ryanjury Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Just found this link posted on cichlid-forum.. Its awesome http://home.cogeco.ca./~ductapediver2/L ... %20pg1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Yep, that would be a very nice thing to do. Lisa's has always wanted to go to Africa & do the Safari thing. Just drop me of at the Lake :lol: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parry Posted November 6, 2006 Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 Awesome - thanks Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Awesome A SA guy that I know has dived in Lake Malawi and other places in Africa, he said its a dream.. Mekhaela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 yeah its a wicked looking place would love to go there one day.. would love even more to take some nets and bags and bring some home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Can only imagine everyone lined up with nets and bags if allowed to bring stuff back :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 yeah i guess thats why they make it hard They have to be able to live in nature and be enjoyed there as well.. although have of lake vic has been wiped out apparently I doubt it will be long before malawi and tang get destroyed as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 That's really sad can totally understand why there are restrictions.] Mekhaela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 I dont think its people taking too many fish thats wiping the lakes out I think its the introduction of predatory fish (for food for the natives) that are eating all the fish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Crikey Mekhaela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/l ... a_sick.php some light reading for those that are interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 That report is pretty old, but the polution problem, algae, weed...is still the same. On a brighter note, since the report the nile perch catch numbers have decreased. The nile perch have had to rely on turning on each other for food with the depletion of cichlid stocks. So hopefully Nile perch numbers will continue to decrease. Polution is the big problem, another problem is that species cross breed. Murky water means the females can not tell males of similar species apart. Nile perch for those that don't know are a realitive of the barrimundi, very similar looking, huge growth size... Nile Perch are in Lake Tangy & Malawi. Why they haven't knocked off species of cichlids in these 2 Lakes is a bit of a mystery. Maybe it is because the cichlid species in the later 2 Lakes are more evolutionally advanced could be one reason. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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