One of the most amazing and beautiful freshwater habitats on the planet! I've kept hundreds of these fish over my lifetime and can't wait to keep them again on a much larger scale! Seeing them in their natural environment like this makes me dream of a giant tank (Thousands of gallons at least) where I can truly see their natural behavior! Love this, thanks so much for sharing!

when ppl ask why I always have so many rocks an caves in my tanks for my African cichlids, I will just show them this video, so they will understand why

@scottie706

7 жыл бұрын

most people on the internet would say this is to overcrowded need a bigger tank lol

@billy-uo9mb

6 жыл бұрын

Scottie_ R_Jr haha oath

@DiorskiePrepossessing

5 жыл бұрын

@@scottie706 no lol

@Absurdity101

5 жыл бұрын

The rocks barely have an hiding areas cuz there so clumped and stacked.

If I had to choose a favourite dive of the trip Maingano would be the winner! The water was crystal clear, abundance of species and such a diversity of rock scapes to admire. Watch out for the numerous MCAT/OB Mbuna, stunning haps and a huge catfish that gets a bit to close for comfort! Enjoy and don't forget to share the video with others. -Marc

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Steven Wyatt Thanks Steven

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

***** which video is that?

@snayone

5 жыл бұрын

Which ob mbuna was that? I had never Seen before a ob mbuna like that.. and what a giant catfsih wow.. how long think was there?

@2pimp2bu

5 жыл бұрын

16:15 comes the huge Catfish...if anyone cares! Also, I wonder if that's the catfish Bagrus meridionalis that Psuedo Crabro (Bumblebee cichlid) live among?!? I know this is an old video...but a reply would be amazing!

This is incredible Marc! I can't believe I'm just watching this now. I hope your trip went surpurbly! So excited you got to go! Best wishes!

This is beautiful. And for fresh water, the visibility is fantastic.

After seeing all these fish in the wild, I have a feeling you are going to have a craving for a larger tank! Great Video Thanks!

Thanks so much for this video. I could watch this for hours. One of the things that stands out to me is the great debate on OB cichlids, and cross breeding being un-natural. Well, there they are. Stunning fish, in their natural environment. Amazing ...

@smileeyguy

3 жыл бұрын

mbuna have the natural OB gene. Haps and peacocks do not

great video of the underwater activities of African Cichlids.i am watching this with three of my Cichlids as i type.

Jaram się na ten biotop ale równie piękny jest Amazonki. Dwa różne biotopy ale niesamowicie piękne

Very cool, nice footage

Glorious!

Wow such beautiful fish

Wow great video haven't seen a good underwater vid of malawi since jewels of the rift. You show all the good stuff the blueberry ob, blue neons and a bunch more thanks for sharing I must share this!

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Brian.

Awesome mbunas footage.

Very cool. Thanks for the post!

Beautiful capture!

Todos son hermosos!!! Tan lindos en su hábitat natural, incredible beautiful fish. I love them!!!

Fantastic video

Great video! That water seems to be extremely fresh ( clean )

Some stunning Mcat/OB on this video. Great footage Marc.

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andy, I wasn't messing about the MCATS; )

That's wonderful video.. Thanks

More great footage Marc! Thanks for sharing!

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Brian.

I watched this video to see wild Labidochromis freibergi, and yes, at the end when you came back to the surface, I finally saw some :-) THX

This is incredible footage. This is my dream dive here.

Fantastic dive....beautiful video.

Complimenti. Finalmente un uomo saggio che non mette la musica di sottofondo facendoci apprezzare l'essenza della natura. 🔝🇮🇹

awesome footage thx for sharing

Such awesome footage.. Thanks for sharing!

@PanKaj-tr5lr

3 жыл бұрын

Hey John it's been 6 years, how you doin

Awesome!!!!!

Beautiful dive and video...

Gigantic Aquarium!! Omg

Great film !

Thanks for sharing.

