Anyone else find africans boreing compared to Central/SA Cichlids?
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never kept SA/CA.
I find my malawis/tangs will react when I go in the room though...not sure they 'recognise' me mind you, but if two people approach the tank they are more shy and will hide more than if one only does during the day. At night when the tank lights are on and its dark outside the tank they are fearless.
I find my malawis/tangs will react when I go in the room though...not sure they 'recognise' me mind you, but if two people approach the tank they are more shy and will hide more than if one only does during the day. At night when the tank lights are on and its dark outside the tank they are fearless.
My gold sev will start heading for the top of the tank if I wave his bag o pellets even if im clear across the room its pretty remarkable.
I totally agree. CA cichlids bore me not the other way around. Also the fact that when that oscar or others grow to 12 inches and up unless you have a 2-300 gallon tank youll be seeing very few fish whereas the africans its a large school of fun. My africans do have a "personality" and I do get "greeted " when i come up to the tank or enter the room.
got to say i went from having africans for years, to sa/ca cichlids and never looked back. i will say the africans do have personallity, i find the new world cichlids just show it more. these guys become much more like a pet, i have even taught some to do simple tricks. while all cichlids are cool, right now im gunna stick with my sa/ca cichlids.
I wouldn't say boring, but Africans usually don't have the personality that CA/SA cichlids have. The Mbuna species of African cichlids have a little more going for them than the open water African cichlids do as far as personality goes, but then the open water African cichlids have amazing colors, like the peacock species. What I have found over the years keeping both types of cichlids, is that the African cichlids do not foul the water near as much or as quickly as the SA/CA cichlids do and this is partly due to the SA/CA cichlids have more girth and overall size to them.
