Which is the most aggressive SA/CA cichlid in your experience/opinion?
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I would say rite now the blackbelt. The Viega Mac even at a small size they dish out poundings like Ali , the Hulk, and a porn star all combined. The Blackbelt cichlid gets my vote as of now. Happy fish keeping folks
In a 120, a male jaguar is eventually going to kill anything you put with it. If you want to have multiple large cichlids in this size tank, your best bet would be to ditch the ultra-aggressive jaguar (and other Central American cichlids) and stick to South Americans. The SA cichlids in general live in closer proximity in the wild and are more forgiving; the large CA species tend to be too territorial to do a community in anything under 6 feet (even then it's a crapshoot)
Some good species to mix with a green terror in a 120: severum, chocolate cichlid, geophagus, belly crawler pike. Keep in mind, some GT's are actually very aggressive, so could still have problems. But much, much higher chance of success with SA species only, than trying to mix the two.
Thanks for the detailed reply, I also have a pike cichlid that will be in the mix, too young to determine the species but the guys at the Los said he'll get big. Do you think he'd be ok with the green terror or this would also be a problem
It really depends on the species; some of the large lugubris pikes like johanna or venezuela get very aggressive, and would probably not be do-able in a community in this size. Smaller ones like belly crawler, or even atabapo possibly, would have a decent chance of working out. If you post a picture in the crenicichla subforum, I bet people can help you with an ID on the pike.
Holy cow, I thought the Red Terrors were going to take the cake for aggression in my fish room but I was wrong.
I have a red Texas cichlid named Caligula who has the M. festae in hiding. Seriously. He lives up to his despotic namesake. That guy has serious anger management issues. I knew the species was aggressive (think they are Texas x Flowerhorn x Red Devil?) but wow. Just wow.
I have a red Texas cichlid named Caligula who has the M. festae in hiding. Seriously. He lives up to his despotic namesake. That guy has serious anger management issues. I knew the species was aggressive (think they are Texas x Flowerhorn x Red Devil?) but wow. Just wow.
All fish have their own unique individual personalities.
There are some mean flowerhorns as well as red devils. But my vote goes to flowerhorns, simply because they almost always go looking for trouble.
Sure there are some mean dovii's but they're not exactly killer like a red devil or flowerhorn. They're just incredibly well equipped to dismantle other fish. In very large aquariums dovii's are pretty respectful to other fish. It's just difficult to house a 22+ inch plus fish in a home aquarium.
There are some mean flowerhorns as well as red devils. But my vote goes to flowerhorns, simply because they almost always go looking for trouble.
Sure there are some mean dovii's but they're not exactly killer like a red devil or flowerhorn. They're just incredibly well equipped to dismantle other fish. In very large aquariums dovii's are pretty respectful to other fish. It's just difficult to house a 22+ inch plus fish in a home aquarium.
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