I appreciate and love how everyone has their own tastes and opinions
when it comes to fish (and everything else for that matter). That
doesn't mean that I won't want to pick someone's brain when I am
curious about thier passions. I was reading about the upcoming ACA
convension in TFH and wondered why people love cichlids so much. For
that matter, why do any of you love the fish you do. I should preface
this by saying that I love discus and angels and a few other types, but
as for africans, I could take 'em or leave 'em. They just look like
'fish' to me. I know that may sound silly, but I am drawn to more
exotic fish I suppose. Perhaps it is because I have never owned any...

Personally, I like cat fish and small schooling fish. I also like
inverts. I don't know why. If I had a bigger tank, I would probably get
discus (for soem reason, I don't think of discus when I hear cichlid).
I bet some of you are rolling your eyes as I do when someone starts
professing their love for XX or YY. In the process of writing this, I
am now thinking I should go get some africans or something to see what
all the buzz is about.

So what do you like and **why**