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add population growth, destruction of forests, land used for agricultural farming,eg; the delta system of the Ruzizi river (supplies 50% of salt depoists to the lake) has had a tenfold increase of sedimentation over the last 2 decades. Several species of fish & vertbrates have vanished. Surely murky water would effect algae growth too. The BBC, temp increase of 1.5 degrees is more like 0.6 degrees increase & its over a 80 year period. Results also showed that the upper levels of the lake were still very high/saturation oxygen levels. So if the cichlids of tangy have been around for so many years could they evolve/ adapt again. :-? pollution will kill them first or will it 8) As for commerical fishing they started commerical fishing in 1954, they still take out 120,000 - 200,000 tonnes of fish a year.1983- Plus a question, 8) How come cichlids in tangy can co-exist(so far) with the nile perch??4 known species in the lake. Will we get a boom attack like in lake Victoria, at least there now the perch have turned to cannaballism. Frenchy :roll:

:lol: We have been thru that here, this is a touchy topic in a lotta parts!! :evil: :lol: the thing to watch here that some people are crossing trimac's, red devil's , festaes ....& trying to flog them off as flowerhorns. I must say it has been a good marketing ploy & thousands of asians have been stripped of serious dollars, good feng shu for who???? Frenchy 8)

Dont know what you have in NZ, but go for ONE colony of each species protomelleas(red empress....), pseud(aceii....)& peacocks(maleri gold...) That way all mouthbrooders, mix & match colours,species...... Sorry they are all Malawis :-? Frenchy

So if I came over on holiday what can I bring in, Hey Shaneo you moving to NZ???? or Looking for new stock??? Frenchy ps; Shaneo is a legend in these parts for his Fronnies!!!

:lol: Whats a heater?? Trouble here at the mo is to trying to keep water temp down. I had a fan on the tanks the other day. Tank temp 32. I do use heaters. come in handy in winter to regulate the temp. Can get to 10 degrees at night Frenchy 8)

Hello to all, (no G'day's)I am an ex pat cantab, couldn't handle the cold!! I threw the rods away 6 years ago & got into cichlid keeping, :roll: then breeding.I still remember setting up the 2 footer for the first time. 2 electric blues & yellows. I have experimented with Africans, asians & americans & currently have. Fronies,red empress, psed aceii, electric blues, mamelleas, syn multis, psed pulu points, burtoni. Still a bit down after clearing out Alto's & other shellies, but easier to look after mouthbrooders. American wise I have Festaes,salvinis, neetroplus,bristlesnose's,a pleco, plus some ghoste knifes. I am interested to here what type of cichlids people are keeping"back home". Cheers to all, Frenchy