How tough are jags?
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Ive had alot of "jags" over the years so this is just my personally experience.
Ive grown them up with RD, texas, dempseys, blackbelts and similiar big CA cichlids. They hold there own most of the time. I would say there almost as aggressive as RD/midas, more aggressive than dempseys but different jags will have different temperments. I had a 6" salvini that nearly killed a 7.5" jag but then Ive had a 8" jag kill a 10" texas.
I think its all about territory, introducing a 10" jag to a tank with a established 8" RD will probably end up with a badly beaten jag but if you switch it around (established jag) youll end up with a beat up RD.
Raising them from juvi in a large tank would be your best bet, letting them have there own turf to defend.
So yes they can defend them selves quite well given the right enviroment. But theres always a risk when housing large CA cichlids, when they start to mature you really have to keep an eye on them and a spare tank should be on hand in case a fish flips out. Give them alot of room, dont put a jag and a midas in a 90g and exspect them to spend there lives in there.
Ive grown them up with RD, texas, dempseys, blackbelts and similiar big CA cichlids. They hold there own most of the time. I would say there almost as aggressive as RD/midas, more aggressive than dempseys but different jags will have different temperments. I had a 6" salvini that nearly killed a 7.5" jag but then Ive had a 8" jag kill a 10" texas.
I think its all about territory, introducing a 10" jag to a tank with a established 8" RD will probably end up with a badly beaten jag but if you switch it around (established jag) youll end up with a beat up RD.
Raising them from juvi in a large tank would be your best bet, letting them have there own turf to defend.
So yes they can defend them selves quite well given the right enviroment. But theres always a risk when housing large CA cichlids, when they start to mature you really have to keep an eye on them and a spare tank should be on hand in case a fish flips out. Give them alot of room, dont put a jag and a midas in a 90g and exspect them to spend there lives in there.
I agree, it depends on the fish. Not all fish have the same temperament. I've had Jags that were pushovers and some that were mean as heck! Currently I have a large, aggressive male Jag who lives by himself except for a pleco. Lets just say he doesn't play well with others. He grew up alone so he doesn't like other fish and is used to a large territory.
I think with any creature it depends on soo many variables that I would not try it unless all fish where under 2 inches, when put in the tank at the same size, each having their own cave thingy.
My Jag, a 8"+ female, took a long time to establish that 2/3rds of the tank was hers. Then my convicts had babys, they for the most part had her pinned up against the glass on the side of the tank. After 2 days of that I'd had enough and put a divider in the tank. Just as soon as the fry hit 1/2 of an inch, that divider comes out..... it's called convict control. I hope anyway.