15 Most Aggressive Cichlids
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- My personal list!.
15. Friedrichsthalii
14. Buttikoferi
13. Istlanum
12. Motaguensis
11. Red Terror
10. Red Devil
9. Jaguar
8. Midas
7. Trimac
6. Beani
5. Grammodes
4. Black Nasty
3. Flowerhorn
2. Umbee
1. Dovii
Please Note that this list is not 100% accurate, as any of these fish can over power each other based on personality, size and aggression.
Please Respect The Hobby and Most Importantly Respect the Fish!!!
DO NOT FIGHT YOUR Cichlids!!
Source: Experience & Research
answers.yahoo....
For me aggressive so far is the Red Devil and the buttikoferi or zebra tilapia.The other advantage of other cichlids like the jaguar and dovii is they have sharp teeth like the teeth of snakehead that's why they tolerate other species aggresiveness.
Buttikoferi should be in top 5
Oh man, this is great info, my tank is like gladiators battling with each other. Thanks for this information.
Lol all of us fish enthusiasts were just waiting for the Dovii in first place XD
I would pick the red devil above midas cichlid and below the trimac cichlid cuz I owned nearly every fish except nandopsis and umbee. These are nasty and really aggressive cichlids no problem attacking and killing bigger fish than themself.
@@channasnakehead4051 to be fair this list is pretty inaccurate, IMO I’d put devils in the top 10, not top 5 but I could see them being in the top 5
I think the butti should be in top 5
Dovii and Red Devil are top 2
Just got a pair for wolves and I can tell you these fish are no joke.
Must have cave structures in place! 5 gallon bucks. 2,3 and 4 inch pipes. Insane feeders
I have kept devils, dovii, umbee, red terrors, buttikoferi and jaguars but you can't find them hardly anywhere anymore. From my experience a red devil is probably just as aggressive or nasty as the dovii it just doesn't seem to get as big. Pound for pound though I don't know who is the meanest on this list because I've never seen many of these in stores. I did manage to have a breeding pair of dovii one time and they basically destroyed everything else in the tank but convicts. I know those fish are a dime a dozen but they are very fun to watch and are survivors.
L Larkins Yea your right I had 2 breeding pair of convicts with Devils,Jaguars,Dempsey's you name it and for some reason they Never got eaten and they would get pissed if a fish swim by there nest lol
Ya boy get a dovii bra you haven't had an aggressive fish until you have had a wolf I promise you they the pits of the aquarium world
Red Devil's are underrated when it comes to aggression. I had one years ago and you couldn't put anything in the tank with it not even an aquarium net. Destroyed everything that went in the tank until it finally lost to a Jag. Took a few losses then eventually killed the Jag off. Finally got another Red Devil that took its throne
List is good
Hemichromis fascatius aka one of the five spot jewels is definitely in the top 5 i havent kept everything on your list but most of them and i would put my money on it
Cody Adams agreed
My top five would similar but no flowerhorn.. lol
1. Dovii
2. Buttikoferi
3. Black Nasty
4. Umbee
5. Beani
Red devil #2. Ive had huge 24 inch killed by red devils many times
Yilmaz Sahinkaya Nah Take out the Black Nasty for the Red devil. Buttis are tanks.
I've kept flower horns. I think that the rose queen cichlid should be on this list. I like where you put the flower horn considering that mine killed 7 cichlids including my larger Texas cichlid, and my Dempsey. Mine also killed my beautiful Salvinni/blood parrot hybrid which was my future breeder. This set me back a years worth of work. Especially considering how small the flower horn was. It was under 4 inches and most of the other fish were at least 6 inches.
Flower horn should be number 2. Absolute monsters.
Za Fishkeeper most fish it killed are semi aggressive only. Put it with adult dovii, it will known its place.
good list umbee and dovii toss up Grammode very tougj for size
My top 10 would be :
1) buttikoferi -evil,strong,fast and doesn’t give a shit about taking on fish twice their size.
2)dovii-nothing can really stand up to a fully grown dovii. They’re fast,strong and they’re called wolf cichlids for a reason.
3) Istlanum/grammodes-they’re called Mini Umbee and Mini dovii respectively for a reason.
4) Red tiger motaguense-These guys love challenging fish for dominance. Very smart too, they’ll sit and wait until the right time to strike. Nasty set of teeth. Very underrated in aggression.
