Where do you buy your African cichlids?

[DAVIS]

Hey guys just wondering where you buy your African cichlids? I have an all male Malawi tank and Im always looking to add more fish thanks

[Death's Sting]

Good question..... I'm having a hell of a time trying to find what I need...

[Trouble]

Roger's, Paul's, my fish guy and from the forum.

[thharris]

Mine have all been from the forums but maybe for the stranger fish you could group buy from livefishdirect.com maybe?

[tony1928]

There's really nothing out there locally. You might find the odd couple of fish at the LFS, but typically just a mixed cichlid tank. IPU had some recently and from my tour of stores, they have the most african dedicated tanks that I've seen. Fishworld use to have a lot but recently nothing much. Online seems the best if you know exactly what you want. I tried asking our sponsors to bring in fish but the typical order is 50 of one type and they are usually 1" or so.

[Claudia]

Tom and paul at African Cichlids Forum - Home

[Mferko]

ordered mine at reservestockcichlids.com
can also get from livefishdirect or bluechipaquatics
local selection is pretty horrible when your looking for something specific that isnt common

[jack1233]

Got mine at Petsmart. Don't laugh, I'm a newbie. They have them isolated by continent and won't sell you South American cichlids if you have Africans!
I have 3 red zebra 2-3"; 2 jewel 4"; and 1 girafe 5" and just inherited 5 baby kribs, so looking to get rid of the bigger fish if anyone wants to buy or trade.

[thharris]

I would maybe recommend you join the vancouver aquatics club they have auctions at their meetings so you could maybe pick some up their or ask around and find someone that breeds.

I personally have found the best bargins on here and the vancouver aquarium clubs auction.

[mikebike]

I got mine from Doug at African Rift Lake Aquatics one of the sponsours here