This is my 300l (ca. 75 gal.) malawi tank with fishes / cichlids / mbuna from lake Malawi, east africa. My Malawi tank / aquarium is decorated only with rocks, this is necessary because mbuna from lake malawi are rock dwelling cichlids. Mbuna like rocks, caves and sand, so the malawi tank has to be decorated with huge stones. They are quite agressive and territoral at times but belong to the most beautiful and colorful sweetwater fishes. In my Malawi tank, i keep Labeotropheus trewavasae, Tropheops Macrophtalmus, Pseudotropheus Saulosi, Maylandia Estherae, Labidochromis Hongi and Labidochromis caeruleus (Yellow). Especially the Labeotropheus and Tropheops are mbuna / mbunas that look very good and show interesting behaviour. Tropheops macrophthalmus is the only mbuna / cichlid / fish in my malawi tank that has got a name. And no, its not nemo! I call him "Saddam" because he is sometimes a little tyrant!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Malawi Tank Video! Cichlid, Mbuna, African Fish, Aquarium
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By the way a Mbuna will kill all other fishes. I know because mine killed eveything in the tank. An extremely aggressive fish. They don't play well with others.
ReplyDeleteI have a 10" fat and sassy Mbuna. Who I want to sell because I'm taking a long vacation. My local pet store says he is only worth $10. Odd since when I bought him there as a small fry he cost about $20. What's up with that? The shop owner said a fish that size is hard to place. Sounds like a scam to me. What is your opinion?
ReplyDeletethis is very AWESOME!!!!! Bet you werent expectin dat
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fish! Stunning. Seems like one has to load up the tank like it's a fish store to cut the agression? Or is there another way? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSweet tank Bro! Gorgeous Mbuna! Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteNice tank man check out mine if you like fish
ReplyDeleteHi there i have tried to send a video response with my mbuna set up but unsure if you got it. This is my first set up & been up and running just over 6 weeks & all is good. I have x16 mbunas and x1 sydontis cuckoo cat fish. You have a Cherax in there with (young) at the end. How big do these grow? & what else can i put in like this?. Please reply as i would love something like this in my tank.. Great video & set up btw..all the best..
ReplyDeletesick tank buddy, just wondering if you can help identify my fish :/ i got a vid posted youd be a real halp :) im kinda new.
ReplyDeletewhat a set up , and they all behave, nice to watch.
ReplyDeleteHabe da mal ne frage und zwar wo bekommt ihr die steine her und wie genau werden die genannt wenn man sich welche besorgen möchte
ReplyDeleteget a 200 gallon soon or the devil will kill every thing
ReplyDeletehey wats up how many u have in there. i have a 75 also i have the same fish u have .i have 22 of them giraffes red s yellows etcpeacocks cherry fins .let me no .chek my tank out,thanks
ReplyDeleteCrayfish: Cherax quadricarinatus
ReplyDeletecool tank!
ReplyDeleteawesome setup & fish look healthy & happy,,,
ReplyDeletehey nicely set up.
ReplyDeletei hav a 90 gallon tank, n it accomodates 1 tiger oscar, 1 albino tiger oscar, 1 firemouth, 1 red devil, a pair of green terror and a pair of jewel cichlids. i need suggestions n advices from guys like u to make my tank a better place to live for my fishes.
Great lQQking tank.....
ReplyDeleteThought you/anybody can help me out.
I have Kenyi Juvies about 2.0"~2.25", dominent male is golden yellow, other males are brownish yellow and my females were all blue with black stripes.
I've notice that some of the females stripes are fading in this batch.Does anyone know what's happening? I notice that the females that had breed turns brownish blue and the one who never had breed keeps blue coloring(but fades as they get larger.
Can someone LMK. thanks!!
Lovely tank and beautifull fish. I quite like your yellow OB trewavasae female, any idea from where in the lake it is?
ReplyDeleteThe white female and the male looks like thumbi west types but the yellow one i can quite place :)
I like the fact that you identified your cichlids and not just showing off the video. Kinda educational.
ReplyDeleteI love your tank, what size is it?
ReplyDeletebeautiful tank and great variety of fish. I've got some africans I caught in a warm spring in Idaho in one of my ponds. I think they are psudotropheus but??
ReplyDeleteI'll have to set up a tank for them this fall.
Nice tank! :)
ReplyDeleteI think you may be refering to a KENYI. Now I didn't see one in this video, but I have a female, and it was a mistake. This fish is an absolute TERROR to my other fish.
ReplyDeleteif you keep a cave at the bottom of the tank a crayfish won't pose a problem, that said mine likes to hunt at night so new fish do sometimes get nipped. keep the temp at 24-26deg C and he won't grow too fast and the fish should be okay. thats my experience of it anyway, hope it helps
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