5) Chanchos/Trimacs- absolute tanks of the cichlid world. Nothing can really beat a 14+inch male trimac, except maybe an 18 inch Chancho, basically Trimacs on steroids.
6) Red devil- the famous Liabatus, have tons of heart and speed. Relentless in their attacks.
7)Beani/umbee- Beani are slightly overrated in aggression, it’s more so intraspecific aggression than interspecific aggression. Umbees are large and strong but not persistent imo. If they lose a fight they won’t bother a fish again
8)Jaguar cichlids- highly territorial. They’ve got heart, speed, size and strength
9) midas cichlids-bulkier and more heavily built than a red devil but not as aggressive. Most fish will regret picking a fight with a midas though.
10) festae- large,strong and territorial.
I have had most of these over a long period of time and although personality of the fish plays a role my Flowerhorns and Jags always had nasty attitudes. I had Salvini which were not on the list but they are absolutely wicked for their size.
I love this video. The music in the background goes with these fish.
The ending says 'Don't Not FIGHT your cichlids!'
What are you advocating there?
Good list, Central Americans are some of the most aggressive fish in the Freshwater part of the hobby.
I will put a chancho and a hoga on that list and that red devil should be in the top 5
Like the list bro one of the first few vids I watched when getting into the hobby on choosing what kind of fish I wanted to keep
A dovii isnt always the toughest it can become catfish food any day lol
A catfish isn’t tough it’s just hungry lol
@@tripledub0evoxgsr lol exactly, they confuse “voracious eaters” with aggression
My 3 favorites are festae,butticoferi and midas!!I had 2 midas more than 10 years ago and I had to give them away,the one was so agressive that couldn't tolerate anything without attacking.But the worst one was a festae that remind me of piranhas!!!!He killed everything in the tank and I thought the kills were from more than one but The Predator was that one that grew very big too in 3 months from 4 centimetres to 12 or so!!!Beautiful fish but you can't keep a fish in a tank,you need more to enjoy!!Now I have a festae and it is completely inoffensive,I bought it 3 centemetres long and after 3 months grew only 1 centimetre I think in a cichlid tank and gets chased by others easily!!!It has to do with the fish sometimes too!!
Awesome list!
May be aggressive... But some have beautiful colors!!!
+Ivory Queen all*
Yay a red devil came to the list! My red devil is nice to all my fish which are jack dempsy,convict cichlid, and jewel ciclid
Never a fight
Ranzeyy Gaming you’re really lucky
Might not be a red devil. Make sure it’s not a good fish or a parrot fish
i've had RTM ( number 12 ) and a flowerhorn, to be fair the flowerhorn wasnt that big and might've been a female ( pretty small kok ) , but the parachromis was way worse i had a pair but no breeding , i put down a african snakehead about 8 inches , the pair was about 6.5 inch female and 11 inch male , it literally took about 5 seconds before they started biting the channa , it didnt even make it to the bottom of the tank :/ i never experienced this with a flowerhorn , some chasing sure but not just sitting there and bite after bite , also my flowerhorn would mostly ignore catfish/pleco/channa/bichir looking fish
good list, I thought you would of had the buttikeri ranked much higher but still a good list.
Nice List :) 👍
DOVI IS A BEAST. REST OF THIS LIST, HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH. I HAVE AN UMBEE WHO CANNOT MOVE IN MY TANK. BIG MIDAS RULES. RED DEVIL, BUTTA SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER TOO. I HAD A BLACK NASTY WHO DID NOT LAST A WEEK IN MY 180 GALLON TANK. HEARD BEANIES ARE MEAN, TRYING TO GET ONE!😎
Midas is the Most agressive early. Dovii is tough and aggressive too but depends on the individuals. But Midas is Most aggressive before they get too fat
my 12 inch jaguar cichlid killed my 11 inch snakehead and beat my 12 inch dovii into submission,i bought him wanting a peaceful fish but he turned out more aggresive than the average jaguar cichlid.
Robin55 Yu For some reason I just don't believe you....
Check out my top 10 most aggressive Fish list
Pound for pound mbunas ftw. I've kept most of the fish on your list.
Nice!
Fucking mubuna I don't keep African cichlids but my dovii jag and black nasty have eaten mubuna haa
+AQUATIC MONSTERS that's why he said "pound for pound." I would have added the orange pike.
