Just be sure to keep an eye on him because your Midas/RD might not take a liking to him/her. Your new RD will be looked at as either a potential mate or a rival, intraspecific aggression is much higher than interspecific aggression
The Red Devil Diary
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Another week, another weekly water change for the “Fish of War”.
It seemed like Kratos was in an extra bad mood today because water change took me about an hour longer than usual and I think he turned the aggression up from a 7-8 to a 9-10. This time he was going after my hand with much more speed and power, I’m talking water splashing out of the tank type of speed and power. I remember half of his body was out of the water once when he tried to get me. It was a miracle I didn’t get tagged once but there were a couple near misses where you heard his jaws snapping shut. There is some serious power behind those jaws that amazes me every time.
That was when I decided “F it” and used the net method that @Jexnell uses. Worked for about 10 minutes before he got out and was back to going after my hand
After this water change session I can say that I haven’t had this much trouble with any of my other cichlids, (yes even my Butti). Kind of regretting now that I never got tagged by Bumblebee because it would’ve made bite force comparisons between these 2 species, which are known for having incredibly powerful jaws very very interesting. Am I crazy? Maybe
Couple pics during water change:
It seemed like Kratos was in an extra bad mood today because water change took me about an hour longer than usual and I think he turned the aggression up from a 7-8 to a 9-10. This time he was going after my hand with much more speed and power, I’m talking water splashing out of the tank type of speed and power. I remember half of his body was out of the water once when he tried to get me. It was a miracle I didn’t get tagged once but there were a couple near misses where you heard his jaws snapping shut. There is some serious power behind those jaws that amazes me every time.
That was when I decided “F it” and used the net method that @Jexnell uses. Worked for about 10 minutes before he got out and was back to going after my hand
After this water change session I can say that I haven’t had this much trouble with any of my other cichlids, (yes even my Butti). Kind of regretting now that I never got tagged by Bumblebee because it would’ve made bite force comparisons between these 2 species, which are known for having incredibly powerful jaws very very interesting. Am I crazy? Maybe
Couple pics during water change:
Btw I’m sitting here watching him right now and jeez this boy can dig! I literally just vacuumed the sand and leveled it out and now he’s busy building a freaking house over here LOL
Took a couple side shots today of him flaring, pretty happy with how they came out but boy is he an active fish.
I'm just starting to get back into the hobby after nearly 25yrs. Your thread has me missing my old RD male. He had alot of attitude and would draw blood when cleaning his tank if I wasn't careful. I'd love to get another but I'm not sure my wifes idea of me getting a large tank involves a single fish in it lol. Anyway thanks for the thread. I'm looking forward to another update.
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Well, if any fish can change your wife’s mind then it’s definitely the Amphilophus family. I’ve been pretty busy but I’ll give an update on him soon. He’s slowed down in growth now. Probably around 8 inches, nuchal hump still the same.