Well I had about 30 now down to 6, I think they were casualties of my filter

How do you expect to breed fish for sale.

when you loose fish so easily.

And Red devils too?

I dunno :roll:

Alan

They were only red devils. I put them in a massive tank with a strong power filter. The survivers are in a small tank. I couldnt have looked after 30 any way.

I'm very skeptical of claims of fish being killed by filters. Unless it's heaps stronger than any I have. I've had guppies and gourami fry in tanks with 404s and 403s and I've only had fish sucked up by the filter a couple times and all of those I'm confident were due to the fish being practically dead anyway.

What do you mean "they were only red devils"? Are you implying it doesn't matter if you kill a fish if, for some reason, you consider it less important than other species?

I get angry with people who don't care if they have killed a fish because it was only cheap, they had lots of them, didn't really want that fish anyway, it was given to me etc etc etc.

If you keep fish you must house them and care for them to the best of your ability. They are reliant on you for their survival.

If you had a litter of kittens, or puppies, there would be a fuss made if it was discovered you had managed to kill most of them because of something you did and then you said "It doesn't matter, they were only moggies". Why should fish be any different? Because they can't complain, don't look cute?

I agree Caryl

I really dont know what happened to them, I was given 30 and when I went to move them to another tank there was 6. They are fish fry at only a few days old so I expected a few deaths. It was probably the bigger fry that ate them any way.

Wel the little buggers are causing me trouble allready. The six of them beat my male badis badis to death then started eating him. I thought I have been feeding them enough. Now they have a tank to themselves.

:lol: Didn't believe us huh?

Alan

I knew that they were going to be aggresive but not at 5mm long.

couldn't agree more.

RD's are the best.

yeah, its a shame they get so UGLY!

Shae 250

That look ugly to me, compared to my fish, its a shame that most personalty fish are either ugly, or get too big or both, id love a Red Devil even though they are ugly, i just dont have space for a personalty fish!

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

(i think there ugly, you think they arnt)

Shae 250

Well personally, I think ugly pets are cute

My dog Syd was a Bulldog ( not the prettiest boy in town LOL)

I am considering getting Axolotyls again, far from handsome, and most people think my turtles aren't Cute!!!!! whats up with that?

I would love to have a large "ugly" fish, wonder if I could convince hubby to let me have another BIG tank LMAO!!!

yeah, its a shame they get so UGLY!

You lost your right to an opinion when you said you like the looks of blood parrots.

How tru Ira.

Lucky he's been converted to killies now tho

Alan 104

I no what you mean know Ira, saw some red parrot cichlids the other day, i dunno what i was thinking!! there horrible little things!

Shae 250

i reckon theyre a fantastic fish, the only thing similar ive seen in chch are midas' and they arent even for sale

Different strokes for different folks, like i had a pitbull & wouldnt think about a poodle. (Sadly put down 1 week b4 Xmas due to cancer at 10 yrs old)

Did a bit of reasearch and i found this...

http://www.reddevilfish.co.uk

And this is a small file but all i can say is KEWL!!!

http://www.reddevilfish.co.uk/Video/HandFeeding.WMV

Now when I empty my 1.1m tank and put my fish fish into a 5 footer with plants etc what to do with the old tank?? Mmmmm

Funny tho I would look @ it as being a bit mean to have 1 fish in a big tank all by himself but if the fish likes it...