I think a 3" brook stickleback would beat the hell out of a 3" bullshark, now all we have to do to test that is breed 3" bullsharks
Pound for Pound toughest fish?
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guppy - come on man, don't take it out of context and take it too literally 
I mean tough in the same context as evaluating a boxer. I don't base a boxer's toughness on his ability to withstand extreme variations in weather and environmental conditions
I'm talking about fighting ability, strictly a who beats who scenario.
Oh and to whoever said wolf - I'm not sure. I don't have experience with the high end aggressive species of hoplias.
I did have a brazilian mal that was a big pus, 2 oscars gave as good as they got with him, and he NEVER killed a fish for fun. Only ate feeders.
But having seen photos and footage recently of some large aimaras etc, they look like absolute beasts. It may be a toss up between one of these and a micro/striata/marulius of the same weight, I don't really know. All I know is in my experience, striatas and micros are the most lethal fish I've seen. My jardini was WAY badder than my wolf.
I mean tough in the same context as evaluating a boxer. I don't base a boxer's toughness on his ability to withstand extreme variations in weather and environmental conditions
I'm talking about fighting ability, strictly a who beats who scenario.
Oh and to whoever said wolf - I'm not sure. I don't have experience with the high end aggressive species of hoplias.
I did have a brazilian mal that was a big pus, 2 oscars gave as good as they got with him, and he NEVER killed a fish for fun. Only ate feeders.
But having seen photos and footage recently of some large aimaras etc, they look like absolute beasts. It may be a toss up between one of these and a micro/striata/marulius of the same weight, I don't really know. All I know is in my experience, striatas and micros are the most lethal fish I've seen. My jardini was WAY badder than my wolf.
<<<<<It's not realistic to expect a "which is tougher?" argument to be backed up with a video, it's a naive and childish attitude.>>>>
Thats funny how many adults would obsess over how tough their fish is? A FISH MIND YOU! Talk about childish that takes the cake. How long has this post been going thats all you talk about. Next it will be my dads tougher than yours nana! Let me guess you own a pit bull too,right?
In the meantime I'll wait for the video, you don't have one you say, hmmmm.
Thats funny how many adults would obsess over how tough their fish is? A FISH MIND YOU! Talk about childish that takes the cake. How long has this post been going thats all you talk about. Next it will be my dads tougher than yours nana! Let me guess you own a pit bull too,right?
In the meantime I'll wait for the video, you don't have one you say, hmmmm.
I have to say, the argument for a video has gotten completely out of control. As for the name calling and bickering, let's just grow up a little bit. Everyone on here is entitled to their own opinion, and like it or not, it's their opinion. Dovi or SH you choose, it's one half dozen or the other. Personally, I wouldn't want to mess with either. I would have to say that for my money pond for pound the all around TOUGHEST (not only the meanest and most agressive) fish would be some breed of SH. I can't say what SH though, because I live in Michigan and they are banned from this state. So experience failing me, I can only go with what I know, and I would have to assume that that's what most of us do when we post to these threads. That being said, why can't we give the guys that have been a part of keeping and handling these increadible monster fish for so long the bennefit of the doubt, and stop insisting on a video! It's not going to happen, so get over it. If you don't want to let it go, that's fine too, just quit posting the same lame demands for a video that is not going to be produced. It's just like guppy said, even if this staged fight were to be arranged and video taped, it's only a battle of the two fish in particular. That's not really a fair representation of it's breed to base everything we think we know about a certain species on one fish... is it?
Like PT barnum said theres a sucker born every minute. You never owned a snakehead but your an expert on how tough they are? Steve please if you don't like whats being said mind your own business. So wheres the video, bahahahaha! Let me guess your a karate man with a pitbull and an oscar. Right?
Oh and by the way I have owned a 24inch cobra S/H and a 10 1/2 Red s/h and a 16 inch Dovii along with countless other fish so pay attention to whats being said before blathering on about things you admit you know nothing about.
Still no video proof? It should be easy to get with such a super tough striata.
Still no video proof? It should be easy to get with such a super tough striata.
Firstly, I hate these kind of threads and I did not want to reply to it, but I am compeled to post this as it is my experience with these two fish that is being talked about.
I had a 27" redline snakehead and a 17-18" dovii in the same tank, ofcorse there were other fish in the tank. They had been in there together since the dovii was 11" and the redline was 7", the redline grew way faster than the dovii. Now out of these two fish the dovii probably weighed more due to it being bulker. As the redline got bigger the dovii harrased it more and more, more so than the other fish, I don't know why, but it did. I never fed the redline or the dovii live foods so aggression was at a minimum. But this situation carried on for several months until one day I come home from work and the dovii is floating on the surface barely able to keep himself upright, this reason for this was b/c the redline had decided that enough was enough and a bit the doviis tail and about 2-3" of flesh off, if you can get the piture. No jaw locking, no nothing, the redline just snaped and was not interested in taking it further and was swimming around without a mark on him, but ofcorse the dovii then soon died after that. The point is, no matter how scary those teeth are on the dovii the redlines are far more capable at sredding flesh if they want to.
Who do I think is the toughest fish? I don't know.
I had a 27" redline snakehead and a 17-18" dovii in the same tank, ofcorse there were other fish in the tank. They had been in there together since the dovii was 11" and the redline was 7", the redline grew way faster than the dovii. Now out of these two fish the dovii probably weighed more due to it being bulker. As the redline got bigger the dovii harrased it more and more, more so than the other fish, I don't know why, but it did. I never fed the redline or the dovii live foods so aggression was at a minimum. But this situation carried on for several months until one day I come home from work and the dovii is floating on the surface barely able to keep himself upright, this reason for this was b/c the redline had decided that enough was enough and a bit the doviis tail and about 2-3" of flesh off, if you can get the piture. No jaw locking, no nothing, the redline just snaped and was not interested in taking it further and was swimming around without a mark on him, but ofcorse the dovii then soon died after that. The point is, no matter how scary those teeth are on the dovii the redlines are far more capable at sredding flesh if they want to.
Who do I think is the toughest fish? I don't know.
No Vid's b/c this was not a planned incident and this happened when I was at work, not to mention that it is nothing to be proud of! I also like making up stories, and thats why I have many big tanks with many different speices of channas ,goliath wolves, goliath tiger fish, cichlids Ect,Ect. I shared my experience on these two fish with this board and if you feel that way then that is your prerogative.
