Talks

For many years I have been visiting aquarium associations, specialist shops and trade fairs and give lectures at their events.

On this website I would now like to offer an overview of my lectures.
Here you will find lectures from a length of about 15 minutes up to two hours, just as it fits into your schedule. You are also welcome to combine several shorter ones to a larger presentation.

Publications

With the first offspring of Panaqolus tankei (L 398) began my activity as a specialist author in various aquaristic magazines. The first book projects have also been realized and many more will follow.

about me

For more than 15 years I have been studiing the aqua-fauna of South America, mostly with the fish of the Orinoco and especially of the Amazon and its tributaries. In recent years I have been able to keep and breed numerous dwarf cichlids of the genus Apistogramma and Harnischwelse especially from the genera Panaqolus and Hypancistrus.
I was also able to discover these animals several times in their home biotopes and report about them in my lectures and other publications such as articles in journals and books.
Here you will learn more about my aquarium career.

Trips

After traveling to South America for the first time in 2008, where I was also able to visit my favorite country of Brazil for the first time from Suriname, the wanderlust never lets go. Since then I took every opportunity to travel to South America. In this section I will report about my travels.

Online Shops

Please also visit even my online shops

ATS Aquashop

High-quality art prints of various fish species on brushed aluminum, fine acrylic and artistic canvas. Set in scene by top photographers like Enrico Richter, Ingo Seidel and Andreas Tanke. The range extends from corys, over plecos, barbs, tetras, stingrays up to cichlids and livebearers.

ATS Druckshop

Printed goods are expensive? Not with us! Just have a look in our ATS print shop . Here you will find numerous printed products at really low prices.

My Talks

The World of Apistogramma

The World of Apistogramma

4. November 2023
Corydoras in theory and practice

Corydoras in theory and practice

18. June 2018
Caring and breeding installations all over the world

Caring and breeding installations all over the world

18. June 2018
Introduction and breeding report of Panaqolus claustellifer (L 306)

Introduction and breeding report of Panaqolus claustellifer (L 306)

18. June 2018
Wood Eaters – the loricariids of the genera Panaqolus, Panaque and Cochliodon

Wood Eaters – the loricariids of the genera Panaqolus, Panaque and Cochliodon

18. June 2018
Venezuela – traveling with JBL and aquarists

Venezuela – traveling with JBL and aquarists

18. June 2018
Biotopes of plecos at Rio Xingu

Biotopes of plecos at Rio Xingu

18. June 2018
Northern Brazil – Origin of ornamental fish

Northern Brazil – Origin of ornamental fish

17. June 2018
Energy saving breeding installation

Energy saving breeding installation

16. May 2018
Overview of important accessories for the breeding of plecos

Overview of important accessories for the breeding of plecos

16. May 2018
Overview about important accessories for breeding of apistos

Overview about important accessories for breeding of apistos

16. May 2018
Panaqolus tankei (L 398) – Origin and Breeding

Panaqolus tankei (L 398) – Origin and Breeding

16. May 2018
Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs (CAOAC): annual meeting from 17th to 19th of May

Lecture trip through Canada in may 2019 – in Toronto

by | 29. June 2019 | Talks, Travelreport | 0 Comments

In Toronto I arrived in Toronto around 10:00 p.m.. After some waiting time it turned out that my second bag did not land in Toronto and that although I had checked in more than 2.5 hours before departure in Edmonton. The bag was supposed to arrive the next evening. We...
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Lecture trip through Canada in may 2019 – in Edmonton

by | 19. June 2019 | Talks, Travelreport | 0 Comments

In Edmonton - Monday, May 13, 2019 The flight to Edmonton went without a hitch and John Tummers welcomed me right there. We did some sightseeing in Edmonton before we went home to John. After I had settled down there we went to a Diner for lunch where we met Paul,...
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Lecture trip through Canada in may 2019 – from Hanover to Winnipeg

by | 11. June 2019 | Talks, Travelreport | 0 Comments

Hannover to Winnipeg My lecture trip through Canada began with the flight from Hanover to Winnipeg. And here I almost got the first problems. We landed in Toronto on time, but then we had to wait more than 30 minutes on the taxiway until our plane got a place at a...
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Skyline of Edmonton by Image by skeeze on Pixabay

Speaker tour Canada: Edmonton May 14, 2019

by | 11. March 2019 | Talks | 0 Comments

On my lecture trip in Canada I will stop at my friends Paul Belanger and Birger Kamprath from Aquarium Club of Edmonton (ACE) on May 14th in Edmonton to give the lectures "Woodeater" and "Caring and breeding installations all over the world". As an encore on Wednesday...
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Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs (CAOAC): annual meeting from 17th to 19th of May

Speaker tour Canada: Burlington May 17-19, 2019

by | 5. March 2019 | Talks | 0 Comments

After having seen and experienced a lot on my lecture trip in Canada, I now go to the main destination of this trip to Burlington near Toronto, where I am invited by the Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs (CAOAC) to their annual general meeting from May 17th to...
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Andreas Tanke on Panaqolus tankei

Speaker tour Canada: Winnipeg May 11, 2019

by | 4. March 2019 | Talks | 0 Comments

On my lecture trip in Canada on May 11th I will stop in Winnipeg at my friends Chris Biggs and Spencer Jack and give the lectures "Wooeaters" and "The North of Brazil - source of ornamental fish". Winnipeg is also known as the geographical centre of North America and...
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Poster: Brazils most beautiful plecos

1. AquaTag Wernigerode

by | 3. March 2019 | Fairs and Exchanges, Talks | 0 Comments

On March 31st I will be at the 1st AquaTag Wernigerode! The day will start with the lecture "Plecos of Amazonia". There I present an overview about the Amazonian plecos and especially the L-Numbers. I will introduce numerous biotopes and the species living there, but...
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A new Pseudolithoxus from northern brazil

by | 29. May 2018 | Erstbeschreibungen, Scientific descriptions | 0 Comments

A few days ago a Pseudolithoxus were described that has been known to us for a long time in aquaristic studies. For the first time a single specimen was imported in 2003 by Jens Gottwald (Aquatarium / Panta Rhei) from the Rio Trombetas at Cachoeira...
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My first blog post

by | 19. May 2018 | General | 0 Comments

In this blog I will report about the experiences that I've made in the aquaristics. That can be breeding successes, expeditions, trips to conventions or meetings, new fish in my stock, but also scientific or general news. In the nearest future I will extend this...
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