Phil Inmon - 2008-01-16 Where to start with this fish...Well I came to obtain one of these bad boys when my uncle had it, a tiger oscar, and two convicts in a 30 gallon tank. All three were about same size except for the convicts, but luckily they are extremely fast fish. Anyway, the Jaguar was starting up its "This will be my tank" notion and after terrorizing every fish he was left with no other choice but to give her to me. Now at the time I wasn't prepared to be given this fish. All I had was a 10 gallon tank which was where she was put for a few months. Now this fish was about five inches long or so and was a dominant fish. I kept her for a few months but it would flex at me sitting outside like it was going to hurt me, and tried on many occasions when trying to clean. I do understand that moving from a 30 gallon to a 10 is not optimal and actually very bad for the fish, so I ended up selling it to the aquatic critter which is a cool fish store in Tennessee. To sum it up, yes and I mean yes, this fish is extremely aggressive and it along with the Dovi are at the top of this cichlid group. If wanting destruction this is your fish and it would be awesome to have in a large tank with either a Dovi or by itself. Then you just sit back and watch it kill everything you put in there. Crawfish are fun. Thanks.
The Jaguar Cichlid is known for becoming more and more beautiful as it ages!
Where to start with this fish...Well I came to obtain one of these bad boys when my uncle had it, a tiger oscar, and two convicts in a 30 gallon tank. All three were about same size except for the convicts, but luckily they are extremely fast fish. Anyway, the Jaguar was starting up its "This will be my tank" notion and after terrorizing every fish he was left with no other choice but to give her to me. Now at the time I wasn't prepared to be given this fish. All I had was a 10 gallon tank which was where she was put for a few months. Now this fish was about five inches long or so and was a dominant fish. I kept her for a few months but it would flex at me sitting outside like it was going to hurt me, and tried on many occasions when trying to clean. I do understand that moving from a 30 gallon to a 10 is not optimal and actually very bad for the fish, so I ended up selling it to the aquatic critter which is a cool fish store in Tennessee. To sum it up, yes and I mean yes, this fish is extremely aggressive and it along with the Dovi are at the top of this cichlid group. If wanting destruction this is your fish and it would be awesome to have in a large tank with either a Dovi or by itself. Then you just sit back and watch it kill everything you put in there. Crawfish are fun. Thanks.