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

[scottgeeze]

Going the pound for pound route, I'd like to add the dwarf mbuna to the list. P. demasoni in particular are just plain evil when they fully mature. IME, most can't be kept in groups under 12. What they bite comes off in their mouths, scales, fins, eyes... When 2 males lip-lock & break, the snap can be heard across the room on a 3" fish. They ruled my Hap. obliquidens. I had a group of about a dozen fry growing out in a 10 gallon & at about 1/2" they killed the poor S. eupterus I had in there for cleanup duty. He was 2.5". My 3.5" P. saulosi colony killed a 7.5" pleco in a day while I was at work. He was doing OK for a few months & then I moved some rocks cleaning. They resettled their territories & he was no longer welcome...

I've heard about those fish and if they are "THAT" aggressive then I'll definately stay away from them, thanks for the info.

 

[Nabbig2]

I find that hilarious. In comparison to other cichlids, convicts rank about 4 on a 1-10 scale where 1 is the least aggressive and 10 is the most. They don't even belong on a list of top ten aggressive cichlids.

Says who? Have you ever even see a pair of breeding convicts?

 

[graber]

istlanum,grammodes,festae,trimac,dovi,umbee,red devil,maromata pike,convict,frempongi.not in any particular order

 

[altimaser]

Says who? Have you ever even see a pair of breeding convicts?

My friend's girlfriend had a pair that had formed in her semi-aggressive community tank. They were so mean when they had fry that my buddy eventually had to remove them from her tank. He decided he would toss them in his Piranha tank to get rid of them. Within minutes of being in the Piranha tank they had already steaked out the side they would be digging there nest and were defending that spot. They actually had fry, and had the Piranha completely backed into a corner. The Piranha were pretty beat up with bite marks and missing scales on there sides. They lived in that tank for about a month. He finally took them out and now I have both, the male lives in my 125 and the female lives in my small outdoor pond. He has never had anything including Plecos that have ever been able to live with the Piranha before or since those Convicts.

 

[slick216]

From what little experience I have I would have to say the dovii is #1 then comin in at a close second is the umbee.
Those two are the largest but if you were to say pound for pound .....Now thats a different story.

 

[Ben_Jam_In]

My friend's girlfriend had a pair that had formed in her semi-aggressive community tank. They were so mean when they had fry that my buddy eventually had to remove them from her tank. He decided he would toss them in his Piranha tank to get rid of them. Within minutes of being in the Piranha tank they had already steaked out the side they would be digging there nest and were defending that spot. They actually had fry, and had the Piranha completely backed into a corner. The Piranha were pretty beat up with bite marks and missing scales on there sides. They lived in that tank for about a month. He finally took them out and now I have both, the male lives in my 125 and the female lives in my small outdoor pond. He has never had anything including Plecos that have ever been able to live with the Piranha before or since those Convicts.

how are they now, are they the same

 

[nolapete]

Says who? Have you ever even see a pair of breeding convicts?

Yes, I've had many breeding pairs, and they are wussy compared to the other fish that we've listed here. My non-breeding festae would bite chunks out of a convict pair just for fun.

 

[scottgeeze]

I saw a breeding pair of adult convicts at the local fish store (male 6 inches, female 3 inches) chasing and holding off a Texas Blue twice it's size and also an Oscar about twice it's size and believe me those guys wanted nothing to do with that pair of convicts.

 

[killerfish]

1.nandopsis beani hands down 2. umbee 3. nandopsis haitiensis 4. amphilphus festea 5.neolamprologus christyi 6. dovii 7. nandopsis istlantus 8.amphilphus trimaculatus 9.herichthys bartoni 10. tilapia buttikoferi

BUT umbee and dovii are cheating they are so big that they can kill alot of just cause of size but for aggression there really is a few cichlids more aggressive plus individual fish makes a differnce

 

[Ben_Jam_In]

i heard black nasty where very aggresive why are they not on the list?