Looking Back – My top 15 all time favorite cichlids

[Ruck Fules]

These are cichlids that I’ve kept and some that I’m still keeping. As you can tell, I'm no expert in taking pics especially the old ones . I'll start with 15 going down to #1 (my most favorite). I enjoyed putting this together and looking back at some old pictures.

15) Vieja Maculicauda / Vieja Sysnpilus / Vieja Bifaciatus

14) Herichthys Bocourti / Herichthys Pearsi

13) Cichlasoma Salvini

12) Vieja Argentea / Vieja Regani

11) Parachromis Motaguense / Amphilophus Trimaculatus

10) Amphilophus Midas / Amphilophus Labiatus

9) Crenicichla Cobra

8) Nandopsis Tetracanthus

7) Parachromis Dovii

6) Cichlasoma Grammodes

5) Cichlasoma Beani

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4) Amphilophus Festae

3) Cichlasoma Istlanum

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2) Caquetaia Umbriferus

1) Nandopsis Haitiensis

 

[rtague]

Thanks for the pics,brilliant fishes.The salvini was actually my favourite.

 

[Adhlc]

Nice thread! You've kept all my favorite fish.

 

[VRWC]

AWESOME COLLECTION! Thanks for the pics!

 

[straitjacketstar]

Dude, I'll always aspire to keep a pair of haitiensis like the ones you had. I could have sat in front of that tank all night watching them!
Great pics of everyone. All your fish look great!

 

[jowens]

Great fish! Thanks for putting this together.

 

[greenterra]

Some awesome specimens in this thread. Thanks for sharing.

 

[young_rico]

the istlanums were my favorites. i like how dark they looked. were their colors always like that? were did you get them from?

 

[Ruck Fules]

Thanks for the pics,brilliant fishes.The salvini was actually my favourite.

Thanks for looking . Color wise, it would be on top of the list.

Nice thread! You've kept all my favorite fish.

You have good taste

AWESOME COLLECTION! Thanks for the pics!

Thank you

Dude, I'll always aspire to keep a pair of haitiensis like the ones you had. I could have sat in front of that tank all night watching them!
Great pics of everyone. All your fish look great!

Sup Jen? Do you still have the istlanum I gave you from the SOCAL meet?

Great fish! Thanks for putting this together.

It was fun putting this together

Some awesome specimens in this thread. Thanks for sharing.

Nothing compared to your collection and photo skills

the istlanums were my favorites. i like how dark they looked. were their colors always like that? were did you get them from?

The dark pair came from Rapps a few years back. The red variant came from Joe and a member in Texas.

 

[peathenster]

top quality specimen

I'm curious - how did you rank them?