malawi

Started a while ago with absolutely nothing and went to this awesome tank set up! Let me know what you guys think Tank set up- Jewel trigon 190l white Fluval 207 canister filter Allpondsollutions 1000ef canister filter 47 Malawi of different species 1 synodontis feather fin squeaker 1...

Currently I have a blue coloured gravel in my African cichlid tank. I’m looking to change it to sand. What’s the easiest way to change this to sand? And am I right in saying it’s just play sand? Thanks

Pictures aren’t great I know but could anyone please identify this fish for me, I was told in the shop but forgot. All I can remember is it’s a type of peacock cichlids juvenile, about 1.5 inch long

I have a malawi tank with some bottom feeders. I rarely see the bottom feeders as they are nocturnal and only come out at night, should I feed my tank on the morning for the Malawi and hope the catfish get the food at the bottom, or feed at the night?

I am trying to raise the ph of my Malawi tank with little success. I have used about 4kg of limestone rock in the tank as well as about 200g of crushed coral in the filter and the ph is still at 7. I have ordered another 1kg of crushed coral for my filter. Do you think this will be enough to...

I’ll start with TLDR: -Can I use an anti fungal treatment with a currently mouth brooding female, and clown loaches and a pleco? -Can I also use salt with these species to enhance treatment? -Should I just improve water quality and see if the small amount of fungus on one fish goes away...

Hello All, I have recently inherited 4 Malawi Cichlids from a friend who could not accommodate them. I have had them for a month now and were originally around 1.5 inches. I’ve seen some growth maybe the largest one not far off 2 inches, but not quite. However I’m currently keeping them within...

Hello. I'm looking for breeders or stockists of Aulonocara species in the Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey area. There are various stores local to me such as Maidenhead Aquatics but they generally stock 'Assorted Malawi Peacocks' and a lot of hybrids. The staff seem to know very little about their...

I have a 55 gallon all male mbuna tank. I am looking to add a few more fish species to the mix as mine are all still juvies.  Here is what I currently have: Melanochromis johanni (electric blue johanni) Labidochromis caeruleus (Electric yellow labido) Melanochromis auratus Maylandia zebra (red...

hi, just changed over to malawi as have a high ph and hardness in the area and got fed up with trying to bring it down so matched the fish to the water, now the tank has always been well stocked so the filters are used to a high bioload but my nitrates have always been 10 - 20 ppm, started the...

Hi All,   i need your brains as i have a mental block.   i have had a disaster in one of my office tanks over the weekend. its a Juwel Rio180 (40G). currently a malawi cichlid set up with lots of rocks etc.   the tank split a seam on saturday half way up and dumped 20G on the office floor...

Hi, i have 5 electric yellow cichlids. 2 Females and 3 males. Every time the female is holding eggs i wait 3-4 weeks and i strip them in a container. The problem is, every single time, the eggs arent even developped (they remain orange). Sometimes a few of them have a dark/blue spot or white but...

Hi, I can't decide weather to get a marine tank (90litres or so) or a lake malawi mbuna tank (170litres, 4ft) Both marine and mbuna have pros and cons Marine: expensive coral and live rock, delicate salt levels Mbuna: extra filtration needed, expensive fish I just can't decide, does anyone have...

Hi all   Have a selection of Malawi's Mbuna cichlids for sale from Juv's to adults.. Based in Hertfordshire   Livestock: Malawi Mbuna Quantity for sale: Various amounts of each breed Reason for Sale: need to clear stock Delivery or Collection: collection Sales price: various depending on fish...