Superb

Beutiful Thanks for sharing my friend👍😊RiteshCT

Awesome video!👍💖

Wow, make me feel I owe them so mush in my tank. I seeing so many beautiful cichlids here in their natural colour. E. Blue, venustus, some I USED To have but forgot their name.s. Livingsonii, beautiful yellow? Thanks for sharing this amazing video.

so cool

16:30, sounds like a fish attacked you lol! Great footage :)

Superb video Marc, so envious of u!:-) would you consider sound a comentry on these amazing lake videos? So lucky to have someone like you who is so keen to share your knowledge & help us cichlid fans. Cheers mate!

@soniaculbertson897

9 жыл бұрын

Iii. 5dav y yvsd5z

that is great! thank you for sharing

cool man love the vid

amazing ! im from Australia just picked up a pair of eletric yellows

Awesome video, you still have more dive sites to upload right? I'm waiting for Mara Rocks

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Yes around 10 more

Awesome... thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing und nice video

Totally awesome 💜💕💙

15:20 what a beauty !!!!

@Kelly14UK

6 жыл бұрын

The two of them. Yup. Colours. Vivid. Sky Blue says "get away"

@YungYdoc

5 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment man. that cichlid is insaaane. The pattern and the colors. Very unique combination of natural wild breeding.

@thebean1693

4 жыл бұрын

What kind is it?

@pablomuzzobar8940

3 жыл бұрын

But hybrid cichlids dont exist inthe wild. FAKE NEWS

love this, hate how theres not many videos of cichlids out there. Cichlids over marine fish any day lol.

@2pimp2bu

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha...5mths ago and I'm responding to you responding to a comment 3yrs ago! But thanks for the clarification SMDH!!

@Fly_Crippin

4 жыл бұрын

Lol as much as I love fresh water marine fish trump fresh water any day 🤷🏽‍♂️

@eve7568

4 жыл бұрын

Fly Crippin Please, Saltwater keepers don't even care about fish it's all coral coral coral 😴..... & I've kept both saltwater & freshwater ... and freshwater have way more personality they're crazy af

@pablomuzzobar8940

3 жыл бұрын

@@eve7568 and less maintenance without spending a car on a fish tank

@eve7568

3 жыл бұрын

@@pablomuzzobar8940 now a days fishtank are cheap for bot h fresh & salt but yeah corals is what makes salt more expensive which is why I find them so boring 😂

Relaxing!!

friggin Awesome!!!

Omg heaven! 😎😇🐠

its like heaven 😍😍😍

Amazing footage! Need an even bigger tank now lol

I always heard that OB cichlids were only captive bred. There is one at 5:01 hmm

@SimonV0585

4 жыл бұрын

OB Peacocks only in Captivity not the Genus of the Mbuna

@ionalexandru8629

3 жыл бұрын

OB Peacocks don't exist in nature, they're mbuna cross

cichlids rock on !!

looks awesome^^ :)

the malawi dives are so beuatiful. looks like a marine dive minus coral

Beautiful video, Maingano is my favorite site. What fish is yellow at 4:53? and is it possible that at 30:08 there is a Labeotropheus trewavasae? Thank you

flying in a dream

I love rockfish.

That is a lot of bottom time! thanks for the film clip! great viz too!

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks I actually cut 30 mins of footage out

@gewglesux

9 жыл бұрын

Nice!!! use it for another film clip! I saw the water temp video clip... going take your advice.

At first I thought some was smoking a billy then I realised I was bit stoned it's bloody scuba lol truly amazing footage thank you for sharing seeing them in there natural habitat heard Malawi and Victoria both lakes are getting quiet polluted very sad

I think this tank is overstocked! Do you have a sump?

nice vid theres a white fish with black spots which ones that?

Best vídeo so far! Mbunas paradise ! Didnt see no híbrids.. And also, I think no Metriaclima sp. "membe deep", did you see one Mark?

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Luis Dias I can't recall seeing one. I've watched the footage back numerous times. Thanks for watching.

wow wow wow!!!

