View Full Version : What is the ugliest cichlid???
managuay86
07-18-2006, 3:40 AM
ok this is light hearted fun... but what is the ugliest cichlid you have seen??? My opinion is that oscars come in third, blood parrots come in second and first place............The midas (not red devil) or as i like to call them elephantitus fish :joke: http://badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlids/GorbyMidasCichlid2.jpg
I got this picture from: badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlids/GorbyMidasCichlid2.jpg
cichlidkeeper91
07-18-2006, 3:42 AM
ok this is light hearted fun... but what is the ugliest cichlid you have seen??? My opinion is that oscars come in third, blood parrots come in second and first place............The midas (not red devil) or as i like to call them elephantitus fish :joke: http://badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlids/GorbyMidasCichlid2.jpg
I got this picture from: badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlids/GorbyMidasCichlid2.jpg
I would have to go with that fish. Thats fricken ugly. Do red devils get a hump that big. hope mine doesnt.
cyberbeer65
07-18-2006, 3:45 AM
My male Convict is starting to get that hump. :dive2:
managuay86
07-18-2006, 3:52 AM
red devils get humps but not that big though... and yeah convicts get a hump too but it doesnt get large either. but yeah midas are ugly :laugh:
Flower Horn Cichlid....can't imagine whatever possessed them to use the word "Flower" in the naming of this one ! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/confused/confused0050.gif
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/FlowerHornCichlidcopy.jpg
UncaBret
07-18-2006, 8:54 AM
Blood parrots just don't look right to me.
dorkfish
07-18-2006, 10:34 AM
ok this is light hearted fun... but what is the ugliest cichlid you have seen??? My opinion is that oscars come in third, blood parrots come in second and first place............The midas (not red devil) or as i like to call them elephantitus fish :joke: http://badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlids/GorbyMidasCichlid2.jpg
I got this picture from: badmanstropicalfish.com/cichlids/GorbyMidasCichlid2.jpg
Oh that's real nice...
I'm sure he'd say the same thing about us humans...
All fish that have been messed with (crossbreeding, dieying, genitical alterations like "glofish", selective breeding is tolerable but not when it goes to the extremes) are uggly, this includes flower horns and blood parrots. I like to keep real fish, and that's why I'm against these kind's of fish.
hurdledude1298
07-18-2006, 1:27 PM
i really like the way blood parrots look they are sooooo cool
beatle
07-18-2006, 3:32 PM
I'd have a blood parrot if my tank would allow it. They're pretty cool. My girlfriend says they always look like they're smiling. :)
rosita
07-18-2006, 4:49 PM
Flower Horn Cichlid....can't imagine whatever possessed them to use the word "Flower" in the naming of this one ! http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/confused/confused0050.gif
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/morroman/emgfishpics/FlowerHornCichlidcopy.jpg
Whoa now, that fish is downright FUGLY!! And to think people create it as a hybrid!?!? Well, guess it just goes to show . . . something for everyone :eek:
Burtess
07-18-2006, 9:06 PM
Whoa now, that fish is downright FUGLY!! And to think people create it as a hybrid!?!? Well, guess it just goes to show . . . something for everyone :eek:
Though not for everyone, the above mentioned fish just ooooze personality!!
I love the look of a big male Midas/RD, hope mine gets like that when he's all grown up.
I think the blood parrots are unattractive as well, but many people I have talked to say they are cool and personable fish...
Burt :)
Gian krlo
07-18-2006, 9:32 PM
mmm i think the GT!!! no im joking :sim: they are the most beautiful fish hahaha.. well i dont like flower horns specially with big humps and alot of intensive colors
khombre
07-18-2006, 9:55 PM
In my opinion, the ugliest cichlids are dyed parrots with cropped tails.
And flower horns with cropped tails. They call them "heart-shaped" here by the way, those frreakin *******s. :mad2:
ChileRelleno
07-18-2006, 11:46 PM
Blood Parrots, period. Dyed, un-dyed, mutilated or not they are super ugly deformed hyrids.
I dislike hybrids period, but flowerhorns can be very beautiful.
Some FH afficiandos would say that that nuchal hump is way too big, others would pay major money for it...
I like cichlids with nuchals, but that is too much for my liking.
managuay86
07-19-2006, 3:07 AM
wow looks like the flower horns and the blood parrots have it!!!!! so nobody thought the Oscar is ugly???
khombre
07-19-2006, 4:40 AM
I like tiger oscars. lol :D They are nice. But I don't like the albino ones. They look like freaks (no offense to owners though, just a matter of personal preference), but wait.. aren't they? :dance2:
onepawnup
07-19-2006, 7:06 AM
I have 4 blood parrots and would never call them the ugliest ..my wife calls them the happy fish
oh well just my opinion
tonytheboss1
07-19-2006, 9:00 AM
wow looks like the flower horns and the blood parrots have it!!!!! so nobody thought the Oscar is ugly???
I guess my vote for "appearance challeged" (P/C) would be the Flowerhorn. Hybrids are just not my 'thing'. As to Oscars being 'ugly', (I detest that word) I believe they can hold their own w/ most F/W fish in the 'LOOKS' dept. Of course, this is a personal preference & I accept that others might feel differently. I would never describe 'O's as ---- that word!!
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2238/0414061832ze1.jpg
shot June 2006
DeRo316
07-19-2006, 10:58 AM
I dont think tiger oscars are ugly, I agree that albinos are. The standard red is OK, but I like the glow on the tigers.
tonytheboss1
07-19-2006, 7:23 PM
I dont think tiger oscars are ugly, I agree that albinos are. The standard red is OK, but I like the glow on the tigers.
