Bottom dweller for Lake Malawi tank?

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I'm going to have 24 mixed cichlids from Lake Malawi in my 125g. I plan on having two 700gph canisters or a 30-55g sump in a few months. I am wanting a good list of bottom dwellers that would do well. Please have them easily found at a LFS here in america. I saw Syno.petricola as one example at $15/each and needing groups of 3 or more.

Pictures with species and a little bio would be amazing!
 
Well, I just replied to your other thread, so why not reply here also!

Anyway, there are a number of bottom dwellers that do well - but I have not taken advantage much in the past - that will likely change with the new setup. Unfortunately I can't post pictures here at work, and I don't have too much bio to add.

Here are few:
Clown Loaches
Most (if not all) Synodontis catfish (they come from the Rift Valley Lakes as well)
Bristlenose pleco (are great at cleaning the glass of algae, work harder than the common pleco)
 
Here is my Wild Synodontis from LakeMalawi. All other Synodontis are from Lake Tang so are not biotope correct plus clown loach in a Malawi tank is just not a good mix ie water stats and feeding.
 
I think you find a lot more success keeping clowns in right setup plus in a very large aquarium and in mass numbers. I say they cope is more of a answer to clowns in any Rift setup.
 
They once said goldfish do great in a bowl with 100% water changes and no filter lol. I like to keep my fish in proper stats would Mbuna do well if kept in a setup with stats and feeds for Clowns noway I say a bad case of bloat would arrive very soon.
 
I had clowns in my african tank. And they eventually made their way into my sa/ca tank. They did fine either way. Remember guys "proper stats" doesn't apply so much to tank raised fish. Clowns also grow painfully slow. Sure they get the size of footballs...... In ten years haha.
I has have a feather fin cat. And he did totally fine in my african tank. And he loves to eat.


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