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Helpful tips for Beginners |
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Tank Requirments & Setup
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| For a community aquarium, a 4ft tank is about the minimun size, with the wider 70 or 90 gallon tank being preferable to the narrow 55 gallon. It is important for the spacing of their territories. Learn More... |
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In & External parasites
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| Cichlids like many other fish suffer from diseases like Fish Lice Argulus, Gill Worms Dactylogyrus, Velvet hole-in-the-head Disease Hexamita, Anchor Worm Lernia. Learn More... |
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Breeding tips
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| In order to breed Cichlids you need to make sure you frequently maintenance the tank be sure to have proper water conditions, good food, adequate tank space, and frequent water changes. Learn More... |
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Lakes of Africa |
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Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is the largest of all African Lakes,its also the second widest freshwater body in the world. Its extensive surface belongs to the three countries; the northern half to Uganda, the southern half to Tanzania, and part of the northeastern sector to Kenya. The lake occupies a wide depression near the equator, between the East and West Great Rift Valleys, but its drainage basin is relatively small, being slightly less than three times the lake's surface in area. The lake water is drained at a rate of about 600 m3 sec 1, at Jinja on the northern shore, into the Victoria Nile which flows northward via Lake Albert and the White Nile forming the uppermost reaches of the Nile River.
he lake shore is highly indented, and there are many isles in the lake. There are a number of coastal towns such as Kisumu (Kenya), Entebe (Uganda), Bukoba, Muwanza and Musoma (Tanzania).
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Lake Tanganyika
Among the chain of lakes on the bottom of the Western Great Rift Valley, Lake Tanganyika is outstanding for its extraordinary north-south extension (670 km) and depth (1,470 m). It is the second largest of African lakes, the second deepest (next to L. Baikal) and the longest lake of the world. Its very ancient origin, only rivalled by such old lakes as Baikal, and a long period of isolation resulted in the evolution of a great number of indigenous organisms, including brilliantly colored cichlid fishes, well-known gastropods with the appearance of marine snails, and so on. Of the 214 species of native fishes in the lake, 176 are endemic; the number of endemic genera amounts to 30 in cichlids and 8 in non- cichlid fishes.
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Lake Malawi
Lake Nyasa is the most southerly of the great African Rift Valley lakes. It is about 560 km long and has a greatest width of about 75 km. In contrast with Lake Tanganyika, it consists of a single basin with greatest depth being 706 m near the western shore and 45 km north of Nkhata Bay. It lies between 9:30n and 14:30S at an altitude of about 500 m in a tropical climate. However it lies far enough south of the equator to experience marked seasonal variations in wind, temperature, and precipitation.
The lake occupies part of the southern end of the Rift Valley system and is to a large extent delimited by faults, particularly to the north and on the eastern coast. In these areas the shores are steep and depths in excess of 200 m are found close inshore. At the southern extremity and along the southern half of the west coast the shoreline is more gently shelving. From here the bottom rises gradually to north and south and, except for a ridge some 20m high at 10:25S, there is no trace of separate basins as in Lake Tanganyika.
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