what is more aggressive grammodes or tiger moto or yellow jacket freddy or jaguar?
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I used to think the same, but my RTMs are both MUCH worse than any of my 4 Jags. Possibly the most aggressive species I ever owned
My experience....in terms of fish on fish aggression...
1.Red tiger moto.....one of my female RTM... constantly beating the !@#$ out of jags twice her size...male RTM relentlessly beat a jag I thought I could keep with him....
2. jaguar
3. Grammodes
in terms of fish on keeper...
1. jaguar....All the male jags I have/ had make tank cleaning risky. did not hesitate to bite the hand that feeds them....
2.RTM....Motos keep their distance during cleaning...
3.Grammodes
I only had grammodes a short time waaaay back so they are my 3 spot by default.....
EDIT...
forgot about freddies....had a fish long ago not sure if they were freddies or gold moto....they did not seem as aggressive as jags or RTM......
1.Red tiger moto.....one of my female RTM... constantly beating the !@#$ out of jags twice her size...male RTM relentlessly beat a jag I thought I could keep with him....
2. jaguar
3. Grammodes
in terms of fish on keeper...
1. jaguar....All the male jags I have/ had make tank cleaning risky. did not hesitate to bite the hand that feeds them....
2.RTM....Motos keep their distance during cleaning...
3.Grammodes
I only had grammodes a short time waaaay back so they are my 3 spot by default.....
EDIT...
forgot about freddies....had a fish long ago not sure if they were freddies or gold moto....they did not seem as aggressive as jags or RTM......
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RTM is the most aggressive of that list for sure. Or most commonly aggressive. Then from what I've read and heard, jags, then Freddie's, then Gram's.
I'd LOVE to keep a Freddy, but their next to impossible to find around me. And I haven't been committed enough to pay the 40$ shipping from raps lol
I've got a pair of what this forum suggested looked most like Loiselle, but I still say they're Friedrichsthalii. I'm far from an expert, but from the various cichlids I've kept, the few Parachromis variety I've kept I'd say are more fearless than crazy aggressive.
As a more immediate example for me I've now got a number of Festae, and while they can definitely be aggressive they seem like they're more calculating and selective with their aggression. I have a female juvenile Dempsey that gets it in her head once and a while that she needs to gill flare at other fish that would rip her face off if they wanted to.
"Physically similar to other members of the genus, especially P. managuensis and P. motaguensis, P. freidrichsthalii holds the broken band which runs horizontally through the flaml of the fish. The most distinct characteristic which enables the correct identification of this fish, is the golden-yellow colouration which is more prominent in this fish than the others.
However, P. loiselli also possesses such gold and yellow colouration. A distinct characteristic which enables these two fish to be easily separated is the distinctly un-broken dark band seen on P. friedrichsthalii. The dark spots which is found on P. loiselli ıs often so closely grouped that it appears to be a single solid band. P. loiselli can also be identified by its main colouration. Unlike all other members ın the genus, P. loiselli's main color is a solid yellow colouration."
-Wikipedia