:cool: Ohhhhh "D" how could you feel that way after looking at this face ?? :hi: :) :hi:
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3697/04160619461ua.jpg
I know I'm slightly biased but ugly?? --- How 'bout different?
khombre
07-19-2006, 9:36 PM
:cool: Ohhhhh "D" how could you feel that way after looking at this face ?? :hi: :) :hi:
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3697/04160619461ua.jpg
I know I'm slightly biased but ugly?? --- How 'bout different?
Hmmm.. that's a pretty decent looking one for an albino ;)
webcricket
07-19-2006, 10:30 PM
:cool: Ohhhhh "D" how could you feel that way after looking at this face ?? :hi: :) :hi:
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3697/04160619461ua.jpg
I know I'm slightly biased but ugly?? --- How 'bout different?
Really gorgeous fish! I'd love to get an Oscar some day when I own my own place. For now I'm confined to the space of one room for my hobby. :( Someday, someday!
kjenber
07-19-2006, 10:34 PM
Is dorkfish a honest person.HE IS A DORK :eek:
kjenber
07-19-2006, 10:36 PM
sorry i just try to make sombody mad. My fish would relly eat yours :rant2:
khombre
07-19-2006, 11:22 PM
Grow up you immature brat :sim: lol
DeRo316
07-20-2006, 9:50 AM
That oscar looked great, just not my favorite, I like the tigers better but Im partial since I had one forever. The personality of my oscar is far better than any of the other fish I've ever had.
ChileRelleno
07-20-2006, 3:19 PM
That oscar looked great, just not my favorite, I like the tigers better but Im partial since I had one forever. The personality of my oscar is far better than any of the other fish I've ever had.
My Red Tiger, 10-10.5"(SL) aprox 1.5yrs old.
No way is this a ugly cichlid/fish.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/7889/allanonrightapr0650lj1.jpg
DaisyTattoo
07-20-2006, 3:24 PM
My Red Tiger, 10-10.5"(SL) aprox 1.5yrs old.
No way is this a ugly cichlid/fish.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/7889/allanonrightapr0650lj1.jpg
That is probably the first Oscar that I liked. I normally would say that they are very ugly. I just don't like how they look, but Chilie, that is a nice one.
Ugliest cichlid = blackbelt
Yellow peacocks look stupid, too.
dorkfish
07-20-2006, 3:36 PM
My fish would relly eat yours :rant2:
No doubt at all.
sorry i just try to make sombody mad.
Hey, isn't that called trolling?
fishcatch22
07-20-2006, 3:36 PM
My Red Tiger, 10-10.5"(SL) aprox 1.5yrs old.
No way is this a ugly cichlid/fish.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/7889/allanonrightapr0650lj1.jpgthat's a nice oscar, chile! reminds me of one my mom used to have way back in massachusets, except he was albimo.
ChileRelleno
07-20-2006, 3:59 PM
That is probably the first Oscar that I liked. I normally would say that they are very ugly. I just don't like how they look, but Chilie, that is a nice one.
To really appreciate his markings you need to see the pic at full size...
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4529/allanonrightapr069jo.jpg
fishcatch22
07-20-2006, 4:01 PM
that is one huge photo! his markings are great.
DaisyTattoo
07-20-2006, 4:02 PM
Did it look like that as a juvenile? Or did it color up with age?
sirasoni
07-20-2006, 5:42 PM
i used to think oscars were ugly until i saw these...
tonytheboss1
07-20-2006, 6:17 PM
:clap: :clap: :clap: Good Job "C/R"!! You've got the 'poster child' for 'O's right there. I tip my hat.
ChileRelleno
07-20-2006, 8:50 PM
Two Oscars, but different species of Oscar.
Juvenile Tiger Oscar, Astronotus ocellatus
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1252/juveniletigertp0.jpg
Adult Striped Oscar aka Black Oscar, Astronotus crassipinnis
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1466/riotocantinsadultoscaruz2.jpg
2003 Did it look like that as a juvenile? Or did it color up with age?
Most juveniles start off significantly different from their mature colors/markings. Colors/markings vary quite a bit according to habitat, mood, activity and ect.
starrystarstarr
07-20-2006, 8:55 PM
I think blood parrots are cute!!!! but that "Flower Horn Cichlidfish" is nasty...as...beepp:rant2:
sirasoni
07-20-2006, 9:48 PM
i want a crassi but 300 dollars for an oscar is steep. that's assuming im actually able to find one :sad:
kjenber
07-21-2006, 12:06 AM
Nice Oscer I like. I once had two oscer that look a little like that.
They got to big for my liking. NICE OSCER. :thud:
harles2000
07-29-2006, 2:16 PM
that is a great oscar chile - I can see why you are such a fan.
My oscars that i had when we talked on that other fish site were tigers too, but didnt quite have markings like that.
now I have a community tank with rainbows, and a pair of kribs, a pair of rainbow cichlids, a pair of gold nugget plecs, and a pair of striata loaches, with a few other fish thrown in/left over as I grew into this particular setup.
Oh and Oscars are nowhere near the ugliest fish! Flowerhorns can be absolutely gorgeous -from the side, that nuchal hump of theirs can get ridiculous though.
with out a doubt parrots are the ugliest abomination out there. just about balloon anything fish - mollies, flagfish, whatever. I've even seen balloon blue rams - now thats just disgusting