If you couldn't keep cichlids...

[fishnatics]

I would keep catfish, loaches, barracudas, moray eels, arrowanas

 

[Warborg]

Fish are like cars....there are so many I want to own.

I haven't had Cichlids in 15 years. Do I still like them?...sure. Do I miss them?....no.

I have goldfish, plecos, cories and other odd peaceful fish that I don't have to worry about killing each other.

 

[isde02]

I love cichlids also but if I couldn't keep them I would probably keep oddballs and koi.... because koi are colorful get big and are awesome looking.

 

[vinod_uthaiah]

I started of with mollies , gold fishes , bettas , koi's and then one day 12 years back ....went the cichlid way !!! Never looked back from then.
every fish has an individual personality and I loved keeping each of them.
Gold fish is something , that i still look forward to

 

[darth pike]

Wild type bettas and other Anabantoids.

 

[the animal guy]

Bettas. Because Bettas are more bad ass than cichlids. I keep cichlids becase of the fight they have in them similar to bettas, but with the size. No cichlids, no fish tank. Only bettas jars

 

[jordanlewis100]

If I couldn't have any cichlids I would go back to bichirs with Florida gar and some more catfish

 

[outsider1911]

i would keep a stingray and arowana tank, and also a large tank with just a massive school of denison barbs.