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hi all,
i'm setting up a malawi tank and i've got the basics covered - 4ft min, high ph (8.2 straight out the tap), lots of rocks for decor, and as high as possible. but what i'm struggling with is what fish to stock. i like the following fish - mel. cyaneo, electric blue johanni, cyrtocara moori ...

I've had my fair share of keeping Malawis in the past, and from my experience, overstocking actually helps reduce aggression. These fish are truly amazing - I recall having them in a 3-foot tank, and every morning I'd find they'd rearranged the substrate (I used coflake sand). One particular fish ...

To be honest, nothing's standing out, apart from his breathing's a bit quicker than the others. He's hiding in the rocks most of the time, but the other fish just seem to ignore him - no fin flaring, no chasing, it's like he's invisible. His fins are all good, no nips or rips, colouration's fine ...

Any ideas on how to get it to eat? I'm using NLS pellets currently, but it just doesn't seem interested - it's a shame really as it's about 5" and a real beauty, would hate to lose it after just a week, any suggestions would be appreciated.

hi guys, so i added 2 Pseudotropheus Demasoni to my tank with 10 other mixed malawi, like yellow top Liongis and yellow labs. next day, one demasoni was dead, and the other's just chillin at the bottom, upright but not eating. it's been a week now, no change, no marks on it, and it's been like that ...

hi everyone, so i've got a 4ft tank and i'm looking to keep malawi's, been given a load of brown lava rock from an old tank - never used this stuff before, it's really weird, like pumice stone, airy and light. used to keep malawis about 10yrs ago, used ocean rock and coflake sand to bump up the ph a ...

just a quick one, do malawis interbreed with other malawis? i have an electric blue johanni and he's really putting on a show, shimmering and shaking at everything around him - not aggressively chasing other fish, just seems like he's showing off, or is this just a dominance thing?