Are you into dwarf cichlids, or maybe tank busters, those 'full of character' amaerican cichlids? Lets hear about them in this area of the forum. From oscars to rams - lets hear about them.

cichlids are my fav freshwater trop,so many to choose from, over the years ive kept may types but never really got into afs prefer the usa myself, i find them alot easier to keep, at the mo i have a 6x2x2 with calico convicts,oscar,parrot,in with these are 7 4"-5" clown loach, not exciting to most cichlid keepers but i love em, so hardy, you'd have to nuke em! i also have 16 2"-3" tilapia mariea at the mo but these are going asap, so if anyones interested in buy or swops just pm me!

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I like most New World cichlids and have kept a few over the last 10 years, currently own a young pair of nics and a young female jag in a 4x2x2, some F1 brown acaras in a 48x12x15, a pair of rescued stunted brown acaras and stunted choc cichlid in a 40g, and a 9" temensis in a 6x2x2 with 2 non cichlids.

Any pix of the cichla.

malawi s are fav breed , but also keep oscars in 8 ft convicts in 6 ft malawi s in 8 ft arawana in 10 ft plus many others and breeding tanks my missis says ive got a problem?? but sod her the marine tank is on its way

oscars.dont think you got a problem duce,theyre are a lot of worse hobbies :]

I like all cichlids! First kept americans: Bifasciatum, Synspillum, Salvini, Festae, Octofasciatus, Septemfasciatum, Rivulatus, Cyanoguttatus, Nics. Now just have a pair of Tetracanthus (Cubans).

Now more into Malawi and Tanganyikans. Have toooo many to list.

just aqquired a pair of Apistogramma agassizii supposed to be wild caught but dont realy know very nice fish anyway females got her brood colours and wont leave male alone hope to see some action soon as anydody else got these and knows how to tell if there wild realy colourfull

hello robbo, pm curviceps, his well up on the ol cichlids mate

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Unfortunatly there isn't really anyway of being able to tell if they are wild caught or not. Unless you got it from a shop that deals in Wild Caught fish or if its a particulary rare species, where the chances are they have to be caught from the wild, then theres no guranteeing.