Post your malawi set up pics here!!!

[Dean jones]

My Mbuna Saulosi,Polits,Red tops,Afra jalo reef,Neon spot,Yellow labs,Golden plecs,Cuckoo catfish and loads of fry

 

[kenbob]

 

[AprilMartinez]

Awesome looking tanks! Where do you guys get your rock from? Plants?

 

[Dean jones]

Well April,I'm from Liverpool UK.ocean rock is about £30 for 25kg,coral sand the same,plants are off EBay,get them from china cheap as chips...

 

[ajhostetler]

I see some fish from lake Tanganyika in that tank that shouldn't be mixed with Mbuna.

One looks like either a Neolamprologus tretocephalus or a Fronstosa.

Mixing is not necessarily a bad thing. In my experience I prefer to keep the different lakes in the same tank. It keeps fish in all depth ranges. Currently I have a 125 gallon show tank set-up with cichlids from all three of the lakes. It has been established for almost a year now and have not experienced death since the first month or so due to a poorly timed business trip and a bacteria bloom, but I digress.

My tanganyikans (four frontosas and 2 calvus) hang around the bottom gracefully moving around and generally only come to the top during feeding. My victorians are middle tank dwellers and their characteristics are very similar to my haplochromis species. Malawi's travel everywhere, they're very human-esque...they think they run the world. And believe it or not but my Featherfin Catfish rule the tank, very peaceful until provoked by the Malawi cichlids.

Just keep your population up. It disperses the aggression from the "alpha" fish of the tank evenly amongst all the lessers. More fish = less stress per fish. My tank is running around 1 fish to every 5 gallons, however the optimum number in my mind is 1 fish to every 3 gallons. (I'm working on getting them there, but my other cichlids are not quite big enough for that tank.) I do not introduce new fish unless in groups of three or more and they must be a minimum of three inches each in size.

Let me know if this helps.

 

[Fishkeeper88]

55 gallon malawi

here is my 55 gallon malawi tank with all differant Malawi cichlids... the picture was taken today and the video was yesterday. I just got the african drift wood. dont worry I am watching my PH
Malawi replica tank - YouTube

 

[Dean jones]

Nice setup

 

[AprilMartinez]

Well April,I'm from Liverpool UK.ocean rock is about £30 for 25kg,coral sand the same,plants are off EBay,get them from china cheap as chips...

Cheap as chips...lol

 

[gman42]

Heres my 40 gallon african tank. I just installed a 50/50 bulb, and im really liking it.
Too bad my camera doesnt pick up the blue of the light.

 

[Flipmikeskater3]

My new 55 gallon

 

[Andrew McFadden]

My new 55 gallon

Nice tank
It kinda reminds me of convicts

 

[bettaowner]

Need new cichlid tank!

 

[Flipmikeskater3]

Nice tank
It kinda reminds me of convicts

Lol his tank is my motivation ha!
just need to do a little more rearranging and get some better bulbs

 

[bcurlacher54]

Great photos from everyone

Is that turtle real or deco? You can put turtles in with fish? Wouldn't the turtle just eat them?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Here is a new video if you wait till the very end you'll see the turtle eating.


http://youtu.be/t3dVFqalWdo?hd=1

Is that turtle real or deco? You can put turtles in with fish? Wouldn't the turtle just eat them?

#1 its real
#2 I did
#3 depends on the turtle mine is a stinkpot musk turtle and he shows no interest in the fish. It's more the other way around lol.
#4 I posted a video above

 

[BlaseMrNiceguy]

 

[bcurlacher54]

Here is a new video if you wait till the very end you'll see the turtle eating.

http://youtu.be/t3dVFqalWdo?hd=1

#1 its real
#2 I did
#3 depends on the turtle mine is a stinkpot musk turtle and he shows no interest in the fish. It's more the other way around lol.
#4 I posted a video above

Do you think there's a smaller turtle that good work in a 75?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

That is one of the smallest he is full grown. The only two thing that I'd be worried about is: 1) packing a turtle in a small tank full of fish 2) water quality as most of us already fight high nitrates. In a 6' tank the fish can get away (or in my case the turtle) if needed and not as many water issues. But don't get me wrong I've been having really high nitrates, that I'm struggling to keep in check. When I was starting my tank I seen others keeping this turtle in videos and they were smaller tanks than what mine is. Plus I figured the aggression of the Cichlids would probably keep them safe from it. So I did it! I have thought about re homing him to another tank because some of the Cichlids are mean and roll, push and shove. In the video if you watch him he picks up food and runs. Then he sees the bumble bee and high tails it to the other side of the tank away from everyone to eat his food in peace. Feeding him in there has been a pain as its very hard to get him food that he needs without the Cichlids eating it first.

All in all I wouldn't try it in a tank under 6' for sure

 

[bcurlacher54]

Ok I wonder bother with it then

 

[Botanica]

Here is a new video if you wait till the very end you'll see the turtle eating.

http://youtu.be/t3dVFqalWdo?hd=1

#1 its real
#2 I did
#3 depends on the turtle mine is a stinkpot musk turtle and he shows no interest in the fish. It's more the other way around lol.
#4 I posted a video above

Wow! Just...wow!