Caring and breeding installations all over the world

by Andreas Tanke | 18. 06. 2018

Caring and breeding installations all over the world

In this short lecture, I’ll present a selection of the breeding and breeding equipment that I have seen during my travels through the aquarium rooms and cellars all over the world. It reaches from Germany via Brazil, Peru and the USA to England and then back to Germany.
This talk can also be combined with other short talks to an evening event.

Breeding installation: Mortenthaler, Peru

Keeping installation: Mortenthaler, Peru

Keeping installation: Stingray, Peru

Breeding installation: Eric Bodrock, USA

Breeding installation: Regina Spotti, USA

Breeding installation: Artie Platt, USA

Breeding installation: Leandro Sousa, UFPA, Brazil

Breeding installation: Robert Budrovcan, Germany

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Andreas Tanke

For more than 10 years I have been working as a specialist author and speaker in aquaristics. My main topic is the ichthyofauna of South America, especially the plecos and dwarf cichlids.

I hold my lectures at meetings or events of aquarium associations, specialized shops or at trade fairs at home and abroad.

Recently I was on a three-week lecture tour in the US, but I also like to come to your aquarium club, whether it's a small gathering or an event with several hundred participants.

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Venezuela – traveling with JBL and aquarists

by Andreas Tanke | 18. 06. 2018

Venezuela – traveling with JBL and aquarists

In 2016, I got the honor to accompany a tour group to Venezuela by an invitation from JBL. Due to the good preparation and planning, we were able to travel the country very safely despite the politically difficult situation. The journey consisted of two parts. The first part took us to the estuarine delta of the Orinoco, where we spent a few days in an ecolodge and explored various biotopes there. For the second part were going by small planes (4-6 seats) to Canaima with the aim to visit the Salto Ángel (highest waterfall in the world).
In this talk, I report on this trip and give insights into the flora and fauna we traveled.

Indian stands in the Ecolodge

Paths in the Ecolodge

Bedroom in the Ecolodge

Restrooms in Ecolodge

Expeditions in Orinocodelta

Green Iguana, Iguana iguana iguana (Linneaus, 1785)

Anaconda Beach

Indian village

Waterlilly Camp

Airport Ciudad Bolivar

Cockpit of the aircrafts

Río Carrao

Canaima Lagoon with the Saltos Wadaimo, Golondrina and Ucrima

Canaima lagoon with the Saltos Wadaimo, Golondrina and Ucrima

The Jurassic Park valley

Tabletop mountains

Cichlid

Crenicichla aff. saxatilis „Caroni“

sunset

Vortragsanfrage (EN)

Andreas Tanke

For more than 10 years I have been working as a specialist author and speaker in aquaristics. My main topic is the ichthyofauna of South America, especially the plecos and dwarf cichlids.

I hold my lectures at meetings or events of aquarium associations, specialized shops or at trade fairs at home and abroad.

Recently I was on a three-week lecture tour in the US, but I also like to come to your aquarium club, whether it's a small gathering or an event with several hundred participants.

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Northern Brazil – Origin of ornamental fish

by Andreas Tanke | 17. 06. 2018

Northern Brazil – Origin of ornamental fish

This talk will present selected river systems in northern Brazil. Also the main trades centers for ornamental fish like Belém, Santarém, and Altamira will be introduced. Of course the fish from there will not be glimpsed…

Cachoeira Grande do Rio Iriri

Ancistrini sp. (L 82)

Cachoeira Grande do Rio Iriri

empty snail shells on the bottom of the Rio Xingu

Ancistrini sp. (L 82)

Scobinancistrus aureatus (L 14)

On the search for fishes

Savannah in Roraima

Rio Branquinho – a black water river

floating house at Manaus

Pseudolithoxus sp. “Branquinho” (L 492)

Panaqolus claustellifer (L 306)

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Andreas Tanke

For more than 10 years I have been working as a specialist author and speaker in aquaristics. My main topic is the ichthyofauna of South America, especially the plecos and dwarf cichlids.

I hold my lectures at meetings or events of aquarium associations, specialized shops or at trade fairs at home and abroad.

Recently I was on a three-week lecture tour in the US, but I also like to come to your aquarium club, whether it's a small gathering or an event with several hundred participants.

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Changings in Cichlid Biotopes at the Rio Xingu

by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018

Changings in Cichlid Biotopes at the Rio Xingu

In this talk I‘ll show the possible impact of the Belo Monte dam to the inventory of cichlids at the Rio Xingu. Also I want to explain the actual situation in Altamira, about the Belo Monte dam, and the resulting problems. But I also present many biotopes and the cichlids that are living there…

Cachoeira at Rio Xingu

Rock formation at the Rio Xingu

Flooding area at Igarapé Tucurui

Apistogramma sp. „Chao“ (A 42)

Apistogramma sp. „Vitória do Xingu“ (A 229)

Teleocichla monogramma

Crenicichla aff. lugubris „Xingu II“

Satanoperca sp. “Vitória do Xingu”

Geophagus cf. altifrons „Xingu“

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Andreas Tanke

For more than 10 years I have been working as a specialist author and speaker in aquaristics. My main topic is the ichthyofauna of South America, especially the plecos and dwarf cichlids.

I hold my lectures at meetings or events of aquarium associations, specialized shops or at trade fairs at home and abroad.

Recently I was on a three-week lecture tour in the US, but I also like to come to your aquarium club, whether it's a small gathering or an event with several hundred participants.

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Perú – Expeditions in the amazonian lowlands

by Andreas Tanke | 6. 05. 2018

Perú – Expeditions in the amazonian lowlands

In 2012 I‘ve completed a group of three aquarists to go to the amazonian lowlands in Perú. We have visited the best known rivers like the Itaya, Momon, and Nanay rivers. Furthermore we‘ve made an expedition to the Tapiche river.
On these trips we‘ve caught many different catfishes like plecos (esp. Panaqolus),
whiptails and Corys, but also dwarf cichlids like Apistogramma, and tetras and larger cichlids, too. Additionally we have visited some exporters of ornamental fish that I will show, too.

Beim Beladen des Bootes

Requena

Amazonischer Dschungel

Salmler aus dem Río Nanay

Pseudacanthicus sp. (L 452)

Stingray Aquarium

Río Momon

Río Itaya

Panaqolus sp. (L 467)

Camp am Río Tapiche

Aquarium Río Momon

Vortragsanfrage (EN)

Andreas Tanke

For more than 10 years I have been working as a specialist author and speaker in aquaristics. My main topic is the ichthyofauna of South America, especially the plecos and dwarf cichlids.

I hold my lectures at meetings or events of aquarium associations, specialized shops or at trade fairs at home and abroad.

Recently I was on a three-week lecture tour in the US, but I also like to come to your aquarium club, whether it's a small gathering or an event with several hundred participants.