Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi is the ninth largest lake in the world.

• Here is a great article on the Great Rift Lakes of East Africa, also covering Lake Malawi
• Wikipedia's entry Lake Malawi
• See this nice journey Lake Malawi from Space

The natural habitat in Lake Malawi is a mixture of wide, open sandy areas and rocky zones.  A lot of species, commonly known as "Mbunas" have specialized their diet on the periphyton that grows on stones.

Here are a few impressions from the natural habitat:

• Lake Malawi photo gallery with a lot of pictures showing the original habitat
• A website covering Lake Malawi habitats
• An underwater photo from Lake Malawi
• Another impressive underwater photo
• Another underwater photo by Ad Konings on his website

(also see the Wikipedia entry on Lake Malawi above)

• Temperature: 23-28 °C = 76-80 °F
• pH 7.8 - 8.5
• medium to hard water (GH 7 KH 10-12)