What is the Pound 4 Pound toughest/nastiest cichlid

[GS1981]

If all Cichlids were made of equal size, say at 6" what would be the meanest Cichlid of them all?

I think a bull male Convict would be up there, i had one that killed a Salvini in the past of equal size in a CA Community tank.

 

[Azedenkae]

Convict, definitely. Especially when they're breeding.

 

[rdKirby]

Gonna have to say red devil. When I picked mine up from the lfs they said he had killed 4 of his tank mates in a week. Which were JD's.

 

[joe jaskot]

Not a Central or South American, but I'd go with Lamprologus ocellatus. Tiny shell dweller from Lake Tanganyika (around 2"). Fiercely defends its fry. Bit me a few times, and it hurt. LOL! Couldn't imagine what one would be like if it grew to a larger size like some of the bigger cichlids.

 

[fishman09]

Dovii


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[dogofwar]

Breeding neets are mean.

Matt

 

[GS1981]

Dovii


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Do you think a adult at 6" Dovii could dominate a Convict or a RD? surley a Dovii at that size would be like a Salvini? although i have never kept a Dovii and only seen them in a aquarium in Tenerife in the canary islands

 

[Anchovie]

Not dovii. Red devils are meaner ime. Convicts are def up there pound for pound. 5 star generals are up there too. But honestly I've had a channel catfish go through cichlids like toilet paper, only to be sucked half to death by a pleco. The world is a strange place.
Also toughest and nastiest are different attributes. It's tough to find a fish that can take a whippin like an Oscar, although they aren't really considered nasty, I would label them tough.

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[levush]

Ill add my 2¢ to this...how about a buterkoferi ( sorry if I spelled it wrong lol)

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[California Convict]

Pound for pound or inch for inch...johanni