Daniel Konn-Vetterlein

SARS-CoV-2 – das Coronavirus – Update für Juni

Moin zusammen!

Wie alle mitbekommen haben werden, ist es nun zumindest wieder erlaubt unsere Treffen stattfinden zu lassen, die endgültige Entscheidung hängt jedoch stark vom Lokal ab, in dem sich die jeweilige Regionalgruppe trifft. Continue reading

Hypancistrus cf. margaritatus “L 136c”

Neither the species nor the particularly attractive form treated here, which became known in aquaristics with the addition “c”, is something really new. In the last two to three years, however, there have been some changes in selection and linebreeding, which is why a particularly beautiful specimen is presented here. Continue reading

Thayeria obliqua

In contrast to its close relative Thayeria boehlkei, Thayeria obliqua is only rarely found in trade. The third species of the genus Thayeria ifati is even rarer. I have not seen it myself yet, which might be due to its endemism in the rivers of Maroni and Approuague in French Guyana, from where no exports can be realized. The fourth, recently described species Thayeria tapajonica MOREIRA & LIMA, 2017 originating from Rio Tapajós in Brazil is not in trade either. Continue reading

Big, rare and predatory: Piranhas at Wharf Aquatics

In September `19 the Preston Aquarist Society invited me over for their yearly Convention, an event I was really looking forward to and which I had attended in 2017 for the first time. Continue reading