Pound for Pound toughest fish?

[jelly]

Yeah a Hoplias looks hard as F**K but the snakehead is well agressive.

I would say some Cichlids are more agressive than SH's.

I have a 9" Mannie "Jaguar Cichlid" in with my 14" African SH and the Cichlids are definitly the more aggressive, My Jag 'Spot' as I call him is even territorial towards me when I go near the tank. He bites me when I put my arm in his corner as well.


I also have a Convict of about 2-3" in a floating container in the same tank that rears up at anything, SN or otherwise regardless of size.

I have seen a picture of a Mannie skull and there are plenty of teeth.
http://www.endlichericlub.net/forums/showthread.php?t=417

 

[nick]

when it comes to brute strength and quickness i have to go with pbass, when it ocmes to rip your nipple off and let you grab um it comes to sunfish

 

[DanDanUK]

Puffers don't really have the killing instinct that the other Predators do. If you were to put a large puffer in with a large dovii.. The Dovii would be much more quick and agile, and instantly lace into the puffer (and probably stun himself) but make him puff up immediately. Granted, Puffers have the biggest bite of any fish, pound for pound (FW), but they don't have that berzerk go out and attack anything mentality.

If you consider it a matter of weight, you have to look at the Snakeheads body shape in comparison to most other predators. He is going to weigh less but be just as viscious at maximum size. Red Devils, Dovii's, Umbee's will all weigh a considerable amount, in comparison to a slender bodied giant snakehead.

I would be more interested in the match verse snakeheads and perhaps a lungfish, but lungfish don't have that berzerk attitude either. Big difference between a 'large predator' and 'a crazy whacked out bite your face off predator'..

Just a few things to think about. I am sure we are not considering alot of factors, so I don't know exactly who would win. I heard Aba Aba knifes are quite nasty too, and as long and streamline as they are, they will not weigh as much.

I would go with Channa, Dovii, Aba Aba.. I guess ?

Actually after you have said that i must change my option and go for the Cichlasoma (Nandopsis) dovii "Wolf cichlid" yes this would be my choice now.

 

[nick]

what about a *****y jardini? ****ing quick and ive seen one of um rake the **** out of a dovi same size (10in jaridni 8-9in dovi) the dovi was an inch from death, spent a month and a half in a hospital tank loaded with pimafix and melfix, he flared at the jardini then the jardini went ape, he chomped back 2 or 3 times then started to try and run as if he knew he was done, the jaridni kept mauling him and chasing hima ll over a 240 with dats everywhere

 

[piranha45]

what about a *****y jardini? ****ing quick and ive seen one of um rake the **** out of a dovi same size (10in jaridni 8-9in dovi) the dovi was an inch from death, spent a month and a half in a hospital tank loaded with pimafix and melfix, he flared at the jardini then the jardini went ape, he chomped back 2 or 3 times then started to try and run as if he knew he was done, the jaridni kept mauling him and chasing hima ll over a 240 with dats everywhere

hahaha, wow

 

[unknownuza13]

I need to see a jardini in action I keep reading about everyones being so agresive and mean. I just don't know how they stand up to some of the fish.. I have a jardini probably about 6 inches now.. and a male dovii around 8 not in the same tank. He would destroy him and I know 6 inches is small. But at 10 inches I would still put my money on the dovii. I don't feel like their bodies are designed to be so crucial. They seem to be very vulnerable to attack in my opinion.

Where is everyone getting thier info from that snakeheads are so agro.. Have you all kept them before or does it just get passed thru the grape vine. I'm not saying that they aren't agressive but I don't know that they are as crucial as everyone makes them out to be. I have owned 2 red lines. They were agressive towards feeder goldfish.. I think if I put in a decent sized dovii or any other bruiser central american cichlids they would have destroyed my sh's Just my 2 cent

 

[guppy]

Bowfins though native can easily be kept in tropical tanks, in louisiana they were often caught in sloughs and oxbows with water temps in mid 80's and still feeding. I had one strike a canoe paddle once and leave splinters and embeded teeth. I do think the sh would strike first if you were to drop them in a tank at the same time but it would mainly be who got the first bite in. with the m.sleeper or frogmouth, I think that if you dropped a sh into Their tank they would eat the snake head but in a fight they would be owned. Don't know wolffish.

 

[Miles]

They seem to be very vulnerable to attack in my opinion.

I agree about the Arrowana..

Where is everyone getting thier info from that snakeheads are so agro.. Have you all kept them before or does it just get passed thru the grape vine. I'm not saying that they aren't agressive but I don't know that they are as crucial as everyone makes them out to be. I have owned 2 red lines. They were agressive towards feeder goldfish.. I think if I put in a decent sized dovii or any other bruiser central american cichlids they would have destroyed my sh's Just my 2 cent

Remember, we are talking about body weight. A 'decent sized dovii' is still going to be somewhat smaller than an equally weighing giant channa sp. It would definatley be an interesting match.

I still want to see a 3ft Aba Aba knife attack something.

 

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

A big pacu would own any sh or wolffish of equal length.

my old 13" wolf put the thrashing on my 26" cobra.

but this wolf was a scrapper!

 

[Shoey626]

I have a shoal of mixed pygos that are mean as hell and will destroy anything in teh tank once it hits the water.