basically, the biggest wimps that people think are aggressive! A lot of people say oscars are extremely aggressive but I have kept way too many and they all are peaceful.
What do you guys/girls think is the most overrated cichlid?
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I have had both umbees and midas that have been very skittish until they settle down usually a week or 2 and oscars seem to settle down in 5 minutes, i don't think oscars are overrated and both my oscars are not out of their way aggressive but wont take **** off any other fish either.
Personally, I don't think any cichlid is overrated or underrated, really. There are so many cichlids, from so many regions, and so many people with so many different tastes. It's why cichlids are such a great species. There is something for everyone. A cichlid I don't much like is someone else's gem, while a cichlid I absolutely must have is a fish someone wishes they never had.
I have my favorites, and those I don't really care so much for... but I don't think any of them are overrated, personally.
-Rich
I have my favorites, and those I don't really care so much for... but I don't think any of them are overrated, personally.
-Rich
I guess to answer what this thread is probably trying to get at though... there are several cichlids that I just cannot get into, for whatever reason. Jags, convicts, and red devils & midas top the list. Not a big dovii guy, and try as I might... the whole umbee craze escapes me. LOL...
-Rich
-Rich
Discus lol, sure they are colorful but they do absolutely nothing, seems almost every planted tank of resonable size has discus.( I have a huge book on fish that has maybe one or two pages for each cichlid but over twenty for discus That seems overated to me. I would say there are many more underrated/underkept cichlids like chocolates,nics and eartheaters to name a few.
most overrated, oscars, discus, flower horns, frontosa. Those are my bids. Most underrated, well I would argue 90 percent of african cichlids are underrated, lol.
Overrated doesn't mean I don't like them. I have 6 frontosa... and aspire to have discus but still many of my favorite planted tanks I see online don't have discus and thats why I think that.
