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)

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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Energy saving breeding installation

by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018

Energy saving breeding installation

Hereby I‘ll explain the building of an energy saving breeding installation.
In autumn 2013 I have started to plan an installation in a specific room in my house. This installation is planned to be energy saving and efficient in the necessary care requirements. The building of that installation will be presented in detail.
This talk can also be combined with other short talks to an evening event.

Keeping installation: Mortenthaler, Peru

aquarium room

aquarium stand

Corrosion of metal cores

Making up the woods

Glazing the woods

material storage

Building up of the racks

Water supply and drainage

The finished frames

The finished installation

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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Changings at Rio Xingu

by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018

Changings at Rio Xingu

The Rio Xingu is one of the most important tributaries of the amazon in Brazil. I‘ll present the situation in the low water season and compare it with the high water season, when most rapids are flooded. Especially I give information about the actual situation at the Belo Monte dam and what that means for the future! Furthermore I‘ll present the breeding facility from UFPA that is managed by Leandro Sousa.

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Volta Grande

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Volta Grande

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Belo Monte

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Pimental Staudamm

Belo Monte Staudamm

Zuchtanlage UFPA

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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L-Numbers – not only from clear water

by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018

L-Numbers – not only from clear water

In this talk I sum up some rare L-Numbers and Plecos of the last years.
Most of them arrived Europe just in small numbers, like Panaqolus sp. (L 482) where just 13 specimen arrived us. I‘ll present these fishes and also some biotopes where they live. This talk will contain fishes from French-Guyana, Brazil, Perú and some other southamerican countries.

Pseudacanthicus fordii

Stromschnelle Arawasoula

Peckoltia sp. (L 295)

Lasiancistrus sp. (L 479)

Panaque sp. (L 488)

Ancistrus sp. (L 481)

Hypancistrus sp. (L 297)

Ancistomus sp. (L 487)

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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Spawning of plecos – basics and examples

by Andreas Tanke | 6. 05. 2018

Spawning of plecos – basics and examples

This talk is to explain the basics of breeding plecos. I‘ll start with their natural habitats. Afterwards I‘ll give information about their care and the most important requirements for spawning plecos. Also breeding and and overview of useful accessories for that will be shown. After that I‘ll present spawning logs of specific species as some examples. At the end you will see international keeping and breeding installations and I‘ll explain, based on my own installation, how you can keep, spawn and breed plecos in an efficient and energy saving way…

Bodengrund im Habitat

seichte Bucht am Rio Xingu

Stromschnelle Am Rio Xingu

Laichhöhlen

Panaqolus tankei (L398) beim Ablaichen

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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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.