NEVER underestimate a Parachromis species

[cich78]

I'm not sure if you've ever seen a jaguar cichlid skull?
There's a thread here somewhere that has one.
Take a good look at those chompers. EEEK
Don't get me wrong Dovii are pretty scary too but yeah BIG difference in teeth compared to other cichlids
LOL I always thought they were called jaguars because of their color patterns.

Here is that jag skull....


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[Cichlidshady]

Here is that jag skull....


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Jesus! I'm not putting my hand anywhere near a full grown jag

 

[pelleeklund]

Almost every Jag I've kept has been really shy until it hits about 6-7 inches. Alot of times I would almost forget that they were there. Then one morning Id wake up to a massacre and remember I bought a Jag six months prior. They always seemed to get worse when the lights went out too. Great fish though, definitely one of my favorites.

 

[K626]

I had a 10 inch male jag that would slam the side of the tank whenever you'd come within 3 feet of it. He was a nasty bastard. He'd rip the algae scraper out of my hand as I cleaned the tank. One hell of a fish.

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[Vanica]

I had a 10 inch male jag that would slam the side of the tank whenever you'd come within 3 feet of it. He was a nasty bastard. He'd rip the algae scraper out of my hand as I cleaned the tank. One hell of a fish.

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My 14 inch male would do the same With the algae scraper. I also had to re-home a 16" common pleco because my big male was grabbing him by the tail and slamming him against the glass like a wrecking ball.

 

[cichlidfish]

I'm not sure if you've ever seen a jaguar cichlid skull?
There's a thread here somewhere that has one.
Take a good look at those chompers. EEEK
Don't get me wrong Dovii are pretty scary too but yeah BIG difference in teeth compared to other cichlids
LOL I always thought they were called jaguars because of their color patterns.

This is where predatory cichlids have an advantage over the omnivores. Once they get aggressive they can do way more damage quickly. I recently traded my p. loisellie, because he just snapped one day and was beating everything up. I miss that fish, but can't lose my whole community to him.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I re-home my Jag cause it attacked my arm when I'm doing weekly cleaning...and it did bleed me good for the last time, anyway while in my tank its successful killed a Pleco, Green Terror and a 9 inches purple wolffish. They were keep together at very young age and 1 day the Jag just become jerk and started killing everything in the tank.

 

[PYRU]

How can you underestimate a jag? Every search leads you to a thread about how nasty they can be. In all honesty you usually don't get the true parachromis aggression until they reach 6-10" depending on the fish. My jags have been on the milder side. Super territorial, but not just outright aggressive like mota's/dovii. Mixing CA's with SA's is generally not a good idea.