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[jairus]

Hey Guys, my name is Jairus and I moved to WA from Cape Town South Africa in March this year. I have been actively involved in this hobby for the past 5 years. Sadly I could not bring all my wild caught breeding colonies of malawi cichlids. I was running 8 tanks back home, 2x 1.5m tanks; 2x 1.2m tanks ; 1x 2.2m tank ; 2 x 900mm tanks and 1x 450mm tank. Those tanks were homes to my 15 wild caught kigoma frontosa colony,7x aulonocara giant chilumbas;5x aulonocara blue neons;3x copadichromis azureus ;3 copadichromis cyclicos;4 red empress; 3 lwanda red tops;4x moba frontosas and of course loads of F1 juvies that i bred. I am so exited to have discovered this forum and cant wait to get to know you guys and learn new things from you and also share what I`ve learnt over the years of breeding. Im just in the process of resizing my pics then i will post them.  

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

welcome mate...

[jairus]

Here are some pics guys

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[malawiman85]

Welcome to Aus and the forum... Cant wait to see some photos.

[jairus]

and more

Some of my F1`s

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[malawiman85]

Awww, its making me miss my africans! Do you have a setup at the moment?

[jairus]

Malawiman, unfortunately im still renting and the current landlord does not allow pets or aquariums.  I do still have all my contacts for wild caughts and as soon as i get my own place(in next year) then I will be going big. First step is to get a fish room and get it approved as a quarantine station, then I will be bringing in my malawi cichlids. My supplier actually sent me a species list today of some stunning fish but I informed him to hang on till im sorted. So watch this space lol

[jjm66smokey]

Welcome!

Looking forward to seeing more pics!

Especially some if you have living plants in with Malawi mbunas?

[malawiman85]

Very interesting... Good luck with the quarantine gig. I dont imagine its a simple process.

[jairus]

Yeah from the research that I have done so far, its not an easy process but im addicted to this hobby and will do my utmost to get it going this side. 

@jjm66; I have never and will never keep mbunas, they are way to aggressive and frankly dont appeal to me as they are very common.

[silverscreen]

welcome jairus...

 

cant wait too hear more about the stock list and what you can bring to perth.

 

 i have lwandas,neon blues,ruby reds,maulana...

 

would love to get hold of so many more peacocks.

 

i will be getting in contact with you for sure once you have set up...good luck

[TheTexasCichlidMasacre]

african mbuna keepers are from the darkside of the hobby? so people that keep tankbusters must be ?? the devils spawn? lol

[jairus]

lol

[MrLeifBeaver]

Welcome! Great photos.