Which is the most aggressive SA/CA cichlid in your experience/opinion?
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Not a cichlid, but a female swordtail. My sword tail killed my honey goruami and made all of my fish even the top fish coward in the bottom right corner of the tank even the top fish, if any fish went out. It will get attacked.
this is the most aggressive fish I have. Vieja maculicaudia. Even more so than my Umbee. Mainly because at least the Umbee pairs with a female fairly easily. This Blackbelt Cichlid has a few notches on it's belt, so to speak. It has also killed to potential mates. I've tried both a confirmed male and an unconfirmed female with it. Both ended up slain.
my male dovii from 5 years ago was my biggest brute, killed mates and everything else that lived with him before that. attacked the glass, hated my father and knew when you were within 4 feet of the aquarium
hands down the dovii, there was one at my lfs and the owner is very friendly and has told me about the dovii which he named "Ozzy" after Ozzy Osbourne (you'll find out why soon). He first broke down an egg crate divided the 120 gallon tank (he was about 6 inches at the time) and killed a golden flowerhorn that was at about 14 inches, then he got that tank until he grew to about 10 inches when he was moved to their large display tank because the owner was getting a new order of fish and needed the 120 to put in some rainbow fish(360 gallons, 48x36x48 LWH) with 3 1 foot peacock bass, 6 10 inch Bala Sharks, a 14 inch pike cichlid, a 3 foot ripsaw catfish, an 18 inch giant gourami, and a 1 foot pleco, he got the name ozzy because he bit all the heads off the bala sharks just like Ozzy Osbourne did to a bat someone threw on stage at a concert. the dovii attacked all the other fish and left them pretty messed up, but they all survived, this was all in a 1 hour time frame when he left to go get a new order of fish
about 16 inches, he has it in a 180 plywood aquarium made of acrylic because the dovii would always bang into the glass and he was worried it might break, right now he feeds it mainly pellets because it's cheapest, but he breeds his own guppies and for 10 cents a guppy you can watch him eat them, 5 cents a cricket, or 50 cents per worm
yeah, he really knows his stuff, freshwater and saltwater, but he is also trained as a vet technician so he knows about cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and all sorts of other animals, even bugs and stuff. He also has a tortoise, about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, last time he weighed him (a few years ago) he was 90 pounds, he was going to be euthanized but the lfs owner stepped up and nursed him back to health and he's a pet now, he let's him wander around the store, friendliest tortoise you'd ever meet. The sad thing is the internet is outcompeting him so he had to quit saltwater because it was too expensive, but yeah he will let you feed the fish pellets for free (more meant for younger kids, I remember doing that), but he charges a bit of money for feeding live foods because they're a bit more expensive, he's not your typical lfs owner, he's very friendly and interactive with the customers, everybody loves him
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