So I Was Googling And Ran Into This Gem

[gregswimm]

Someone went diving in lake Tanganyika and took photos. So very very awesome.

http/www.flickr.com/photos/fishwhisperer/sets/72157621916281995/with/3820307665/

 

[fishprotector]

Wow those are amazing. I would love to do that one day and see tangs in their natural environment. Truly stunning.

 

[jamesmacc]

that is amazing, i would love to do something like that, im going to grab my snorkle and my bag and head for malawi

 

[Cazgar]

They are amazing pics, but they were taken in 2008

 

[jamesmacc]

They are amazing pics, but they were taken in 2008

before the cichlid addicts emptyed it? lol

 

[gregswimm]

The good thing about cichlids is that most of the time they will breed in captivity SO the lake might not have changed much.

 

[IcQb]

They are amazing pics, but they were taken in 2008

before the cichlid addicts emptyed it? lol

What happened then?

Crazy beautiful pics there!

 

[eggo]

Cichlids were once marine fish and millions of years ago when the oceans levels dropped, alot were trapped in massive lakes and over time the salt water lakes turned into freshwater but because of there origins they still need a high PH thats why alot of fish keepers have coral sand and ocean rock with there cichlids it maintains the high PH

Lee

 

[gregswimm]

Cichlids were once marine fish and millions of years ago when the oceans levels dropped, alot were trapped in massive lakes and over time the salt water lakes turned into freshwater but because of there origins they still need a high PH thats why alot of fish keepers have coral sand and ocean rock with there cichlids it maintains the high PH

Lee

This doesn't explain the cichlids from SA. They may have come from the sea, but i think they adapted to the hard water of the lakes because it has so many rocks/sand in the lakes hardening the water.

 

[Squidward]

Interesting to see a Bichir and the Channalabes type catfish.