The deep water of Lake Tanganyika.

Mvuna Island around Kipili, has steep cliffs that reach to great depth, where I captured the hunting "Bhatybates" on film at a depth around 50 meters. And during the dive at different depths several beautiful cichlids such as "Cyphotilapia frontosa" filmed in their natural environment.

[@Zachary360Games]

It’s so hard to find these kinds of videos for freshwater! Awesome!

[@Akiweb92]

Absolutely stunning. Very clean footage! So interesting to watch cyphotilapias in their natural habitat.

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Thanks Burgundydudu.

[@AndreGWolf]

I wonder who (and why) pressed "dislike". What a nonsense! Great video, thank you!

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Thanks Andre.

[@LewisNuke92]

It's beautiful but at the same time weird seeing fish we keep in our tanks at home in their natural home

[@kevindixo2020]

Awesome video... Helps me with my aquascape... We need more content like this... Thanks for sharing. 😍👍🏾

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Thanks for your compliment. Content is on the way even a challenge for you. Stay tuned.

[@kevindixo2020]

@@cichlidsinthewild can't wait ✌🏾

[@nielsottens8046]

Great, thanks for sharing Hans!

[@taylorcaudil8058]

Is that a cyprochromis at 0:50? Amazing looking fish.

[@MakoyUnggoy]

Very nice!

[@tiagorocha1493]

Amazing

[@furkhantahafurkhantaha9531]

Wonderful

[@reptilesavage]

I didn't know the water was blue enough to go snorkeling, beautiful

[@cichlidsinthewild]

The water of Lake Tanganyika is super clear. A few places lesser du to algae.

[@videodiverus]

Great!

[@apss5736]

awesome video

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Thanks APSS, more to come.

[@B1ack_Manta]

cool seeing freshwater sponges on the rocks in a lake with fish that can pass as saltwater reef fish.

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Yes very interesting the evolution of the Lake. Thanks

[@B1ack_Manta]

@@cichlidsinthewild No problem, thanks for sharing.

[@nategabig]

Amazing Video…from my travels across Africa I’d never have thought to bring a mask and fins! Isn’t this lake where Gustav the man-eating crocodile lived? How prevalent are crocs there where you dive?

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Hi, it’s not always save to dive and ore snorkelling in Africa. There are many diseases in the rivers and lakes like Bilharzia. I have seen many crock’s but mainly in the rivers. In the lakes the are mainly active around the river deltas where the rivers flow into the Lakes. Unfortunately I couldn’t get them on video I mean off ours the smaller ones 🤪best greetings

[@bhuvanyk5259]

Beautiful

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Thanks bhuvanyk

[@liamfox2258]

The sponges make it really look more like a marine environment then a freshwater lake

[@hanifanzak]

What species is this? 0:59 It has similar color to frontosa and tretocephalus.

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Sorry for my late reply. This is Perissodus straeleni how evolved in a scale eater and mimic indeed frontosa to come closer to his prey.

[@hanifanzak]

@@cichlidsinthewild Thank you for replying! I wonder does it specialize to eat only the scales of frontosa or does it eat scales of other cichlids too?

[@cichlidsinthewild]

@@hanifanzak They eat scales from other cichlids as well. But have better chances by juveniles frontosa.

[@stefanhernold345]

Wonder if there has ever been a submersible sent down to the greatest depth (1400 m) in the lake`s northern part.

[@twasbrillig33]

would love to see that

[@An-kw3ec]

There are termal vents in some regions, but not as strong as lake baikal's to oxygenate water at that depth. At 200m it is already quite dark.

[@carlosgomez-vu6kc]

Viva México

[@reptilfanatikern5234]

What fish at 1:37? 😍

[@cichlidsinthewild]

hello this is Paracyprichromis nigripinnis and lives around 20 meter in Dept. This species I have filmed at Mvuna island. Kipili

[@reptilfanatikern5234]

@@cichlidsinthewild missing my old 720 liter aquarium

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

What is the temperature of the water at depth? *Why do African cichlids need warm water if they swim at a depth of several hundred meters?!*

[@cichlidsinthewild]

At Wikipedia you find your answer. Check Lake Tanganyika, Water characteristics. The water temperature is at that depth nearly the same. Below 150 meter is no oxygen in the water and therefore no fish check Wikipedia

[@Outside-InAquatics]

1:15 are those Julie's I see?

[@anonymousyoutu346]

0.23 second fish name please

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Tropheus brichardi

[@anonymousyoutu346]

@@cichlidsinthewild thank you

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

1:15 anyone , what is this creature ? an eel , a fish , a snake ? I need this in my aquarium.

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Woodsman this is Mastacembelus ellipsifer quit common in Lake Tanganyika especially in n the night.

[@cichlidsinthewild]

Check my movie from Malaptererus

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

@@cichlidsinthewild thank you ! I will.