"JazzyB" wrote in message
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Tim,

I fully agree. There is a lot of misinformation floating around. I've
read
stuff on cichlid forum about stocking levels that made me gasp. Overall
the
site is a very good one, especially the forum. ACA also opened a forum
recently that isn't bad too. Best bet is to invest in some quality books
by
some experts.

J

The ACA site has been around for a while, it's just not real active.
That could change if they get some dedicated members. Even though I disagree
with some of the recommendations of the Cichlid-Forum, there are a lot of
experienced people there who for the most part give out good advice. The
admins are great people and have done a lot of work on the site.
I agree completely about books being the best source of information,
provided you get the right authors.
For a general all around book, "Enjoying Cichlids 2nd edition - Edited by Ad
Konings" is awesome.
For just keeping Tanganyikans, "Tanganyika Cichlids, Back to Nature - by Ad
Konings",
for Malawi cichlids "Malawi Cichlids, Back to Nature - by Ad Konings",
for West African Cichlids "The Cichlids Fishes of Western Africa - by Anton
Lamboj". This book is just recently availalbe begining of this year in
english. An excellent source of information.
The "Aquaria Atlas by Dr Rudiger Riehl and Hans A Baensch" is also a good
generla info source.

That's just some of my favorites. ;-)
Tim
http://www.fishaholics.org

Also, a good Tanganyikan site: http://www.duboisi.com