Tjaard de Vries wrote in message t...
perhaps this idea is nuts, but my fish know me, they swim towards the
front window when I'm around the tank at feeding times, so I wonder... is
it difficult to make cichlids hand tame? it'd be nice .

It's not uncommon for Oscars to be "hand tame" -- Many ppl claim that
they will eat out of your hand and rub up against your arm when doing
aquarium maintenance. This has never happened to me, but I've heard
dozens of claims. --Mark