which side do I choose to rule the tank? Both makes are starting to get a hump and look really good!

 

[DMD123]

And that is why we all end up with multiple tanks, lol

That looks like the Petsmart red devil getting the hump?

 

[Austin Badertscher]

Yep, him and the the 11" red devil have been hanging out alot and seem to be trying to make a nest together. The PetSmart red devil seems to have grown the fastest and may be over 6" closer to 7" now

 

[DMD123]

I know some of the purists really frown upon the ‘midevil’ you find at Petsmart and Petco but usually I find them to be good quality fish. The ones that we have are colorful, have decent nuchal humps and actually not overly aggressive. With all the fancy Hoga, true Midas and Sagittae growing out, at this point I could keep just the one Petsmart red devil and be happy.

 

[Austin Badertscher]

Pretty much, If I can get him to pair off with the big female, I would be pretty happy, the Midas eat well but still don't seem to be hitting a growth spurt yet. I am not sure if the second PetSmart fish you gave me is male or female, it has probably grown but not at much as the larger one

 

[DMD123]

A couple baby pics to show the progress of your Petsmart Red devil

When I first got it

Still in the 20L

Your picture of it now

 

[Austin Badertscher]

The dovii spawned!!!

 

[DMD123]

Congrats on the spawn!

 

[fishguy1978]

The dovii spawned!!!

That’s cool

 

[lloyd378]

I saw your devils at AP today..... where did the big one come from?