AFRICAN Cichlid Haps BEST of the BEST!

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It's hard to pick just 5 favorite haps -- can I even do it? My haps are beautiful, and most of them have much better demeanor than their cellmate peacocks. If you have African cichlids or an African cichlid tank be sure to check out my own African cichlid tank and see if you agree with my ranking. Be sure to let me know in the comments! Also let me know if you have some favorite haps of your own!
Cichlid Charmer is dedicated to sharing the joy of keeping African and American cichlids and sharing information about them. I will share what I have learned about cichlids, and everyone is welcomed to comment with their own experiences and information about cichlids and aquarium practices in general.
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@meankingkajun 11 ай бұрын

Very entertaining. Thanks. Do more.

@CichlidCharmer 11 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the encouragement! And thank you for watching!

@mikech60 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video, now you convinced me to get a astatotilapia.

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

🙏 I hope he’s as cool as Zeke!

@joseconservativevalues3867 Жыл бұрын

I'm growing some of the very colorful Haps that only grow to be about 6 inches in my 75g African chiclid tank. The rest will be colorful Mbunas. Great list. Subscribed. Amazing tank and fish you got there!

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

You’re in for an adventure. Thanks for subscribing and for liking my tank and 🐠!

@Parkbenchaquatics Жыл бұрын

Love the list. My favorite is the giant hap.

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steve! Am I correct? He looks like a giant hap to you, too, right?

@Parkbenchaquatics Жыл бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer yeah I think so. I’ve actually never seen one in person and the one on Ron’s looks a little more white but they do have a darker coloration picture available. But they have similar pattern marking and is definitely not what they put on the bag. The dots and the side and the anal and dorsal fin match up with the coloration patterns. I would say with 75% confidence. If you said the seller was not your standard seller, which I’ve certainly dealt with before, it could be a hybrid.

@riteshfamily369 Жыл бұрын

Cichlids🧡

@ivideowildlifeTV Жыл бұрын

All haps on the list, I’ve been planning a peacock & hap mix tank, now I’m second guessing with your frustration with the peacocks 🤔

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

I’ve had some frustrating haps too, but it seems like over 50% of the peacocks I have had turned into jerks. I’ve had better luck with the haps for sure.

@SquatchsCichlids Жыл бұрын

Furc is still my favorite ❤️

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

He’s a good boy!

@GCaquatics Жыл бұрын

you got some good looking fish in there buddy

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I like them 🤩

@YawnDaOG Жыл бұрын

Perfect intro 😂

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks, man!

@jam9762 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, i also have a "Zeke" and he is in fish larger than he and he does not back down.

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! What great fish, right?

@mimom1839 Жыл бұрын

I Love your Thumbnails

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that - thanks for taking the time to tell me!

@mimom1839 Жыл бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer thank you I am from Germany and in Germany is the Aquarium Hobby Not AS big as IT is in the US

@mimom1839 Жыл бұрын

And it's nice to See People That Love their Hobby

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

@@mimom1839 there are a lot of us out there! Thank you!

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

@@mimom1839 that’s cuz we’re a bunch of weirdos 😆🤪

@michaelbrown1015 Жыл бұрын

I just remembered that the first night I put the johanni in that tank, when I checked on it before I went to bed, the johanni was on one side of the tank and EVERYONE ELSE was on the other. That's why I thought for sure he was gonna have to go.

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Even when they aren’t hurting other fish when they do that, it sure makes the whole fish keeping experience less fun. I think it also stresses the other fish out, which can lead to illness.

@dascudder Жыл бұрын

Seek is a stunner

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Paul! Zeke, right?

@dascudder Жыл бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer yeah fat fingers. Autocorrect. Not enough coffee. Delete as applicable

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

@@dascudder never, sir. Never enough coffee, and never deleting it 😃

@Mcgee18 9 ай бұрын

11:49.(furc) hey, I was just wondering do you have any zucchini for me?

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

That's what he's ALWAYS thinking 😆

@briancooke2435 Жыл бұрын

Zeke reminds me a lot of a peacock bass

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Yeah, maybe a slightly more awesome version of one 🤩

@michaelbrown1015 Жыл бұрын

It's funny all the easy temperament Qualities you said about your dolphin. My dolphin is pretty much identical to yours in size and color, but is the tank boss. FOR SURE. ton of haps, peacocks, mbuna and 4 convicts in there. I have about a 5 5/6 inch johanni that is an about mother f@%ker, and I couldn't take it anymore, so he went in with the big Boys. He did his best to take on anyone with half the notion of Thinking they were going to keep him in line, and I'm not gonna lie, when I went to sleep that night I thought tor sure when I woke up I would have to rehome him. Nope, that dolphin had his ass whipped into shape and hiding behind a rock pile. Anytime that the johanni even looked like he was going to attempt to swim out the dolphin was on his ass like flies on 💩. After a couple weeks the johnni became the 2nd in charge so the dolphin game him some space. But if he started causing too many problems the dolphin would run his ass into his corner for a time out! No one messes with that dolphin at all. I would say he's aggressive, as in he typically won't hurt you, but it's probably because no one wants to challenge him either. Crazy how fish can be so individually different from the same species.

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

That sounds like some descriptions of the dolphin I have heard. Yours is the man! You’re right, it’s really strange how they can be so different. It was probably weird seeing my aloof, peaceful dolphin.

@dennispeleg7843 Жыл бұрын

I just got an albino red empress and redfin borleyi. Dam you lmaooo

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

Hah! Those will be some nice looking fish. I could easily have thrown my borleyi into the list.

@dennispeleg7843 Жыл бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer I needed more red as I had to rehome my red albino dragon blood. He was a nightmare and he killed my ruby red.

@CichlidCharmer Жыл бұрын

@@dennispeleg7843 yeah red is a bit more rare than blue with these guys. Good thing you rehomed that guy

@dennispeleg7843 Жыл бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer definitely had to

@HapiPETSWM 9 ай бұрын

The zebra are a menace, non communal unless you have larger more dominant fish, don’t recommend mixing with mbuna or small fish of any kind, females especially

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

Those Victorians can go either way. I have a pundamilia who is very peaceful, and a Sp 44 who has it out for him. My zebra is awesome