Mbuna Cichlids

Description: Animal Species: Fish

Newest Review: ... fish will either be killed, or will starve because they daren't come out of hiding. Mbuna must be kept with other Mbuna. This is not a restriction since there are over 100 species available in the aquarium trade. Mbuna will fight amongst themselves, particularly the males of the same species. To ameliorate this, Mbuna should be kept in the ratio: one male to three to five females (this is ... more

... not a problem; most females are as colourful as the males). As mentioned above, Mbuna should also be crowded in the aquarium. This means that the dominant fish will have too many 'targets' to attack, so the aggression will be spread out and minimised. K...more

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Mbuna Cichlids: Wonderfully coloured fishes from Lake Malawi (1584 words)
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Lake Malawi is the ninth largest lake in the world. By any scale, it is huge; 360 miles long by 25 miles wide, with a surface area of 8683 square miles (more than Wales!). The lake is also over 2000 feet deep! The lake contains a huge number of fishes from the cichlid family (over six hundred), most of which are endemic so found nowhere else on earth. One particular group of fishes, the 'Mbuna', or rock dwelling fish, are amongst the most popular aquarium fishes in the world. There are many reasons for this. Mbuna have been called 'freshwater coral fish', comparing them with the stunningly colourful and beautiful fish that live on saltwater coral reefs. ... Read the complete review

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