Fish that share the same biotope as Malawi cichlids?
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Wow, just one? That's surprising. Anyways, currently (coincidentally) I have an eel that my relative somehow caught and gave me, which is a Mastacembelus Armatus, a zig-zag eel, IDK if this one will be able to be with malawi cichlids or not. Anyways, malawi spiny eel reminds me of Macrognathus genus(Nothing much, just telling.)
There are at least two species of spiny eels. M. shiranus and the undescribed M. sp. Rosette. Some people say there even is a third, also undescribed Mastacembelus species.
And there are a lot of other non cichlid species.
Most people consider only dense piles of rocks when thinking about Lake Malawi tank biotopes.
When I kept cichlids from lake Malawi I kept those species that lived over vast stretches of sandy desert like areas, where the cichlids acted similar to the Geophagines of S America
One of my favorites was Fossorchromis rostratus, they could disappear underneath the sand, and although I kept a shoal of a half dozen 10¨individuals in a rockless 150 gal tank....... if startled the tank would appear empty because they dove head first into the thick sandy substrate.
There are a number of others that don´t quite fit into the typically thought of rock strewn biotopes most people use for Malawians
Lichnochromis, aand Taeniolethrinops, are a few others..
I also gravitated to similar sand and planted Valillisneria meadow like areas when keeping Tangayikans
I also liked those sand oriented ëarth eater¨types when keeping Malagasy cichlids, such as Ptychochromis ¨tanantsy¨
When I kept cichlids from lake Malawi I kept those species that lived over vast stretches of sandy desert like areas, where the cichlids acted similar to the Geophagines of S America
One of my favorites was Fossorchromis rostratus, they could disappear underneath the sand, and although I kept a shoal of a half dozen 10¨individuals in a rockless 150 gal tank....... if startled the tank would appear empty because they dove head first into the thick sandy substrate.
There are a number of others that don´t quite fit into the typically thought of rock strewn biotopes most people use for Malawians
Lichnochromis, aand Taeniolethrinops, are a few others..
I also gravitated to similar sand and planted Valillisneria meadow like areas when keeping Tangayikans
I also liked those sand oriented ëarth eater¨types when keeping Malagasy cichlids, such as Ptychochromis ¨tanantsy¨
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