Which is the most aggressive SA/CA cichlid in your experience/opinion?

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Caquetaia Umbrifera, this fish is so aggressive the male will kill the femaleif she she isnt ready to breed. also, in my experience with raising them, both the "Herichthys cyanoguttatus" and the "Herichthys carpintis" are extremley aggressive, i had my hand bitten every single time i put it in the tank to fix the divider or retrieve uneaten food. i had Jaguars and Dovii's that NEVER bit the hand that feed them! and their aggressive nature is the reason i love the Parachromis genus sooo much! heh heh, all my jags and wolves have been sissys
 
Hi,it think it depends from fish to fish and their tank conditions,feeding,tank mates,breeding periods,territory.I have been bitten by oscars,channa bleheri,and other fishes,but never by piranhas or channa micropeltes which are considered aggressive fish!
 
1.Buttioferi cichlid(strong,mean,and always grumpy)
2.Dovii cichlid(Large and powerful mouth)
3.Red Devil cichlid(picks on all/any fish,for no reason)
4.Jaguar cichlid(Usually calm,but if challenged..no tomorrow)
5.Convict cichlid(Small,cute,MEAN,pound for pound)
6.Green terror cichlid(a big bully,but when it come's to fighting..their whimp's)
Thats my list..
 
Doviiking;378395; said:
I just took a 7" grammode back to the LFS because my 3" male dovii would not let it live in peace. I kept it a few days to the point it would protect its territory from a red devil and pike but it could not defend against the Dovii and my dovii just seemed to hate it with a passion. I personally think he took the fish as a threat only because it was so much larger than him. As far as who is the baddest? Well you have to think about how the fish is equiped. A dovii has Teeth .....big teeth there is n way a fish like an oscar has a prayer aginst a fish equiped this way. Dovii are equiped to Grab and HOLD their prey. They are a very muscular fish shaped for speed. Of course people will say a 7" yada yada against a 7" dovii will rip the dovii apart. Yea so? A 2ft seal might turn the tables on a 2ft great white shark (cause its a baby)but let the seal come talk to that shark again when its matured. The whole reason a dovii is agressive to begin with is because people house them in tanks to small. why is a 7" dovii getting picked on by a 7" Jag? because the Jag is maturing faster and the dovii is still a juivie. When you talk about a mature fish and which is the baddest of the bunch. DO NOT put a Jag in with a Dovii, hes commin to a gun fight with a plastic spoon. I Have seen alot of agressive fish....spashing into the tank etc. But you don't see many Cichlids with the tools the dovii is bringing into the mix. ITS ALL ABOUT THE TOOLS. Anybody who does not think so can come drop their BADDEST CA in a tank with my black Rhom.....who might I add has a whole different approach to lip locking. I got nothing against Umbee lipps at the bottom of my tank.
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Well put :popcorn:
 
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