Your All Time Favourite

[mickey]

I am conducting a survey on AC members all time favourite cichlids.
If members would,nt mind listing their top 3 cichlids in ascending order 1 to 3, i would be really grateful. THANKYOU GUYS.
Ps. This is the second survey that i have conducted on AC.the first being on shoaling fish,still ongoing and proving to be a big success thanks to the ever helpful guys at AC.
Example 1.Red oscar. 2.Jack dempsey. 3.Blue acara.
CHEERS.

[ChilDawg]

1.) Oscar (Astronotus spp.)
2.) Front (Cyphotilapia frontosa)
3.) Shellies (some members of Neolamprologus and Lamprologus, my favorite being Neolamprologus multifasciatus)

[GEV83]

1) Jaguar Cichlid
2) Oscar
3) Green Terror both white and gold saum varieties

Jags are my favorite at this time and moment it use to be Oscars till I found out about Jags.

[scott]

1) Flowerhorn

ha, ha just kidding

1) Red Terror (Festae)
2) Black Belt (Vieja Maculicada)
3) Red Head (Vieja Synspilia)

I really like the faces of the vieja but those festae are eating machines!

[Doublette90]

1. African Blockhead (Steatocranus casuarius) - I have never actually seen a live one but I think they are so interesting to look at!

2. Oscars - one day I will have one!

3. Butterfly Cichlid ( Microgeophagus Ramirezi ) - Very nice looking! Another one for the "one day" catagory.:)

[Tightdog1]

1. blue acaras
2. golden jaguars
3. umbee
4. blue jack dempsey (if u guys care about the forth)


Last: african cichlids

[Rare Cichlids]

From the fish I own it would be

1. Amphilophus citrinellus - Striped Midas

2. Amphilophus sagittae - Black Daemon

3. Amphilophus labiatus - Striped Red Devil


But there are plenty of others that are right up there too.

Of all cichlids, including fish I have never seen in person, my list would include the Grobe Grune (Green Umbie), Hogaboomorum, and "Fat Lips", among many others. There's just so many to choose from.

[TTman]

in no particular order: flowerhorns (no kidding!), midas/devil, jags

scott, let me know if u see any FHs in our area ;-)

[eastcoast420]

Jag (managuense)
red terror (festae)
Dovii

[kaneida]

mine are the following:

1. Chocolates (Hypselecara Temporalis)
2. Quetzal (Vieja Synspila)
3. Discus

[inxs]

1. A labiatus true red devil
2. A. festae south american red terror
3. N managuense jaguar

[skeletalmachine]

1. Tropheus (any)
2. Discus
3. Altolamprologus compressiceps/calvus

The Tropheus will always be at the top but the other two could change at any time. :) Fronts are really nice..... er..

4. Frontosa

[CyberDrgn]

1. Green terror
2. Oscar
3. Severum

And my favorite non-cichlid fish are loaches, I would love to have a huge tank with 3 of each type of loach I could find in it.

[Death angel]

1 Midas

2 Labiatus

3 Fronts

[Gordeez]

1. Jags
2. Flowerhorns
3. Umbies

[gregga]

My .2 cents..........

1. Frontosa

2. Bleekeri/Polleni

3. Centrarchus

[TigerBarbMama]

here i go

1. n. brevis (dwarf cichlids from lake tangniyaka)
2. the fierce jack dempey
3. african cichlids

[Nippy]

There are lots of cichlids that I like, but I'll only pick from what I've kept:

1. Midas
2. Jaguar
3. Pike

[AikidoGuy]

Umbie

Midas

Festae

[Frontosa311]

1- Frontosa
2- Peacock
3- Blue Jack

[andruboz]

1. corpora nicaraguensis
2. red devil
3. uaru

[Lila]

1.Oscar
2. Clown Knife (that is a cichlid, isn't it?)
3. Hap. Venustus

Clown is the only one I haven't owned yet.

[ChilDawg]

Actually, Lila, Clown Knifes belong to the family Notopteridae, if memory serves correctly. I know that they don't belong to Cichlidae, and that is the key determination as to whether or not a fish is a Cichlid.

