Although I like most fish, I continue to have a growing passion for dwarf cichlids, both old world and new world. I would like to form a social group for all aquarist that enjoy dwarfs. Yet, I don't want to start a group that ends up with only 1 or 2 people in it like some other groups that I have seen.
The purpose of this group would be for other dwarf aficionados to have a place to come together and share our passion, knowledge and experience. Also, it would be to expand the availability and understanding that there are a lot more dwarf cichlids out there than most hobbyist realize.
It seems that when someone asks about dwarfs, most answers come back to a very limited species variance.
When asked about SA cichlids, you here Bolivian rams, gbr's and apistos( mainly agassazi and caucatoids). When asked about African riverine, you hear ..... well kribs( P. pulcher). There are alot more apistos out there and tons more Pelvicachromis out there. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy all of the above mentioned though.
It seems that we are narrowing the hobby instead of expanding upon it. This is very disheartening to me since as an aquarist our goal is to expand and diversify upon the species that we keep and our knowledge of them. If we want to go with the flow, we should all wear the same clothes, eat the same foods and drink the same drinks. Sounds a little "Big Brother " to me.
If there is enough interest in this and enough people are willing to jump on board, it would be nice to eventually have a "dwarf cichlid of the month" thread like we are seeing with other aquatic aspects of our hobby(passion).
Don't we owe it to our wet pets/ fin kids to do what we can to expand on our options and knowledge to what is available to us as hobbyist?
I hope that I am not alone in this train of thought. So, please chime, give your input(pro or con). I would hate to see everyone with only rifties, angels, discus and such. What is the point if we do all the same thing?, we gain nothing but uniformity.
Thank you for reading and I hope that there are more members here at AC that feel the same way.~FNC~
All fish need love.
The purpose of this group would be for other dwarf aficionados to have a place to come together and share our passion, knowledge and experience. Also, it would be to expand the availability and understanding that there are a lot more dwarf cichlids out there than most hobbyist realize.
It seems that when someone asks about dwarfs, most answers come back to a very limited species variance.
When asked about SA cichlids, you here Bolivian rams, gbr's and apistos( mainly agassazi and caucatoids). When asked about African riverine, you hear ..... well kribs( P. pulcher). There are alot more apistos out there and tons more Pelvicachromis out there. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy all of the above mentioned though.
It seems that we are narrowing the hobby instead of expanding upon it. This is very disheartening to me since as an aquarist our goal is to expand and diversify upon the species that we keep and our knowledge of them. If we want to go with the flow, we should all wear the same clothes, eat the same foods and drink the same drinks. Sounds a little "Big Brother " to me.
If there is enough interest in this and enough people are willing to jump on board, it would be nice to eventually have a "dwarf cichlid of the month" thread like we are seeing with other aquatic aspects of our hobby(passion).
Don't we owe it to our wet pets/ fin kids to do what we can to expand on our options and knowledge to what is available to us as hobbyist?
I hope that I am not alone in this train of thought. So, please chime, give your input(pro or con). I would hate to see everyone with only rifties, angels, discus and such. What is the point if we do all the same thing?, we gain nothing but uniformity.
Thank you for reading and I hope that there are more members here at AC that feel the same way.~FNC~
All fish need love.
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Will check it out in a bit,lol, gotta do some work in a few minutes...but, i found a dwarf that I haven't heard of, but of course I'm new at this. Paracyprichromis Nigripinnis, very nice looking and not aggressive from what I've read.
