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Peter Mason

wrote:
Uh - you're supposed to tape the mirror to the OUTSIDE of the tank!

On a sidenote, regarding some of the other replies: why would anyone,
ever, *want* their cichlid to become psychotic?
Anyway, if you want psycho fish, get yourself a male and keep him all
alone in a big tank. As he matures he'll grow hyperaggressive and be
impossible to keep with other fish; he'll even try to attack his owner
through the glass. Which apparently somehow is a good thing.

Psychotic is a hard take on it, Mike. I admire a fish that can give
attitude from a bucket but I wouldn't want to turn a fish into a psycho and
it isn't the quality that I like. As BD says, a fish like this usually has
an interesting, intelligent and interactive personality. He'll be
interested in everything - inside and outside the tank. He'll look you in
the eye and have an opinion. If he's fearless then all the better. A
fish that thinks "stuff the food chain" is special, all considered, and
fearless doesn't necessarily mean psychotic.