Favorite Cichlid

[FastFisher5]

What's your favorite cichlid that you own or have raised? And your favorite you haven't had a chance at raising yet.

 

[convict360]

always will be the convict cichlid lol, not that my avatar or forum name gives any indication...

probably have to be salvini for 2nd point

 

[FastFisher5]

Oh and I forgot. Please post a pic of yours and a pic of your other choice. American cichlids only

 

[FastFisher5]

always will be the convict cichlid lol, not that my avatar or forum name gives any indication...

probably have to be salvini for 2nd point

I never would've guessed convict lol

 

[FastFisher5]

My Jack Dempsey is my favorite.


And the Red Terror ( Festae ) is my dream cichlid

 

[MP_cichlid]

festae is my favorite, i have a breeding pair, I will post pics

 

[Guapoteguy291]

Umbee favorite. Always wanted a haitiensis, impossible to find.

 

[MP_cichlid]

Male-Pushing 9 inches, WC from Ecuador
Female- About 5.75 inches, f2 from Daytona Aquarium in Fl

 

[lizardboy]

Favorite would probably be apistogramma cacatuoides. Dream fish, I would love to keep a green terror. They're beautiful fish

 

[duanes]

Because there are over 3000 species of cichlids worldwide, for me this is an almost impossible question to answer, luckily it has been narrowed down to American cichlids, bringing it to maybe a little less than 1000. If you were to throw in Madagascans ( equally my favorites) I'd be in a real quandry,
But probably the favorite I have owned was Nandopsis haitiensus, and funny someone mentioned they were impossible to get, when I had hundreds of fry, I had a hard time giving them away.

One that I'd now love to own, but haven't yet, is Nandopsis ramsdeni, and since I haven't ever kept one, no photo.
Another I have owned that would rate right up there with haitiensus, would be Tomocichla tuba, but this was so long ago, my photo was with a flip phone.