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That is also true Jay, glad you did your homework >.=) "Amphilophus labiatus is the red devil. Amphilophus citrinellus is the midas cichlid," but did you look up Cichlasoma Cintrinellum?

There are different breeds which are dictated by the colorings such as the red and white piebald morph of the red devil, solid red morph of Amphilophus labiatus (red devil), gold morph of Amphilophus citrinellus, and large-lipped, orange-red cichlids were Amphilophus labiatus, while the names A. citrinellus and A. erythraeus applied respectively to the yellow and red color forms of another, simple-lipped species.

These three species were assigned to the subgenus Amphilophus of the then Cichlasoma genus. Which is why your references are pulling up red devil for Amphilophus labiatus. Both are correct just one is out dated. Scientific names of fish change quiet often due to many factors.

Let's not forget the Amphilophus festae "The True Red Devil." I hope all this is not too confusing and hopefully it was helpful to all.

-S42K










Amphilophus citrinellus shows the normal banded morph.

I see

Wow you cetainly know a lot about them.
I got one of the yellow ones but he seems to be going orangy/red.
At the moment he is in with a zebra and a jewel. I have tried other fish but they just get torn up. I even tried another zebra but both the other zebra and the red devil kept getting stuck into him, so he had to moved.

The one I got is a male and he is a bout 5 inces and growing rapidly. How do you think hed go with a female of simular size? Im looking for one but have had no luck so far.

He was shy at first but now is king of the tank,does the feed me dance and builds big mounds of gravel(plants have got no chance)

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Hey I'm looking for a tankmate for my green terror. He will be in a 100 gallon, and thats like spoiling him. I was thinking maybe a red devil or a texas cichlids. Any suggestions?

Tony, I have my Red Devil with three African's. One is a pusedotrophlous salinas, White OB Zebra, and I can not remember the others name. But he is dark blue with yellow fins. I also have a pleco, and a black finned shark in a 55 gallon. They all with stand one another, not saying there is no nipping or chasing going on. Back home before I moved I had a Red Devil with a Frontosa, Texas Cichlid, Jewel Cichlid, Green Terror and a Crawfish in a 60 gallon. They all seemed to be doing ok until Red started his growth spurt. He terrorized everyone except the Front. So as you can see it really depends on the fish as to compatibilty. Also keep in mind that a Red Devil grows at a very fast pace when compared to other fish.

I too am thinking of finding my Red a mate. I would love to have a mating pair of Red's. I think they are beautiful and have a wonderful personality for a fish. I have not gotten around to looking for a female as of yet. My Red does the dance, and the whole gravel moving ordeal. I believe this to be their place to have fry. I think you will be fine adding a female Red. I would reccomend you keeping Red with African's, Peacocks, or try a JD and see. My friend had a 150 gallon tank with several JD's a mating pair of Red's, several Texas Cichlids and some other Cichlids. All doing just fine. The mating pair chases one another around the tank. Kinda a flirting type situation.

The key to Cichlids really is to have a large quantity. You have to disperse the aggressiveness from my experience.

As to what to keep with your Green Terror? Well in a 100 gallon, I would number one get a Frontosa (my fav), Texas, Jack Dempsey, another Green Terror, which are all readily available locally. However try online or ordering a Parapetenia dovii (Wolf Cichlid), Amphilophus trimaculatus, or a Amphilophus festae. All of which are truly exotic and beautiful. You will have to definitly keep an eye out on the last three listed as they get older they are nasty. I just like the exotic Cichlids. For peoples to come over and say "wow, what is that?"

I am currently trying to locate the golden phase Red Devil without luck. As well as make up my mind on what kind of Cichlid tank I want to build next.

-S42K