Stars and Stripes! Looking good Keni! Are they the most aggressive cichla that you have owned? This is all I hear about theses guys. Yours look spotless.
They were mean up to 7". Now they are mellow. In the first pic, xingu on top is the runt. They don't even look at him twice. No torn fins on dithers too. The bahias are probably the meanest I got. I never mix species so that IMO helps. oh, snap...is it because I don't feed live or frozen????? or high current (see the gravel)????? or filtration?????? Too much to know.