| CONTENTS | page |
| Introduction | 7 |
| The aquarium | 8 |
| The water | 19 |
| Filtration | 25 |
| Food and feeding | 34 |
| Live foods | 38 |
| Breeding | 51 |
| Two common diseases | 55 |
| Treating cichlids | 59 |
| Some examples | 63 |
| Tanganyika cichlids | 64 |
| Malawi cichlids | 108 |
| Victorian cichlids | 136 |
| Madagascan cichlids | 154 |
| Other African cichlids | 159 |
| Central American cichlids | 172 |
| South American cichlids, large cichlids | 188 |
| South American dwarf cichlids | 207 |
| Angelfishes | 217 |
| Discus | 219 |
| The Crenicichla group | 222 |
| Asian cichlids | 234 |
| References | 237 |
| Index | 238 |
| About the authors | 240 |