da most dangerous fish for aquariums

I think they are supposed to be able to last a couple of days out of water. They breathe air and die only because they need water to keep their skin moist. Something like that.

Friend of mine used to own an aquarium shop back when snakeheads were still semi-legal in this country. He got in a dozen or so young ones and on the first night they migrated from tank to tank to tank (squirming in and out of the little gap in the lids left for power and air lines) eating whatever they found swimming in each.

I would have to say the wolf cichilid. I have been told snake heads are actually fairly subdued if they aren't in groups, the same can't be said about the wolf cichilid. Correct me if I am wrong, but I have been told It's also one of the few cichilids with teeth, if not the only one. They also get rather humongous, topping out at around 24" making it one of the largest known cichlids. My friend had a large pair and one day he had his hand in the tank tinkering and his wolf took a good chunk of flesh off his hand, his tanks was red for quite awhile.

But if your talking sheer danger, a fully grown Electric African catfish has the capability to stun a fully grown adult human, which could possibly lead to drowning in the fish tank... :icon_eek:

I have actually seen a snakehead in China caught by a fisherman, gutted, flop out of the boat and swim away.

I had a 100 gallon tank when I was a teen with 5 red snakeheads in it. As far as toughness goes, I have seen far tougher fish.

I had 3 baby snakeheads years ago. One of them killed the other two and would kill or eat anything I put in the tank. He got up to about 15 inches long. He would eat feeders until he would puke them out he was so full. He was defintely a mean fish. However, I have kept largemouth bass that were just as mean.

pound for pound convicts or my greensunfish...little sunfish held a breeding pair of convicts in line when he was still smaller then them.. when he got bigger he was to be feared...if you where a fish that is...he would attack my hand but hey he was only 6 inches and has no teeth

big puffers can be nasty..

The toughest fish I have ever kept was a 14" Smallmouth Bass. Tough as hell

The electric eel folks.
Try pruning with it, makes a piranha or the most vicious fish act like a baby real fast.

However, I found a way to prune and scape a planted tank with one in it.
The owner got nailed 4 times in the past and had it, then called me.

I've never gotten shocked so far

Regards,
Tom Barr

plantbrain said:

The electric eel folks.

I've never gotten shocked so far

Regards,
Tom Barr

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Way to jinx yourself. you better be knocking on all types of wood surfaces...

in saltwater, some triggerfish are known to be intensely aggressive. the trident trigger (i think thats the name) is known to attack anything that enters the water, including hands, and has the jaw strength to break bone, thick shells, or about anything.

in fresh, i once knew a peacock bass that would try SO hard to attack people within the same room. the closer you got to her tank, the more she would try to attack. she was a mean one...

gmccreedy said:

Way to jinx yourself. you better be knocking on all types of wood surfaces...

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I'm smarter than a fish
I respect them, piranha and other things

Regards,
Tom Barr

cleekdafish said:

...I had one jumped out of mys friends tank and the next morning he was on the floor and alive

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I'm glad your friend is okay! Who found him on the floor? Did they have to give him first aid? :eek5:

DebbyS said:

I'm glad your friend is okay! Who found him on the floor? Did they have to give him first aid? :eek5:

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:hihi: There was me thinkin he meant the fish.....lol :icon_lol: