I've kept both African and American Cichlids and I prefer the behavior, personality, and appearances of the American Cichlids.
CA and SA vs Africans
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I like CA cichlids more due to the bulkier species being my preference, but I believe that Africans are more popular in general in the hobby
Africans are active and colourful but centrals are personable, recognize their owners, get huge. I personally love centrals.
From my experience and the availability the Africans are more popular here I think because there is a wider range of colors but my 125 is all larger native and south american because they wouldprobably munch the african's .
aclockworkorange;4688181; said:
Yes. Even if I had never kept any, Africans are IMO the most commonly kept cichlids as a whole so there are plenty of other tanks around to compare with up close and personal. There is just no comparison between the two. With the exception of a few they do not exhibit the same level of individual personality and character that their SA/CA counterparts do. The ability to be personable and interact with people and not just other fish is why many SA/CA cichlids make great single specimen wet pets.
I myself have no real preference but I do like bigger fish better and it seems there are alot more bid ca's and sa's although the largest cichlid is the emperor an african and at first my wife and I were led to believe the africans were more aggresive than ca's and sa's. Is there a chance to that the americans are a little cheaper because they have such large spawns or is that untrue.
