Lake Tanganyika

The Lake Tanganyika is an over 10 million year old rift-valley lake in East-Africa and the second deepest lake in the world.

• See Wikipedias Lake Tanganyika entry for more geographical information.  There is some interesting information about "fossil water" in the depth.
• Here is a great article on the Great Rift Lakes of East Africa, also covering Lake Tanganyika
• Another wonderful article on Lake Tanganyika

As with Lake Malawi, the natural habitat is a mixture of wide open sandy  zones and rocky ones.

• See this great article on Lake Tanganyika and its different habitats
• Ad Konings wrote a book "Tanganyika cichlids in their natural habitat"
• Underwater photo

• Temperature: surface temp approx. 27-28 °C.  A bit color in deeper regions, where most cichlids live (approx. 23-24 °C)
• pH: average 8.4
• hard water
• Conductance: about 600 µS
• Oxygen Zone: down to approx. 200 m
• Sight under water: up to 25 meter, cristal clear