My first foray into the world of cichlids

I’ve just returned from my 15-minute stroll from my local aquarium shop, Seaview Aquariums and brought home two checkerboard cichlids. I suspect that they are spade-tailed checkerboard cichlids (Crenicara maculata) rather than lyretailed checkerboard cichlids (Crenicara filamentosa).  They’re still young though, so maybe it is the lyretailed after all when they have grown up. I’ve …