Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Malawi · Tanzania

Tundu Rocks

TOON-doo ROKS (approx.)

The atlas records 1 collection-point form from Tundu Rocks.

11.2572°S 34.7734°E

Tundu Rocks is a rock formation on Lake Malawi's Tanzanian shore, under 1 km west-south-west of Ndengela.

Where it is

Tundu Rocks is on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi, in its central third (123 mi south of the lake's northern tip).

Nearest collection points: Sambia Reef 2.2 mi south · Mbamba Bay 2.5 mi south-east · Mandalawi Reef 3 mi south-west

Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.

The water

Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Malawi — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature75.2–84.2 °F24–29 °C
pH8.2–8.6alkaline
Hardnessmoderately soft, alkaline, well-buffered79 ppm
Conductivity≈250–260 µS/cmmeasured range

Nearest measured station: Salima (south-east shore) (~280 km) — Conductivity 235 µS/cm

This site

Habitatrockyrock formation on the lake shore

Surface temperature here

Across May–Nov, monthly means run 76 °F to 83 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (902 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

75°78°81°84°Jan: too few clear satellite days (0)–JFeb: too few clear satellite days (1)–FMar: too few clear satellite days (1)–MApr: too few clear satellite days (5)–AMay: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 60 clear satellite daysMJun: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 110 clear satellite daysJJul: 77 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 149 clear satellite daysJAug: 76 °F mean (75 °F–78 °F), 206 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 208 clear satellite daysSOct: 80 °F mean (79 °F–82 °F), 113 clear satellite daysONov: 83 °F mean (81 °F–84 °F), 48 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (1)–D
Surface temperature by month near Tundu Rocks — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.

Sources
  1. malawi.si — Lake Malawi interactive locations map: Tundu Rocks

Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.

Labeotropheus (1)

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