*Note: There are two "Koi-Lo's" on the pond and aquaria groups.

"Adam" wrote in message
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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.

How can anyone answer that question? :-) We just do. The African cichlids
are my favorites although I don't keep them anymore due to their aggression.

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...

The colors on many of the African rift lake cichlids easily rival the
Discus. The most colorful tank of fish I ever owned were cichlids. The SA
cichlids are less colorful in my opinion and get larger.

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**

Right now all I have are colorful fancy goldfish, mainly calicos and a
tankful of mixed but very colorful platys.
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