Kapuasia falaris Never heard of the genus Kapuasia? That’s what happened to me when a loach labelled as Kapuasia maculiceps was shown as newly imported on the website of Dutch wholesaler Ruinemans at the beginning of November 2024. The genus Kapuasia was established in early 2024 by Kottelat and Tan for the taxon maculiceps, which […]
The Zebra Otocinclus is probably the most spectacular and most attractive Otocinclus species for the aquarium hobby. It has been known for some time that there are two forms of the species described in 2004 as O. cocama: one from the lower Río Ucayali and another one from the Río Tigre. Both rivers are tributaries […]
The Ancistrus species L267, already presented by Claus SCHAEFER in the DATZ in 1998, has now been described by NEUHAUS et al. in the current issue of the Journal of Fish Biology (DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15637) as Ancistrus yanesha.
As an aquarist since I was 12 years old, I have been dealing with South American catfishes and tetras for a long time.
Registration for the 2. IG-BSSW Tetra-Symposium (16.11. – 18.11.2018) is now open! Like last year, booking (rooms and conference package) is managed by the hotel. During booking, please implicitly mention the heading „Salmler-Symposium“. Participants without overnight stays please directly register by sending us an email to salmlersymposium@ig-bssw.org. For more information please visit the Tetra-Symposium website. […]
This weekend about 30 tetra enthusiasts were meeting in Ahrbergen, Germany for the first Tetra-Symposium of the IG BSSW. There was a lot of talk shop, new contacts were established, fishes were exchanged and on both evenings we talked late into the night over a beer, even with some spontaneous presentations. Thanks to all participants […]
Wer sich noch nicht beim Salmler-Symposium angemeldet hat, aber kommen möchte: Die Reservierung des Zimmerkontingentes endet am 30.10! Auch danach ist eine Anmeldung noch möglich, allerdings kann dann ein Zimmer zum vereinbarten Preis nicht mehr garantiert werden. Die Anmeldung erfolgt direkt über das Hotel, Details finden sich auf der Hauptseite des Salmler-Symposiums. In diesem Sinne […]
The detailed program of the first IG BSSW e.V. Salmler-Symposium is now ready! As you can see, we arranged a diverse program with well known speakers: Friday, 24th of November 2017 from 6 pm Arrival and friendly get-together Saturday, 25th of November 2017 10 am – 11 am Daniel Konn-Vetterlein „Salmler im Biotop“ […]
Zur Neugründung der RG Fulda Ein wenig hat es mich schon immer gewundert, dass es in Hessen bis jetzt keine Regionalgruppe der IG BSSW gab, sind doch einige aktive “BSSW” Aquarianer hier zu finden. So hat es mich sehr gefreut, als Erik SCHILLER mir dann vor einiger Zeit schrieb, dass sich in Fulda eine Regionalgruppe […]
