Malawi Tank Video! Cichlid, Mbuna, African Fish, Aquarium
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!
Duration : 0:4:36
Great lQQking tank. …
Great lQQking tank…..
Thought 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 …
Lovely tank and beautifull fish. I quite like your yellow OB trewavasae female, any idea from where in the lake it is?
The white female and the male looks like thumbi west types but the yellow one i can quite place
I like the fact …
I like the fact that you identified your cichlids and not just showing off the video. Kinda educational.
I love your tank, …
I love your tank, what size is it?
beautiful tank and …
beautiful 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??
I’ll have to set up a tank for them this fall.
Nice tank!
Nice tank!
Beautiful tank
Beautiful tank
I think you may be …
I 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.
if you keep a cave …
if 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
I think ist a …
I think ist a Labeotropheus trewavasae
wat is the name of …
wat is the name of fish at 1:29?
love the tank, i am …
love the tank, i am going to set up mine like that, but for god sakes change the bloody music. it is inapropriate, for creatures so tranquile and beautifull.
Please do concider my oppinion
Very Nice tank!! I …
Very Nice tank!! I am thinking of putting together a Malawi Tank. Do you have any problems between the crayfish and fish?
knowhow spot on, …
knowhow spot on, tank looks fantastic, fish look great but for god sake the music is dire, other than that you are to be admired for your dilligencece. well done.
Thnx for the tip
Thnx for the tip
yh but the trik is …
yh but the trik is 2 get quite a few and lots of hiding hole and they will be okay
Lovely tank.
You …
Lovely tank.
You should be very proud.
Rob Fielding
I wanna buy also …
I wanna buy also this kind of blue fish with stripes but pet shops told me that this spiece is very aggresive to other fish. Is that true?
Btw very nice Aquarium
very kool:)
very kool:)
thats great. im not.
thats great. im not.
round 12, depending …
round 12, depending on species size. some mbuna females only grow 3.5″, some species up to 7″
how many ADULT …
how many ADULT malawi cichlids can i fit in a 55 gallon?
haha im naked!!! K
haha im naked!!! K
and I believe that …
and I believe that the “lobster” is technically a crawfish. There are no fresh water lobsters.
But they’re beautiful and fascinating nevertheless.
I keep a blue …
I keep a blue lobster (like the one here) with my malawis. I wouldn’t call him friendly, but I’ve found that the malawis are too quick for him (and possibly too aggressive as well), even the small ones. Be careful to put in some smaller catfish or other bottom dwellers though. He managed to kill a large pleco in his previous tank.