By Sonia Guinane
One Friday evening early in May of this year (1997), I received an unexpected e-mail from Mary Bailey, publicising some cichlid books written by Ad Konings that were now available. Further down the page something else caught my eye, I quote:- ‘It is every Malawi Cichlid keeper’s dream to visit the lake and see the fishes for themselves. This is now possible. Stuart Grant an
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By Ste Chester
I have been interested in cichlids since I was a young teenager, I bred my first dwarf cichlid around the age of 18, this sight of a pair of krib’s guarding and guiding their fry started my obsession with the dwarf cichlids of West Africa and more recently the dwarf cichlids from South America, especially species from the genus Apistogramma.
As you get further into any kind of
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By Jim Dawson
Etroplus canarensis was first described by Day in 1877, it was then lost to science and the aquarium hobby till 1997. In the intervening years from description to rediscovery there is no known record of it being seen or collected. When it was rediscovered it was located only in a short stretch of approximatly three kilometers of the Netravathi river in Canara Province in India. Si
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Here is a cracking Video From Our Own Lee ...
By Andrew Wood
If you consider that the Severum was being imported into Europe and was being successfully bred in private aquaria before the First World War, then the significance of the knowledge learned about keeping and breeding these cichlids in the early days of our hobby and our subsequent success with other species of cichlid cannot be ignored. It is surprising, then, that this group of
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By Sonia Guinane
Rick has asked me to write a bio about this amazing man and his great love of all cichlids, especially those from Madagascar. Where do I begin as it was a great privilege for Dave and I to have known this unassuming, yet charismatic man since 1998? It was our interest in Madagascan cichlids that initiated our first meeting with Jean-Claude following his invitation for us to vis
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Thought i would put some updated video of the overall display, to show how the tank is progressing. Full tank video ...
Ive been really enjoying photography lately since upgrading to a DSLR, but thought trying the old point and shoot with the overhead flashes.
Just wanted to show that decent photos can be taken without an expensive DSLR camera and flash gear.
Shopping list:
Point and shoot camera.
Jessops flash, any flash with a slave mode should work with any camera with a flash, even a mobile phone camera
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