This is a new section that is specifically for (as the title suggests) how you arrived where you are today, with a nice malawi cichlid tank. I would suggest that this is for tanks that are fully established and that have been so for over a year. This will be a popular section and an interesting read for the forum.
Well the boring bit is that I got into Malawis after calling in to a new pet shop up the road that also sold fish. That **bl**dy** Colin at Natural World has got a lot to answer to.
But the best thing I have got from the Malawi world is meeting Clare, the love of my life.