👍🏆 What's the lowest temperature those fish can handle ?

we're There any peacocks in this footage or just mbunas and haps

I would like to get 80 Africans in an aquarium of 450 liters or 125 gallons, if you can? would you recommend? Thank you

Gorgeous fish in this video, anyone know the species of catfish at 16:19? Looks like a clarius species.

Amazing video! Thank you. I see no plants! I guess putting a plant in my cichlid tank was not such a good idea then?

@craigbartley4848

7 жыл бұрын

Other parts of the lake do have some plants. Besides, you can do whatever you want in your tank. Plants have good benefits for your tank if they survive your fish.

Awesome...lots of mbuna here....now I understand why Pulpican are a common import. looked to be a variety of BB Zebra with more blue then black here....need to do some research. Wicked video and those OB's are unreal....need to se some like this around here.

Camera quality is amazing 🙌

your tank is huge OMG

can any 1 please explain what do they eat in wild,i don't think there is enough food there,i have some of tyhem in my aquarium and i give them pellet's so i am curious?

@CesarIbarra11

5 жыл бұрын

shahrukh agha algae from the rocks

@ 1:50 territorial male guarding his spot.well coloured up.

How big is this tank?

@harshwardhansingh4790

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@Lou13Cyf3r

5 жыл бұрын

.... .almost the size of a large lake. 😋😅

@nexusoflife

5 жыл бұрын

A few million gallons

@Lee90000

5 жыл бұрын

about 3 gallons.

@nikkikennedy8728

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know but I think they're overstocked and there isn't even a FILTER on this tank! They didn't cycle it! They're gonna kill all their fish. Bad fish owners, thumbs down👎

Does anyone know where he is now ?

Pretty cool running into that Kampango cat. seeing a critically endangered species in the wild is bitter sweet

is lake malawi connected to hindia ocean?

what is the depth?

dang that's cold

Harsh condition I can't see much food here what do they eat ?

how can somebody "thumb down" this video?

@DiorskiePrepossessing

5 жыл бұрын

They didn't like it

@TwistedVivid

5 жыл бұрын

@@DiorskiePrepossessing I guess they hate African cichlids

@harveymogarawanderingfilip5318

3 жыл бұрын

Probably vegans

I saw a OB Peacock. I thought they were tank raised hybrids and did not exist as hybrids in the wild?

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

No OB peacock in this video John. I'm almost 100% there is no OB peacocks in the wild.

Is that corraline algae?

wow - i love Cichlids - VERY NICE VIDEO THANK=S

Why so many stone under water? I heard they said lake Malawi is the size of Canbarra

What are the black cichlids that are everywhere in the video I have a group of them in my tank and they breed like crazy nobody knows what they are and as the males got older they turned a little blue

@maddie4801

7 жыл бұрын

A little late but they're probably acei cichlids

@cjcichlidsbailes1346

4 жыл бұрын

Sulfer heads

how cold is the water I'm scuba diving there in a few days

@AfricanCichlidHub

7 жыл бұрын

Zamby z1 around 24-25c

What are those on the rocks? Seeming like worms

What is the fish with the yellow face at around 13:00

@mi33slick

7 жыл бұрын

Red face Mack

Awesome good job :)) ¸¸.•*¨*🐬

Theres some nice fish in your video, but Ive never seen them on the market, like the all black fish with the white steak. I sure people would go crazy for this...

12：27 is that a boadzulu or other Zebra

16:32 Blue fish yellow head...what is it?

can someone tell me the names of my fish on my video?

Love this video this is just proof for those hybrid haters they do cross breed in the wild love it :)

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

What fish are you talking about?

@apanhaesta

9 жыл бұрын

African Cichlid Hub He doesn't know what he is talking about and i bet he is referring to OB fish...tss tss

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

OB peacocks in the hobby are man made fish (You don't see them in the wild) OB/MCAT Mbuna are a natural occurrence in the wild. A morph so to speak. MCAT Mbuna male are quite rare.

@tyman657

9 жыл бұрын

African Cichlid Hub thank you for clearing things up :)

After watching this video, seeing the free swimming beautiful fish, anyone thinking that his/hers home aquarium is ’big’, should re-consider the matter!