Originally Posted by ari

what are your favourite cichlids?...why?...list them out and see if they could be found here in malaysia, or try ways to get them.

i take the first shot.

for me its gonna be
1)Synspilus...an old time favourite of mine. this was the fish that got me started "seriously" back in the 80s. now days its very diffcult to get a good speciment, no thanks to too much inbreeding and cross breeding. its about time someone import some new blood and inject interest in this truly beautiful fish.

2) Neolamprologus Brichardi...i was never a african cichlid fan, simply coz my interest is not there...but brichardis will always be my favorite. its not the beauty but the way they behave. they are highly arrgesive and its common for a 2inch brichardis to take on a much larger cichild. they must be kept in groups of 8 to 10 on their own to see their interesting behaviour. during breeding they will take turns to care for the spawns and proctect juvniles no matter to which fish the juvniles belongs to. truly a fantastic fish to keep


3) top of my wanted list.....herichthys pearsi