Favorite cichlid

[bettaowner]

I love cichlids and plan on keeping /breeding different species. I want to know what your favorite species is and why. Include pictures if you can.

 

[Wolfsblood]

My favorite is a weird one and most likely won't be anyone elses but I think the Nimbochromis Livingstonii is so cool. I especially like the way it hunts by playing dead and waiting for an unsuspecting fish.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

My favorite is my white calvus. I think he is just so cool and he's just a young one.

 

[Wolfsblood]

He is very cool! Im really fond of that body structure.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Me too. Part of the reason I like him so much

 

[bettaowner]

My LfS has a white calvus. The livingstonii is cool too.

 

[Nathanpopp]

I like the venustus, and frontosa. Also OB Peacocks are on the top of my list as well.

 

[bettaowner]

A full grown frontosa is a sight to see. I'll share my favorite species. I really like the fish in the genus crenicichla. Here's a link to the google images page since there are so many species.

pike cichlid - Google Search

 

[Lady_Alia]

Definitely the frontosa! They have great personalities and are very observant! I can't even explain how awesome they are. You just gotta own one lol

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Fronts are defiantly cool. Another favorite of mine is my hybrid mbuna. Such a character loves to act big and bad but never bullies anyone and is such a baby. The family pitbull of the tank.

 

[bettaowner]

The hybrid is beautiful. I have a new appreciation for the frontosa. I use to think it was a big aggressive cichlid but now i see it's a beautiful animal. I'd love to keep one someday.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

The hybrid is beautiful. I have a new appreciation for the frontosa. I use to think it was a big aggressive cichlid but now i see it's a beautiful animal. I'd love to keep one someday.

Why thank you he's my accidental prize jewel lol. Only one left from a group of maybe 6

 

[bettaowner]

What are his parents?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

He's about 6-7 years now but my best guess were a bumblebee crossed with an ice blue. All the others were different from him. His sister was just brown but i lost her a year or so ago and the others before that.

 

[bettaowner]

Most people frown on hybrids but this hybrid really appeals to me.

 

[Lady_Alia]

The hybrid is beautiful. I have a new appreciation for the frontosa. I use to think it was a big aggressive cichlid but now i see it's a beautiful animal. I'd love to keep one someday.

They're really awesome, almost zen like. I love watching mine. And truthfully, they're not aggressive at all (at least mine aren't). I've added all sorts of fish to their tank and they've NEVER hurt any other fish.
I luvins my frontosas!!!

 

[bettaowner]

I want to find a cheap but healthy young frontosa that I can tame.

 

[Lady_Alia]

I want to find a cheap but healthy young frontosa that I can tame.

They normally range in price from $16 up. Burundi are cheaper than other breeds. I just started selling off my extra males.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

They normally range in price from $16 up. Burundi are cheaper than other breeds. I just started selling off my extra males.

Pricey around me, only one lfs sells them and at $40 for 1.5" if I had room I could find them from some breeders locally for way cheaper. That's the place to look. You would be surprised about what around you when you really start looking

 

[bettaowner]

That sounds reasonable. I like the neon frontosa. African cichlids are interesting to study and observe from an evolutionary point of view.