I think buttikoferi should be in top 5
can you please explain to me why jack Dempsey is not on this list
Nice list, great pictures.
buttikoferi should be WAAAY higher on the list......and you forgot the auratus pound for pound the most aggressive cich.
put convict up there too
If around same size ill put my money on the auratus more than anything
i keep buttikoferi they are nuts lol my red terrors are quite enough for now and i just re-homed my jaguar cichlid to a bigger and better tank. i have still to keep a few from your top 15
many asking about the Oscar great fish but in my experience Oscars are more show than go and soft mouth compared to devils dovi or jags and buttikoferi
FISTSLIKEBULLETS2 Yeah Oscars are pretty chill. They just eat anything that can fit in their mouth, if they can’t eat it they’ll leave it alone. Whenever my friends/family come over they wonder why the oscar isn’t in a tank by himself.
im surprised nothing in the crenicichla genus made the list. I feel like people over look them.
A rtm would be way up the list , so would a aggressive jag ,a grammodes for its size is the most aggressive cichlid , I’ve never kept them but have friends who have and a 5 star general gets into top 5 too
Liam Walters yeah RTMs are underrated in aggression. They’re much more aggressive than jags, it’s easily in the top 5 for me
Good list
The African Jewel Cichlid for its size. If it was as big as the Dovii and others, it would eat them for lunch.
Nice video.
I had a 10-12 inch jaguar and 12-14 in butterkoferi that grew up together, jag was much more tough and aggressive
by far u got the best list on TH-cam.... but u 4got to add in black piranha, wolf fish n snakeheads....I would put those in the top 5
they are not cichlids... well i don't think they are...?
Piranha and snakeheads aren’t cichlid. Wolf fish are Dovii. Piranhas are not much alone.
Oscar and jack dempsey should be there
Nastiest fish out of those is Grammodes and Dovii, the rest are nothing compared to these two. The list is awesome bro, beani are more aggressive than haitiensis. Flowerhorn is basically a Trimac, don't know why its on the list. Umbee are overheard, they're only on the list because of their size.
Thank you for your respectful and positive feed back! I love to hear from others experience with these beautiful creatures!
because a flowerhorn is still a cichlid which is aggressive
Thomas Jefferson agreed i keep dovii and jaguar
Thomas Jefferson Wolf and butti may have something to say about that
Five spot cichlid the Hemichromis Fasciatus not elognatus hemi's get 3x bigger I've had several and no matter what cichlid it was they got beat up by the 5 spot even when the hemi was the smallest fish in the tank and they literally kill buttis in the wild!!!
the real true aggressive boy is the umbee...i had trimacs too.no joke,red devils no joke golden flower horn no joke.
And imagine putting all of them in one tank
I have red devil, Dovii and Trimac/FH in the same tank
no way i’d have the midas at 10 the trimac at 9 red deviln at 8 jaguar cichlid at 7 the red devil and jag are more aggressive than a midas
I agree I have Jaguars and red devil they are by far the most aggressive I have seen
Where is the cichla aka peacock bass ?
Butti should come in top 3
+aranthi fernando finally some1 who agrees
+Shane KoRn Yup A full grown Butti will only have issues with a full grown Dovii.
With the rest the odds are with Butti :)
+aranthi fernando my 9" Male butti gets battered by my 13" Male redhead cichlid and the butti was in there first and actually beat him 4 times in a row when they flared but the redhead got a bite and the butti is scared shitless
aranthi fernando Exactly
butti is a tough fish but its not super aggressive
The Reddevil midas black Nasty and some flowerhorn are pound for pound the strongest, and just to let you know they are aggressive from fry to mature. the will wreck and dovii and umbee these two breeds need to mature before even getting aggressive more so the umbee. The Black Nasty should be the first. But your illustrations of the different breeds are excellent.
good
Damn, look at the teeth on the wolf cichlid!
Realist Information Dovii are no joke
Should be retitled 15 most aggressive "American" Cichlids. African Cichlids were omitted and there are plenty to include in this list.
None except for the tilapia deserve a spot on this list. Try mbuna vs dovii
Make a vid on the strongest chichleds
I've saw arautus cichlid devour several of the fish on that list lol
That's fish you talking about won't stand a chance with none of those fish at full size
Dame Dizzle even a Oscar would smash that cichlid you're talking about
Five star general?
Wobbegong That's exactly what I said I had a fasciatus male get over a foot and he killed everything until I tanked him in a 450 with a golden dorado then it was over unfortunately
5 stars need to be here and auratus
Someones obsessed with large centrals lol
Wobbegong I’ve got 2 with my black nastys
He guy where green terror
Oscar aggressive
Without chipokae list is incomplete .
