show me your malawi tanks and set ups.

[CAaddict]

ill start. i have a 40g hexagonal tank with a fluval external 203 filter, ocean rocks sand and 2 big shells..
i have a bigger 100 ish G . in the shed for them soon.. need ideas..

 

[stewnew]

heres mine 75 gallons

 

[kay-bee]

55gal Lake Malawi Mbuna tank. (Msobo's, black-barred zebras and a pair of exhiled demasoni's and their subsequent progeny).

75gal Lake Malawi mbuna tank. (about 20 demasoni's, also a trio of female socolofi, a male msobo and a male black-barred zebra):

125gal mostly Malawi mbuna's (however there is a colony of tropheus in the tank as well so this is actually a mixed lake tank):

 

[CAaddict]

all theses tanks are gorgoues.. i especially like the mixed tank.. does it work well or are yu finding any problems with keepin different species from different lakes together???

 

[kay-bee]

In my opinion tropheus (Lake Tanganyika) and mbuna's (Lake Malawi) have very similar behavior patterns and dietary requirements and they don't seem to mind each other at all. One tropheus duboisi has lived with my mbuna's for over 3 years and a colony of Orange Flame Bemba's have coexisted with the malawi's for over a year just fine.

With that said, I'm not sure if what I've observed is a universal outcome.

 

[piggy67]

My mixed 240 with a GIANT GOURAMI...

 

[CAaddict]

wooooooooooooooooow. how does the peaceful giant fair with the malawis...this tank looks cooool

 

[disgustipated]

this is my mixed malawi tank check out my profile for more pics of the gang the tank is now full of rocks i added them all the way to the top and made a wavemaker

 

[L021]

My WIP malawi tank, with armatus and an assortment of others. They're small enough ATM to go between the rocks as territory, I'm slowly swapping the decor in favor of things like the driftwood in the back left (ornament) and caves in the middle. I only have river rock though, which is terrible at stacking, but here it is;;;

 

[piggy67]

wooooooooooooooooow. how does the peaceful giant fair with the malawis...this tank looks cooool

He's the boss of the tank , the africans bow to his greatness and get out of his way...