what is the most beautiful cichlid.

[ChileRelleno]

As wide ranging as cichlids are, and as dedicated/loyal as some keepers are to specific regional types...
I think you need to divide'em up into 'Best Looking of such-n-such category', e.g. the various African Lakes, Africa in general, Madagascar, South American, Cental American (this would generally include the few species which call southern North America home).

 

[LunchBox]

I like my german blue ram, but I gotta go with the mighty green terror.

 

[Gian krlo]

re:

GO GO GREEN TERRORS!!!!!!!! :dance:

:hi:

 

[dorkfish]

Angels are too "plain" for me to consider buetiful, and have little to no charecter.
Rams and apisto's are too small for me to see from across the room.
Discus are too gaudy.
My three spot gourami isn't a cichlid, the same for the giant and snake skin
gouramies.

So, it's gotta be a midas.

 

[managuay86]

3rd place goes to White Seam Grean Terrors, runner up is FlowerHorns, and the winner is..........IS........Blue Dempsy :thud:

 

[sirasoni]

A big f0 male dovii or umbi or haitiensis or managuense ... :thud: :bowing:

 

[eklikewhoa]

calvus or compressicep

 

[khombre]

I like frontosa. Though I believe others might see them as too plain. I forgot the name of the other one I like. Something like "escudendo" I believe. Most cichlids are beautiful though, except the mutilated ones. :duh:

 

[fish_freak]

Although I think a lot of the fish listed here are bueatiful its hard to argue that anything looks better than a lot of the Discus out there.

 

[tonytheboss1]

I guess my vote would be for a fish I no longer have but will never forget. Archocentrus octofasciatus ('Jackie', w/miss u)