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
Scobinancistrus aureatus (L 14)
Rio Branquinho – a black water river
Pseudolithoxus sp. “Branquinho” (L 492)
Panaqolus claustellifer (L 306)
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.
Water supply and drainage
The finished installation
by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018
Overview of important accessories for the breeding of plecos
This talk, based on my experiences and my visits of other aquarists that have shown me several tricks and accessories. It starts with the high efficient air lifters from Beck and Harich, shows different types of caves as basic element for the spawning of plecos, gives an overview of several suspension boxes and breeding rings for raising juveniles, and explains how to build filters…
by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018
Panaqolus tankei (L 398) – Origin and Breeding
Panaqolus tankei (L 398) is pretty small pleco from the north of Brazil.
This Panaqolus comes from the Rio Xingu, and I‘ll present its natural habitats. Furthermore I’ll give some information how to keep this catfish, and, of course, how I was able spawn and breed this species first in in 2008.
Panaqolus tankei (L 398) is for me a very special pleco. First, it is the first catfish that I’ve bred. Second, Panaqolus tankei (L 398) was scientifically described in 2016 by Leandro Sousa and Christian Cramer and was named after me.
This talk can also be combined with more short talks for a full theme evening
by Andreas Tanke | 16. 05. 2018
In this talk I‘ll introduce the family of loricariids, included the subgroup of L-Numbers. I‘ll begin with an overview about some habitats in Peru, Brazil and some more countries in South America, and explain how to catch plecos in the wild. Furthermore I‘ll present some genera from there, and give some hints how to breed these plecos. The final part will be how to build a breeding installation for plecos and some views in other installations…
Leporacanthicus joselimai (L 264)
Guyancistrus sp. “Jatapu”