I do not own any African Cichlids YET, but will soon when i convert my tank, But i have had Angels, its really interesting to see how intelligent cichlids acually are....My tank was at the foot of my bed and they could see me sleeping, i would wake up everymorning and they would be staring at me waiting for me to feed them, once i got out of bed they would go to their feeding corner in the tank and wait no matter 5,10,15 min until i acually fed them...when i came home from work they would be swimming around until they saw me then they woudl sit and stare at me for hours...but only me no one else...Does anyone else have any cichlids stories that shows how much funs these fish are?