The Aquarium at home - Special Edition N°21 - The Cichlids Of Tanganyika - In Nature And In The Aquarium

The fish of Lake Tanganyika are fascinating in their beauty, diversity and behavior. Here are 144 pages to discover the lake, its history, its geology, a retrospective on the evolution of these fish in our hobby, and of course, advice to get started in the maintenance of these fish. An approach by zones / ways of life makes it possible to discover the major groups of fish inhabiting this lake, with examples of populations around certain mythical species.

Summary :

• Geology, history and biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika
• The Aquatic Biotopes of Lake Tanganyika
• Optimization of a Tanganyika aquarium
• Examples of Fish Tanks in Tanganyika
• Reproduction of Lake Tanganyika cichlids
• The shellfish
• Petroleum
• The "grazers" and similar
• The sabulicoles
• Cichlids of the deep
• The paddle cichlids
• Open water fish
• The Lake Killi: Lamprichthys tanganicanus
• Retrospective: a historical look at Lake Tanganyika and the aquarium hobby

With articles by Benoît Jonas, Marta Mierzeńska, Fanny Mauer, Jérôme Hugues, Alexis Senaffe, Sébastien Ancelin, Ad Konings, Laurent Picot, Emmanuel Fellmann, Wolfgang Staeck