Why purple rose queen is left off this list??? They are crazy aggressive!!!
Most aggressive cichlid I ever owned. Ultra aggressive, no other fish could even wander to its side of the tank. I had a female too.And they got teeth like no other cichlid has...totally agree
Jaguar cichlid should be first one
I had one cub of that specie, I brought back to the shop for free
Killed some of my fishes and was willing to kill all... absurd cause the tank was not overstocked... was a 100 gallon and all the fishes were cichlids into the range 6"-8"
Jaguars are definitely not number 1, a big male Jag is up there for sure, maybe breaking into the top 5 but doubt he’d be top 3 in terms of pure aggression. My 12 inch female Butti made my 10 inch male Jag look like a guppy lol. I don’t mean in a fight, just in terms of pure aggression, strength and power. I’d rather take a bite from a big male Jaguar over a Buttikoferi of similar size.
Why isn't the Jack Dempseys not on this list?
A Jack wouldn’t compete with any of these, and this is coming from a guy who favors Jacks over all cichlids.
grammdoes cichlid look like a dovill cichlid
similar size auratus/chipokae would destroy all these 'new world' cichlids. might as well throw in a bull shark if size don't matter
Man any y'all ever had a red Devil because they are very aggressive. They are known for taking over the tank no joke but the dovii can keep that spot. But red devil are down there with the flower horn. If something different than you have to show me
You're not partially wrong you're hundred and 10% wrong flower horns can't live with any other fish they will murder them all flower horns I have had to Red Devils that were passive , and Red Devils can live with other fish.
@@maxefforts some Red Devils live with other fish not all and the other fish has to be bigger than the red devil or the red devil will eat it
my redhead cichlid would beat almost all the fish on this list if they were same size (13inches) and before I got him he dominated a 200gallon aquarium with:
11" Male jaguar cichlid
6" Male jaguar cichlid
9" Female jaguar cichlid
12" Female Oscar
8" Male parrot cichlid
6" Male acquidens sp.
5" Female black belt cichlid
and lots of synodontis and a shovelnose catfish
Cuban cichlid?
what music is it ?
jag more aggressive than Festae lol. At least the oscar wasnt there
Where's the auratus on your list
What is the song?
Generally Parachromis genus is the real killer. I wonder why they are so ridicolously aggressive.
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Got a 5 star genral just running shit in my tank
I've worked with all these cichlids for many many years and the top 2 are definitely correct however the pure trimac is too low and the red tiger is way to high and the freidrichstalii shouldn't even be on this list adult blackbelts are way more aggressive even a few veji species are meaner than freidrichstalii
Song?????
Where are convict cichlids? Maybe they are smaller, but in my tank they could protect fry from buttikoferi!
Pentagram666mar my female buttikoferi just ate my convict fry
that's a pair. pretty sure any pair would do the same.
nice video man! can u tell me the name from that song? thanks
Tilapia #14🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is my opinion of the most agressive:
1 Dovii
2 Beani
3 Umbee
4 Black Nasty
5 Red Devil
6 Istlanum
7 Buttikoferi
8 Grammodes
9 Jaguar
10 Motaguensis
11 Friedrichsthalii
12 Midas
13 Trimac
14 Red Terror
15 FlowerHorn
Midas should switch with red devil
Mango Fisherman Flower horns are weak to me they would get smashed by butti, devil,and black nastys
Bet the Trimac is way higher on your list now 👀
@@Buttikoferiii definitely! I hadn’t kept the majority of these fish at the time. Now I’ve had all accept the Beani and Freddy
@@michigancichlidfinatic2581 Trimacs are definitely in the top 5, perhaps in the top 3 on my list. Istlanum and Grammodes are up there as well. Pure Red Devils would be up there too. Dovii are for sure top 3, Buttikoferi top 5, strong case being made for top 3 in my honest opinion.
U forgot oscar
ps4 channel all they’re not aggressive at all, not In the least
Please add the convict cichlid, small but terrible!
Ehh... in that case add the fire mouth Cichlid as well.
Not at at all helpful when most of us don’t know what fish ur talking about when using their Latin names
I feel like green terror should be here becuz even tho it's not as strong as the others it is as aggressive (which is why green terrors win a lot of fights
they always lose against central American cichlids and Africans skin them
***** yeet you thought
LJS so untrue
THE KING OF THE MONSTERS on the bright side...They rank higher than oscars in aggression lmao. Green terrors/good saums aren’t really aggressive.
