I am curious for this.

I have pondered keeping a female jag with my gals since I am so flushed with females. I have read mixed things on their temperament. It may work, it may not work. Occasionally it does work, occasionally it doesn't.

What are the members' experiences here?

I have had Jags, and I have O's but I have never kept them together... Sorry...

I heard of some folks on another forum, that kept them together and even had them breed succesfully.
looked something like this:

Noddy wrote:


I saw the post, searched found the picture returned to paste it in only to find you have done the same

Isn't that cute and adorable?

So, the humor either means you think I'm completely off my rocker, or there is a decent enough chance to give it a shot, or there isn't enough information to give me an answer.

Decisions, delusions, decisions...

OK, hands up, am new to keeping American Ciclids so am not the person to advise but what I do know three things about the Jag.
* They grow Huuuuge....
* They are stunning
* They are Hyper- aggressive, I mean MEAN!!

Am I wrong? Often am actually.

As tough as the oscar is, they would be no match fo a Jag would They.

Dovii are hyper aggressive. Enough ppl have said jags are a coin toss for me to believe them. I guess if the experiment fails, I could give them to someone else. I have time to decide.

Thanks.

even though female jags are less agro than the male is it they can still become pack a solid punch when the mood hit them. unfortunately it would greatly depend on the temperament of the fish you’re introducing. like you probably already know it is a hit or miss kinda thing when it comes to mixing cichlid species but i say give a try and see what happens. just be ready to separate them if the need arises.

in my personal experience i wouldnt try it. i had a jag and an oscar and for the first week they were ok then one day i got home and my o was completely torn apart and i just managed to save him.

but different fish have different temperements so if you do keep them together have a backup plan to seperate them

I appreciate the input guys/gals.

I may step away from the jag thought

Any ideas? A cichlid that is nice looking and 8"+ in size as adults that would get along with my current compliment?

Maybe another BP or Oscar I guess.

Maybe a JD or 2?

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