[Fiftymeatballs]

I've been keeping adult discus for a while. I used to get upset watching them fight honestly but the aggression dies down after a while and they all learn to live somewhat peacefully. Never would they fight me though, always just swim to the front like dogs. Swim through my hands when they were in the tank. Until recently, I introduced a big male to my tank last year. He's actually my avatar on this site. He became alpha status not long after introduction. At first when I scaped or cleaned the tank and my arm got to close to his female, he charged and bit me. Now he just flat out bites me constantly when my arm is in, it's a deep tank 120 gallons. He nips me right on the soft inside of my arm. So I push him back now, boy does that make him mad lol.

 

[Fiftymeatballs]

Not all of them are bad, just the ugly ones. So all except rams.

Cichlids eat guppy's, of course you don't like them :icon_eek:

 

[Fiftymeatballs]

This is part of the information which I feel is not correct. SOME cichlids eat guppies! Some cichlids do not! Some cichlids do not eat meat of any sort! Some are too mild to attempt to attack a guppy.

Yes agreed, I should have said "some". I was poking fun at guppies vague statement saying rams are the only good cichlids. There are thousands of species of cichlid, some aggressive some not. They are the majority in freshwater ecosystems all over the world. I keep different species of south american cichlids in my tanks, I think they are awesome and very intelligent.