TOP 10 MOST AGGRESIVE CICHLIDS

[ciocca]

I just had a Dovii take out 3 fish one at a time!!!! First was the Jag then the Jack demsey then the Texas and My dovii is only 3.5 to 4 inches!!!

 

[ROCKY-101]

1.black nast
2.beani
3.dovii
4.jag
5.flowerhorn
6.trimaculatum
7.grammode
8.motaguense
9.red devil
10.festae

 

[AcsFoolMike]

Check out the sticky on this topic...if you really want a consensus top 10 do some tallying...plenty of pages to that thread.

 

[Nate_N_Nicole]

1.black nast
2.beani
3.dovii
4.jag
5.flowerhorn
6.trimaculatum
7.grammode
8.motaguense
9.red devil
10.festae

agreed how ever if we are adding africans to the list Butti is #1 for sure!!!

 

[ROCKY-101]

agreed how ever if we are adding africans to the list Butti is #1 for sure!!!

agreed to that buttis get nasty

 

[aclockworkorange]

Hard to say. I've seen individual fish of the species listed that were pretty mellow, and some species generally considered peaceful that were really aggressive.

 

[always4lora]

Check out the sticky on this topic...if you really want a consensus top 10 do some tallying...plenty of pages to that thread.

+1

 

[Judge Holden]

We should clarify. Do we mean which cichlid can do the most damage. In that case the big ones would top the list. Aggression is not a function of size; it's mostly a matter of attitude. Relative to their size a male Salvini or Convict can be as aggressive as anything. Try to imagine either at 16"!

 

[triiiangle]

These have been surprisingly tough and aggressive in my experience:

Zonatum
Cutteri
Neets
Urophthalmus
Yellowhead Friedrichsthalii

 

[Aqualoon]

Midas
Dovii
Flowerhorn
Umbee
Red Devil
Festae
Black Nasty
Texas
Jaguar
Managuense

Are my list of 10, have had several Gold/Silver Saums in the past and they wouldn't be able to hang with these guys, nor any sevs or JDs that I've had either.