Are widespread in the nature of a tsikhlida widely, they are found in reservoirs of the Central Africa, South America, Southeast Asia. Use this look in the trade purposes. But also they are popular and loved by aquarians. Tsikhlida have a bright color and can become the real decoration of the small water kingdom.
In care for tsikhlida it is possible to face a number of problems therefore to lodge at itself tsikhlid better to the skilled expert on fishes. The experienced aquarian, correct growing up whitebaits, will be able to subdue stern temper tsikhlid. It is important to be able to handle these predators which are aggressive to representatives of own look and neighbors in an aquarium. During reproduction of fish become even more restless. However several peaceful types meet.
Tsikhlida are divided into two groups: large and small types. The last are choosy in leaving and their cultivation can nonplus even not the newbie in "aquarian" business. Mainly stop on skalyariya, tsikhlazoma, akara. Small apistogramm, pelmatokhromis and nannakar it is better to get that who has some experience of maintenance of simple types.
Tsikhlida are stately and sluggish. They strike with bright paints of the scales. Handsome, hromis a butterfly, diskus, astronotus is especially beautiful hromis.
Some types tsikhlid prefer warm water to 30 degrees. For example, diskusa. The last can prefer also live forages which can be prepared specially for the experienced aquarian from worms or squids.
Astronotusa are not choosy to water temperature, however at these small fishes it is impossible to get living plants in an aquarium because this look tsikhlid will eat them.
Living plants quite well get on with a petrotiapiya. These small fishes have more than five flowers of coloring, are rather peaceful and are not choosy to water in difference from diskus. These small fishes prefer a vegetable forage.
Very beautiful small fishes are aulonokara. These small fishes are very peaceful for this reason they cannot be supported with more aggressive types tsikhlid.
There are also other beautiful small fishes of family tsikhlid. For example, tilapia (different types), port tsikhlida, kaliuris, Queen Nyasa and others.