Cichlids at Animal Kingdom (Disney)

While at Disney I was reading one of the brochures and found something about a "cichlid conservation program." I went to check it out to see what it was about. The literature sounded pretty good....

It went like this:


However it turned out to be like this:




While very pretty and well kept (a little over crowded for my liking) I didn't see one Victorian Cichlid in the tanks. Knowing how Victorians will "Cross-breed" with just about everything that swims I was actually glad not to see them in there. This was a lake malawi tank all the way. There were Venustus, Red Empress's, Red Zebras, a few OB Mbuna's and a few others but definately not from Lake Victoria. I asked one of the guides where they kept the fish on the "Sign" and she said, These are the only fish we have. So anyway like I said it was a beautiful outdoor "pond style" aquarium. This thing housed 3-4 hippos and 1000's and 1000's of fish.

So wait... They said the Malawi tank had Victorians in it...But there were none?


Very nice tank! Love how it is super over stocked!

Yes, basically! I figured they have the Victorians in the "Back" somewhere but the tour guide said, "this is all we have". I asked if they had an Ichthyologists and he said, "a what?" so I said, "nevermind..." and left it at that. They have a wonderful set-up and with the right "person" they could really make a big impact on victorians. I'm going to write a letter and try to get something going because I have plenty of Victorians I'd love to give a home in a place like that!

cool. i bet they do have them in the back the guide was just uninformed. lots of color. there is somethign similar in the San antonio zoo as i know jb knows lol. i have not been to see the SA zoo but i should go sometime in the future.

Weird! Either way I bet it was nice to see some Cichlids.

Thats cool to see!Thats the way I stock my tanks!

That is really cool! I love all the colors. You would be correct Holy Rock. The only reason I know is because I saw them at the SA Zoo and have some pics. Here are the ones I took from there: