List your 5 favorite SA/CA cichlids

[robmcd]

Im just a little bored right now and was wondering just what you all would list as your top 5 Sa/Ca cichlids. I mean like like your top 5 dream cichlids as of today. Mine would probably be all crenicichla, but Ima broaden my horizons and think outside the box and only list 1 pike in the mix. So here goes....
1) crenicichla celdochilus
2) nandopsis beani
3) hoplarchus psittacus
4) caquetia myersi
5) Crenicichla vittata
OK so I listed 2 pikes, so shoot me. Of these fish I already have the myersi, so 1down, 4 to go........

 

[japes]

1. Parachromis managuensis
2. Geophagus altifrons
3. Uaru amphiacanthoides
4. Amphilophus festae
5. Heros Severus

I'm a grass is always greener on the other side sort of guy, always want what I don't have, all I've got are the Severum, but realistically I'd probably have Acarichthys heckelii or Geophagus Araguari in my top 5

 

[Lizardking]

Now I dont have the space to have a true BIG monstertank but if I had. My
setup/setups would probably be something like this:

1. Cichla ocellaris
2. Crenicichla sp. "xingu 1"
3. Lots of Tiger oscars
4. Cichlasoma Festae ,( I`ll take 6 of those please! )
5. Dovii

 

[robmcd]

1. Parachromis managuensis
2. Geophagus altifrons
3. Uaru amphiacanthoides
4. Amphilophus festae
5. Heros Severus

I'm a grass is always greener on the other side sort of guy, always want what I don't have, all I've got are the Severum, but realistically I'd probably have Acarichthys heckelii or Geophagus Araguari in my top 5

Nice lineup japes. Are the Jags and RTs hard to come by down under? Seems like we all have them here. I wont even keep Jags anymore . Not cause I dont like them, its just that everybody and theyre mom has them here and they seem to be about as common as Oscars nowadays. I got 3 festae, 2 female and 1 male that Im trying to get a pair out of.

 

[robmcd]

Now I dont have the space to have a true BIG monstertank but if I had. My
setup/setups would probably be something like this:

1. Cichla ocellaris
2. Crenicichla sp. "xingu 1"
3. Lots of Tiger oscars
4. Cichlasoma Festae ,( I`ll take 6 of those please! )
5. Dovii

Too bad you dont live here in CALI. We could make a few stops and fill your dream tank in a couple of hours. Hell Id GIVE you my 2 monos to get you going.....

 

[japes]

Nice lineup japes. Are the Jags and RTs hard to come by down under? Seems like we all have them here. I wont even keep Jags anymore . Not cause I dont like them, its just that everybody and theyre mom has them here and they seem to be about as common as Oscars nowadays. I got 3 festae, 2 female and 1 male that Im trying to get a pair out of.

Jags aren't common but they aren't hard to find, Festae seem quite common, I've seen them in a few stores.

 

[Lizardking]

Too bad you dont live here in CALI. We could make a few stops and fill your dream tank in a couple of hours. Hell Id GIVE you my 2 monos to get you going.....

Thanks! I`ll keep that in mind if ever drive by the US

 

[QueenslandeR]

couldn't put them in any type of order and there is plenty more that i would love to have

1. Nandopsis Haitensis (black nasty)
2. Veija Argentea
3. Parachromis Friedrichsthalii
4. Veija Fenustratus
5. Veija Maculicauda (black belt)

pretty sure that you cant get argentea in aus yet though

 

[robmcd]

couldn't put them in any type of order and there is plenty more that i would love to have

1. Nandopsis Haitensis (black nasty)
2. Veija Argentea
3. Parachromis Friedrichsthalii
4. Veija Fenustratus
5. Veija Maculicauda (black belt)

pretty sure that you cant get argentea in aus yet though

Thats a good list. If you ever come to the U.S. me and my friends can help you get it done. Viejas are the bomb. Right now I have 3 synspilum and Im hooked...

 

[QueenslandeR]

Thats a good list. If you ever come to the U.S. me and my friends can help you get it done. Viejas are the bomb. Right now I have 3 synspilum and Im hooked...

lol i got 3 synspilum atm too lol, 2 males and a female only gonna keep the best looking male though they are all around 8 inches atm... still got a ways to go