In the hunting and the facilities that are oriented to the East African habitats and primarily Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria are the most widespread. But more and more attention is also the rest of Africa, which is the hobby rather new territory.

Especially the area of ​​West Africa and the central region of the continent have made it as a biotope aquariums templates on Einrichtungsbeispiele.de.

The area is defined primarily through its major rivers such as the Congo and its tributaries, the Niger, Volta and turned lakes.

For some time in the aquarium are very popular here, for example Pelvicachromis Pulcher to German purple splendor perch, killifish as the Colorful Killifish (Aphyosemion australe) or as schooling fish the Congo Tetra, which have long been known as an aquarium fish and widespread. New and less widespread, however Epiplatys are annulatus (Dwarf Clown Killi), which are very popular especially in nano aquariums.