[H8Parrotfish 13]

Red Devil True or Hybrid

Midas Cichlid(Same as above)

Parrot Cichlid(Non Hybrid look at my username)

[stpower]

1. Kenyii

2. Convict

3. Monster (i think thats what he's called) see him at the LFS, about 12", cool.

[Lila]

Thanks Chil...

Then, number two would be....Hap. Venustus,,and three would be:
Red devil

[ChilDawg]

Originally posted by stpower
3. Monster (i think thats what he's called) see him at the LFS, about 12", cool.

I think that I've seen these before as Blue-Freckled Monsters, but many know them more popularly as the "Umbee" or "Basketmouth Cichlid."

[mickey]

what a cool name BASKETMOUTH, much better than umbee.
Anybody know any other cichlids with a cool nickname.

[ChilDawg]

The "Haitian Cichlid" is also called the "Black Nasty."

[mickey]

Is it as mean as it sounds

[u-m_fan]

well, right now im on a guapote kick so it would probably be

1. Dovii (never owned
2. Jag ( also never owned but am considering)
3. Midas ( isn't a guapote, but still cool)

if you asked me the same question Next week i will probably like some other cichlid and my answers will change. thats the way it seems to work right

[ChilDawg]

Originally posted by mickey
Is it as mean as it sounds

Yeah, it's supposed to be one of the all-time meanest fish ever, much unlike the "Jack Dempsey," which is a fish whose demeanor is much less surly than that of many other cichlids.

[Speck]

1. Salvini
2 GT
3 Texas

[SnakeIce]

Angelfish
Blue Ram
Dwarf's-don't know which

my green thumb likes to keep fish

[Roland]

1 - Kribensis, 2 - Discus, 3 - Rams

[TomFromStLouis]

I am not that knowledgable about cichlid types, but I am surprised to see so few discus and angelfish votes. Since I only own angels now from the cichlid family, they get my first vote. and nothing beats some of the pictures I have seen of discus for beauty.

Unlike many cichlid fans, I get no kick out of watching a big fish eat a feeder goldfish.

So I guess, with limited experience:

1 - angels
2 - discus
3 - something small, like ram

[Lynsey]

1. Oscar
2. Red Head (Vieja Synspilia) - although never owned
3. Geophagus sp.

[Kirin Fang]

1. Auratus
2. Frontosa
3. Johanni Mbuna

[thalassic park]

1 petrochromis spp.
2 Tropheus esp. Marmalade Cats (Chisanza Moorii)
3 Telmatochromis bifrenatis

[CoCoFiShY]

1) Jack dempsey
2) green terror
3) oscar

[osmond91]

from the fish i have kept i would say

1:albino tiger oscar
2:pike cichlid
3:jack dempsey

[o snap its eric]

1.jag
2.large spot bleekeri
3.texas
4. havent seen a large dovii that pleases me.

[Bristlenose Chuck]

1) Frontosa
2) Blackbelt
3) Cuban Cichlid

[osmond91]

From the fish i have kept i would have to say my favorite's would be

1: albino tiger oscar
2: pike cichlid
3: jack dempsley's

[Tinycl]

1.Tiger oscar
2.Electric Blue Jack Dempsey
3.Regular Jack Dempsey

I don't have a BJD yet but I will.:D

[NWfishman]

1."Cichlasoma" istlanum (Istlanum)
2. Parachromis dovii (Wolf)
3.Hemichrmois elongatus (5 spot Jewel)

[Mattimeo]

Been a while since I've posted here! I would have to say my favourites in order would be:

1) nandopsis salvini "blueblaze"
2) caquetaia umbrifera "red"
3) nandopsis beani
4) nandopsis istlantum "red"
5) nandopsis grammodes

sorry, had to put 5...

[caz]

1) oscar

2) oscars

3) more oscars :)

nah really
oscar

convicts

electric blue jack

[optix]

1) Jack dempsey
2) Albino Tiger Oscar
3) Green terror


......4) Jag

[Jayhawk]

1) Convicts
2) N. brevis
3) N. multifasciatus

After a long stint with Tanganyikans, I just returned to the CA cichlids. I can't believe how cool the humble convict cichlid is...