my little brother recently bought 2 red devils. the larger one started attacking the little on 2 the point where i thought he was gonna die. so i put him in with my baby Oscars. my question is will the eat each other as they get older or will they remain as they are with just a small tif now and then.. so i guess what im asking is can a red devil go with oscars? the tank i have them in is 110L and none of the fish are over 4 inches.. the oscars are bigger by a little

i personally wouldnt house a red devil with an oscar long term. you can probabbly get away with it while they are juveniles but as they mature the aggression of the rd might become to much for the oscars to handle. for now i would jsut keep an eye on them and at the first sign of trouble be ready to divide the tank or re home the devil.

yeah it seems that the Oscars are defiantly the bosses of the tank and Ive had the devil in there for like 4 days and my understanding is that the Oscars grow faster so hopefully that can keep him inline till i get another tank setup.. the only reason i haven't is cause im from Australia and we have water restrictions. but thnx for the advice dude

tottally agree with necro, hope everything goes ok for u man, gd luckw ith your fish

Matt

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i dont know if you made a spelling mistake but did you mean 110 gallons, or 110 litres? because 110 litres is only about 24 gallons.
if you did mean litres then sorry to say, you cant have any of the fish mentioned in the tank, its way to small, you need a 55 uk gallon for 1 oscar only, with tankmates then ever bigger.
im sure you ment 110 gallons though. just wanted to make sure

nar dude i meant liters and yeah i know that's to small but i have 1 bigger tank that they will be moved into wen they are bigger.. bare in mind that they are all very small atm and the reason they are not in the bigger tank yet is casue like i said im Australian and we have water restrictions

the sooner the better mate, if you want them to live together, they need a larger tank. oscars grow very fast and will suffer in a small tank that size.

thnx for the help guys i have removed the devil from the tank with the Oscars and taken him back to the shop i felt it was best for my Oscars and the devil

probably the best thing you could have done tbh

good luck with the new tank

Matt

yea i would take him out a friend of mine has a 12 inch oscar and 1, 2 inch Red Devil he put them into a 120 US Gsllon and the little Red Devil ended up killing the Oscar by eating his fins this happend within a day so i would move him asap. because the Red Devils can turn on a dime.

red devil is a devil with other specie. they used
to nipped fins and once fins is torn, keep on nipping
until the one being nipped is sick and finless.....
oh devil itself.... it won't work with oscar.