male motaguense temperment

[ole]

hey guys i have kept many large male cichlids before including midas, umbees, festaes, red devils, etc, but have not kept a motaguense. i am wondering how aggressive they are, and do they have good owner responsiveness? i was thinking about getting another midas but the lfs has some motas in stock. thanks in advance.

 

[big dovii]

they are easily the meanest fish inch for inch in my opinion.

 

[bigspizz]

Only thing I have personally kept that is more aggro, is a Dovii....And I have seen nice Temperament dovii's....Never seen a "nice" motag...They are vicious....

 

[fishluvr12]

I agree,very agressive!

 

[darthodo]

I asked this question a while back and I ended up getting a 5" male. He is great. He doesn't hide and he is always out front. Begs for food and fights his reflection and actually hit my tongs yesterday when I was getting some uneaten food out of his tank. Get the motag!

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

very mean probably have the most vicious teeth of any cichlid species

 

[mohinder]

Agreed. Male motas can be major killers. They get fairly big too. My male is about 10 inches SL.

 

[Onion01]

the only thing my male didn't kill was his female

 

[FSM]

Wow! I always thought the parachromis species weren't too insane, other than Dovii and Jags.

 

[thefishguy7]

very mean probably have the most vicious teeth of any cichlid species

x2, my male has teeth over 1/4" long.
He's not overly aggressive though-probably due to a bad eye and fin.