out of thses 2 cichlids which do you prefer!?
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in your opinion what does the Cuban have that u don't find in the jag, what is it that makes u say tht
I've owned both I tend to like the Cubans more.
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I think looks wise, it's harder to find a nice strain of managuense, but they are out there. Cubans are pretty consistent in the American hobby. I mean, they're both nice fish, some of my favorites. Cubans to me, personality wise, seem to be more consistently outgoing at a small size, less cautious. Jags seem to take a bit longer to come out of their shell, but it just depends on the fish. A nice looking and outgoing jag is a great fish to keep. Might be a bit harder to get a good pair bond with Cubans if you're wanting a pair.
Just personal preference, I prefer Cubans, but everyone should keep both at some point. So flip a coin.
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Just personal preference, I prefer Cubans, but everyone should keep both at some point. So flip a coin.
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I have never had a cuban so I prefer jags....l like the predatory look of they have with the pattern being like that of a actual Jaguar...also the size jags can attain over that of cuban...big fish impress me and visitors..based on appearance i don't think one can justifiy liking one and hating the other as they look similar...I'm only guessing but it seems jags have better pet personality as well...I was thinking about getting some Cubans when my LFS had them but they seemed too skittish...
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I think looks wise, it's harder to find a nice strain of managuense, but they are out there. Cubans are pretty consistent in the American hobby. I mean, they're both nice fish, some of my favorites. Cubans to me, personality wise, seem to be more consistently outgoing at a small size, less cautious. Jags seem to take a bit longer to come out of their shell, but it just depends on the fish. A nice looking and outgoing jag is a great fish to keep. Might be a bit harder to get a good pair bond with Cubans if you're wanting a pair.
Just personal preference, I prefer Cubans, but everyone should keep both at some point. So flip a coin.
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+1 on the outgoing nature. My cubans started out at barely and inch and where kept with very large aggressive fish like midas and salvini. The cubans were always out and begging for food pretty much from day 1. On the other hand my salvini never really came around and it took several weeks for my midas(around 3-4in) to develop some personality. My cubans where also the only fish at such a young age that seemed unafraid of my if I did some tank red-decorating where as my other fish would run and hide. I would have loved to see them as adults they would have been even more spectacular. Like aclockworkorange said its just a prefrence.... I don't think any jag owner hated keeping jags and the same for cubans.
Island animals, whether lemurs of Madagascar, tortoises of Galapagos or cichlids like tetracanthus or haitiensus seem to remain in a more primitive state than their mainland counterparts.
Perhaps because the lack of large predators on islands, or just plain isolation, (haitiensus is the only endemic cichlid to the island of Hispaniola, and only 2 cichlids, tetracanthus and ramsdeni on Cuba, these cichlids these cichlids remained relatively unchanged _since the islands were formed.
Evolutionary pressures on the mainland, may have allowed the primitive Nandopsis ancestor (similar to haitiensus and tetracanthus) to radiate into Parachromis dovii, managuensus, motaguensus, etc.
Just as the breakoff of Madagascar and India from Africa, kept the primitive cichlids of the genus Paretroplus and Etroplus in a sort of prehistoric timewarp.
Perhaps because the lack of large predators on islands, or just plain isolation, (haitiensus is the only endemic cichlid to the island of Hispaniola, and only 2 cichlids, tetracanthus and ramsdeni on Cuba, these cichlids these cichlids remained relatively unchanged _since the islands were formed.
Evolutionary pressures on the mainland, may have allowed the primitive Nandopsis ancestor (similar to haitiensus and tetracanthus) to radiate into Parachromis dovii, managuensus, motaguensus, etc.
Just as the breakoff of Madagascar and India from Africa, kept the primitive cichlids of the genus Paretroplus and Etroplus in a sort of prehistoric timewarp.
