Tag: African aquarium
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Do you want a saltwater aquarium but can’t afford it or think it seems difficult? Check out this freshwater alternative!
Did you know, there are some freshwater fish that looks as colourful as they could have been saltwater fishes? True! Take a look at these Mbuna cichlids from Lake Malawi in Africa. Some of these almost look identical to some of its saltwater cousins. Add some great looking rocks and light coloured sand and you…
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Doing water changes! An aquarium necessity?
Doing water changes is an ongoing debate. Should you do 10%, 20%, 25%, 30% or even 50% every week? Well, if I would say, I do water changes of 10-20% once a month or never! Would you believe me? And I have never any deaths in my tanks! Do you still believe me? For those…
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How to maintain a good balance and environment in the aquarium. How do I do it?
How do I do it? First of all I’ve tried it all! What ever they’ve said is a good thing to do on YouTube or fishkeeping gurus, I’ve done it. So why is my conclusion after all of this different ways of keeping aquarium fish? Simple answer? It depends on how much the aquarium is…
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Peaceful Mbuna species.
Mbuna is a Schooling fish. Today there will not be as much to read, but a lot more pictures of different Mbundu species that are so peaceful that you can actually have them in a same tank as Aulonocara species, which is a great controversial subject in the hobby. I hope you enjoy these beautiful…
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Aulonocara stuartgranti localities.
As I’ve blogged about before, you shouldn’t mix different Aulonocara species to avoid mixed hybrid species to appear. But, you can have the same species but from different locations. Aulonocara stuartgranti is a very variable coloured species. Take a look! Aulonocara stuartgranti Chilumba Aulonocara stuartgranti Mdoka Aulonocara stuartgranti Chitande Island Aulonocara stuartgranti Mbowe Island Aulonocara…
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Predatory fish that you can actually keep in a fairly sized aquarium:
South American species: many from Rio Orinoco, surprisingly. To be noted: I have kept most of these fish on this list, so I know what I’m talking about. These fish are meant for aquariums from size, Lenght x Depth x Tall: 120x50x50cm and 300liters or 4ft X 20inches X 20inches and 83gallons to 200x80x60cm and…
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My favorite African species of Tetras from the Congo river.
Alestopetersius brichardi: The Cherry Red Congo Tetra. It lives in the middle of the Congo river. It reaches a maximum length of 7.9 cm. This species is my favourite of the bunch! Alestopetersius smykalai is Synonym Hemigrammopetersius: This species appears to be restricted to the Imo and Niger drainages in Nigeria but the full extent…
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This is personal! I’ve been in pain for the past three weeks.
I’ve been diagnosed with shingles and herniated disks sense three weeks back. It started with shingles three weeks ago and a few days later my herniated disks went from not so good to really bad! So since then I’ve been struggling with heavy pains of different sorts and difficulty getting any sleep during the night.…
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One of my favorite Gourami, and it’s from Africa!
Microctenopoma ansorgii is a small freshwater fish, only 7 cm or 2.4 inches in length, known in the aquarium trade as the ornate ctenopoma, orange ctenopoma, ornate climbing perch, pretty ctenopoma, or rainbow ctenopoma. A suitable tank size is 128 liters, 80x40x40 cm or 35 gallons, 32x16x16 inches. This is the most colourful of the…
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Additional blogs on older posts may occur because updates on species comes regularly in the hobby.
You may sometimes find that I’ve written about a certain species in the past and then they appear again. If so, they will contain additional information about the species and there can also be details that I want to include. So instead of update older blogs I write new refreshed posts. I only place this…
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The Holy Grail of cichlids, the Madagascar Polleni Stary Night cichlid or Black Diamond cichlid.
My favorite cichlid of all time! “This is an updated blog to an older post that I thought was needed as this contains additional information”. Paratilapia polleni, former Tilapia genus, reaches 28 cm or 11 inches in total length, also known as Madagascar Small Spotted cichlid or Black Diamond cichlid or simply, Polleni. It originates…
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The Congo River. My favorite African Aquarium!
This is my choice for a 360 liters or 100 gallons Congo River communal aquarium: Hatchetfish: Orange Bushfish, Microctenopoma ansorgii, is also known as the “Ornate Ctenopoma” and is a small related of the more common gouramis. From the Congo river. Grows to 7 cm or 2,4 inches. A very Gorgeous and Rare fish in…
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