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Larry Johnson
12-17-2008, 01:54 AM
Hi,I never do this but here goes.
I found this site thru another friend on another site in which I mod at.I really do not need to join another site,but I will continue to drop by and see if I can help out in some way.
I have been keeping and breeding Lake Malawi and Tanganyikan Cichlids for almost 40 years.
My interests are Malawian fish not 'Tangs'.(I do have some 'Fronts' producing though)
I have been travelling to Lake Malawi yearly since 1999.
Stuart Grant and I were great friends until his passing last year.I was there when he passed away.
I have been importing from his facility for almost 4 years,and still continue to do so today.
I have several pics in Ad's 4th edition,while I think this is great,since he also is a dear friend,my equipment is now much better and so is my underwater work.(he bugged the H*ll out of me to upgrade)
He's now left the photography up to me,while he continues on a new path of videoing all the great behavior of fish in the Lake! (or so he says when we hooked up in Cleveland last month)
Ad has given me credit on several occasions for,photgraphing a new fish,finding interesting feeding behaviour in Sciaenochromis fryeri as well as some seine fishing video on his web site (Stuart M Grant Conservation Fund)
I may be travelling to Lake Malawi this year to assist in installing "And's"
(anti netting devices) but we are working out the time of year right now,,,I cannot go until August or September and he would like me to go earlier.
So nothing is 100% yet,,,,not until I have the ticket in my hand anyways!

With all the pictures I take in Malawi's natural habitat,I do PP Presentations on my weekends that I can arrange time off from work.I generally speak about 10-12 times per year,but things seem to be getting busier for this upcoming year with two long distance dates already.

I love talking about cichlids,sometimes at great length here and at work,but aside from the trips to Malawi I also run 60 aquariums at home.

At work I run a large Petshop in Hamilton,ON. 225 aquariums with one large shark tank,which presently houses 1-6 ft Nurse shark.
This month would see about 25-30 world wide shipments of fish arrive,so things are busy!

There's probably more I could let you in on but I think you get the idea,,,I'm no stranger to Lake Malawi fish!

Cheers,Larry

DJRansome
12-17-2008, 06:53 AM
Welcome Larry. I enjoyed reading your posts on CynoForum.

AMBUSHPREDATOR
12-17-2008, 07:37 AM
Larry, I look forward to seeing your improved new pictures, as well as Ad's new video's. Please look at the post ( JEWEL OF THE RIFT VIDEO ) you can certainly spread light on why virtually no video is available on the two lakes.

AlishanAS
12-17-2008, 08:04 AM
Larry - thanks for joining the site.

jerrytheplater
12-18-2008, 05:53 PM
Welcome Larry. I like to see shots of the natural habitat our fish come from.

Larry Johnson
12-19-2008, 01:29 AM
Thanks for the welcome!
Welcome Larry. I enjoyed reading your posts on CynoForum.
And other forums we belong to,,,right?
OK,I'll post a pic for everyone,,,,going there now.

Cheers,Larry

why_spyder
12-19-2008, 01:55 AM
Go Larry! Malawians or bust, that's my motto.

Always enjoy the stories and photography - always.

YoungAquaticPhotos
12-19-2008, 04:27 PM
Welcome aboard Larry!

Larry Johnson
12-22-2008, 06:06 AM
you can certainly spread light on why virtually no video is available on the two lakes
There seems to be a lot of 'clips' on U-Tube but as far as TV structured nature programs I haven't seen that many,,,,err well they were featuring something else and Lake Malawi had a small part.
Even the Reality Movie 'Long Way Down' travelled thru Malawi but I don't think they touched on Cichlids in the Lake.I have a pic of Charlie Boorman & Ewen McGregor (Star Wars fame) while they stopped at the same place where I visit!
Ad did a feeding behavior video last year and it seems to be doing fine as far as sales are going so he is pursuing this end.
You can find it for sale at cichlidpress.com

Cheers,Larry

AMBUSHPREDATOR
12-25-2008, 12:04 PM
Thank's Larry I'll look into that. It would be great to have more professional video available.