500 gallon african cichlid update

[poppalina]

Love the rock work

 

[alexanian]

Awesome tank. I love the variety of the african cichlids community.

 

[stempy]

Awesome tank. I love the variety of the african cichlids community.

Love the rock work

Thank you

 

[stempy]

Nice tank, planning to add any frontosa?

Nope, just malawians!

I like big tank with monster fish, and/or small schooling fish in motion. Constant chaotic movement of Mbuna/Haps in a big tank get me dizzy.

Hah, that's what I love about africans

 

[Flycaster]

Love it... That is a ripper of a setup

 

[stempy]

Picked up some incredibly rare fish lst night, copadichromis virginalis sp. 'Firecrest mloto gome',can't wait for them to color up!

Also picked up some other rather rare fish (at least for where I live!)
Dimidiochromis kiwinge
Dimidiochromis strigatus
Exochromis anagenys
Stimatochromis modestus

 

[Flycaster]

Id like to see those

 

[stempy]

They are all small so not much to see yet but ill get a video of my growout tanks when I get home.

 

[Flycaster]

That would be great. I find those Malawi predators fascinating. What sort of prices do they command over there in the states?

 

[stempy]

[video=youtube;3Nc4puOlcP8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nc4puOlcP8[/video]

Prices vary wildly here. I paid $50 for my group of 4 firecrest mloto, I have seen them go for $80+ per fish. In my main tank my big Fusco and kiwinge male I paid $12 each for, the big venustus I paid $4 each for The local guy that brings these fish in just is an all around great guy with great prices on his fish, I'm just lucky to live within a couple hours of a hobbyist like that!