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This
page contains
information about the
Mbuna Cichlids for sale
in our facility. Click here
for more about buying
Mbuna Cichlids from us.
This
video shows a
young male Kenyi,
which is a member
of the group of
Cichlids called
Mbunas that
naturally occur in
Lake Malawi in
East Africa.
This
video shows a
mature male
Melanochromis
auratus swimming
near a pile of
rocks in an
aquarium.
Here
is another
Mbuna species from
Lake Malawi. This
fish is often
called the Red Top
Cobalt Zebra, but
it may be
Maylandia
greshakei. Click here
for more about
this fish.
This
video shows a
male mottled
Labeotrophus
fuelleborni,
that's about
5" long. In
this video you can
see this fish's
unusual mouth,
which is highly
modified to chew
algae off rocks.
Here
is a female
Mbuna with a
mouthful of eggs.
Females like this
one often hide in
dark places among
the rocks, where
they mouth brood
their eggs.
The
Mbunas are
a large group of
Cichlids that
live among and near the
piles of rocks along the
shores of Lake Malawi in
East Africa. Many Mbunas
are very colorful with
bright patterns of
horizontal stripes or
vertical bars.
This
picture shows
two Mbuna Males
disputing the
property line
between their
territories. The
fish on the left
is a Kenyi and
the fish on the
right is a
Tropheops. I
watched them
quarrel, back
and forth, for over
an hour.
Mbunas
are aggressive fish.
In fact Mbunas are so
aggressive that few
other fish can live with
them. We recommend you
keep a group of Mbunas
with a few Synodontis
Catfish and no other
types of fish. Mbunas
will always make
Peacocks and Haps
miserable, unless they
are much bigger than the
Mbunas. Click here
for more about Peacocks
and Haps.
Click
here to listen to
a Special Show
titled "Mbuna Cichlids", an MP3-PodCast, hosted by
The Bailey Brothers
on Pet Fish Talk.
It
is a common mistake
to try to keep a small
group of just a few
Mbunas. The secret to
minimizing their
aggressiveness is to
keep a group with at
least 15 Mbunas. You
could keep 15 of one
species like the Kenyi
shown above, which
sounds kind of boring,
or a mixture of
different species of
Mbunas as discussed in
story at the bottom of
this page.
When
these Mbuna Fish are
young and smaller than
2" long, a 30
gallon aquarium is big
enough to keep 15 of
them. But soon they
will need a bigger
aquarium.
The advertisement, shown below, links to
this advertiser's web site.
Specializing
in Cichlids and other
Unusual Aquarium Fishes.
This beautiful Peacock species
is one of the many unusual Cichlids available
from the Cichlid Exchange.
This is a male
of an unidentified Mbuna species called the "Elongatus
Chewere"
from Lake Malawi.
The fishes in stock at the Cichlid Exchange
change quickly. New fishes arrive several times a week, and
fishes are sold and shipped daily.