I have a 4" goldfish that can dig a hole in all of those cichlid's stomach.
I'm being serious, as I type this message he killed one of his arowana tankmates
Most of the names is the scientific names that's no good fr
Lol no Oscar in the list..... wow
aranthi fernando Oscars are puusy cats compared to these guys...its just that more people have encountered oscars and heard stories ..these other fish that are on list however, are kept by people who (would) normally have more experience and large (HUGE) tanks...
ORANGE FISHHEAD Nope I have owned Oscars and half of these fish since I was like 12. I can tell you Oscars should not be underestimated..
+aranthi fernando oscars are like a teddy bear compared to these
aranthi fernando Oscars are not very aggressive. I would say aggressive. They can't hold a candle to a Red Devil.
aranthi fernando Oscars are weak
This is not a professional scientific list it's man made list lol Oscar's were suppose to be on list
Oscars wouldn't stand a chance with any of these.
To me oscar cn destroy some cichlids as they are smart and have the mass to push
YrGrandma Gay my 11 inch oscar gets his ass whooped by my 8 inch male Texas cichlid
Oscars are bullies not fighters. They will run to the corner if attacked and aren’t very aggressive unless it’s towards a guppie. Every fish in this video will kill an Oscar, wouldnt even be a fight
Actually oscar is the most aggressive fish in the cichlids
Nirmala Ajith Oscars are giant pussies compared to this list... Many people who own Oscars think they're having a aggressive beast but they're scared with one bite from a red devil or a flower horn.. These guys don't give up easily until death.. Oscars run away with in 1 min of a fight...
Where are the Oscars they belong to the top5
Kiran And Deepika Raj no u idiot. Oscar don’t even make it in the top 20
Zachary Brown thanks for the great info idiot
No sir
Charles Howard but still they 've to be i at least the top10s
Cuz when ever you think about aggressive cichlids oscars are the first fish which comes in mind of most people
Kiran And Deepika Raj Oscars are giant pussies compared to this list... Many people who own Oscars think they're having a aggressive beast but they're scared with one bite from a red devil or a flower horn.. These guys don't give up easily until death.. Oscars run away with in 1 min of a fight...
wrong information.. a full size grown jaguar can easily kill full grown flowerhorn
My Flowerhorn killed my jag of equal size. I believe flowerhorns are way more aggressive
No.. It depends on certain parameters..
The level of aggression has nothing to do with whether or not it can kill another fish. It's simply how aggressive the fish is. An adult jag most certainly could kill an adult flowerhorn more often than not. The thing is.. that Jag would back down from a big dovii way faster than most flowerhorns. Flowerhorn is arguably the most aggressive on this list. May not be as big as other cichlids, but its balls are bigger.
Exactly. Flowerhorns are way more aggressive than Jaguars. I actually find Jaguars to be bictches who act tough but can't back it up. I've kept two Jaguars and I have one right now. Jaguars only pick on fish that are smaller than them that they presume are weaker. My Flowerhorn gave me scars on my hand from him attacking my hand when I try to clean the tank. My Jaguar only goes after smaller, weaker fish. My Jaguars wouldn't dare challenge a fish bigger than themselves. My Flowerhorn is all alone, simply because he's literally bitten chunks out of any fish I have ever kept with him. Flowerhorns have nasty teeth and are probably the most aggressive cichlid, they just don't grow as big as say a Dovii so they don't get the credit.
Why are people so against fighting their cichlids? It's like someone buying a bottle of scotch just to have 2 glasses and sip at it and never get drunk. I am going to buy a massive aquarium and spend loads of money on cichlids just for this very purpose of feeding them different live fishys and fighting them.. It's good entertainment.
my redhead cichlid would beat almost all the fish on this list if they were same size (13inches) and before I got him he dominated a 200gallon aquarium with:
11" Male jaguar cichlid
6" Male jaguar cichlid
9" Female jaguar cichlid
12" Female Oscar
8" Male parrot cichlid
6" Male acquidens sp.
5" Female black belt cichlid
and lots of synodontis and a shovelnose catfish
he also beat tf put my 9" Male buttikoferi in my 120g
I've had arautus cichlid dominate several of the fish on that list he was a juvenile bit very aggressive and skilled fighter
@@Dame77090 put black devil cat fish