On two expeditions in 2007 and 2008 Heiko Bleher was able to discover for the first time in history by white man what he believes is the largest natural freshwater aquarium in the world. It is a crystal clear, over…
Loricariids from Caño Raia, Colombia 28 November 2009
End of November, during one of Heiko Bleher’s 2009 Amazon expeditions, he also researched along the Atabapo and it tributaries. See what he found just in one spot of very rocky area and the nice video Natasha under water of…
Caño Tonnina, Caquetá, Colombia 7 December 2009
This creek Heiko explored by walking over land with Natasha and Alirio and reached this almost untouched small waterway discovering many miniature fish species in a mini-habitat. This is to show how little space some fishes live all their…
Seethalam Falls
India – Andra Pradesh, 10 January 2010 After the Indaquaria 2010 Heiko Bleher and Natasha Khardina went to the lower reaches of the Seethalam Falls in Andra Pradesh to do research on the threatened aquatic fauna there as they…
HEMIGRAMMUS BLEHERI LOVES BLEHER
Venezuela, Rio Atabapo, 27 November 2009 The Brilliant or Bleher’s Rummy Nose Tetra is also found in the Rio Atabapo, Venezuela. The Atabapo is a black water river like the waters in the Rio Negro basin – where…
Caño Sardiña, Inirida, Colombia 2 December 2009
Heiko did do research in the Caño Sardiña on 2 December, during one of his Amazon expeditions in 2009. This is a tiny tributary of the upper Caño Bocón in the Río Inirida basin in Colombia. This tiny…
Corydoras cf. arcuatus in nature
Biotope of Corydoras cf. arcuatus in nature – Cano de La Libertad, Colombia Filmed by Natasha Khardina, Aquapress Publishers, Italy To see the complete report go to Expedition-section
Pterophyllum altum
November 2009 For years, latest since the first official announcement of breeding Pterophyllum altum appeared in popular publications worldwide and in the internet, have aquarists miss-identified this majestic species living only in the upper Rio Orinoco tributaries and nowhere…
DISCUS COLLECTING IN THE NATURE , November 2009
Hudson, owner of HEKDISCUS http://www.hek.com.br/ , is a very good friend who has made a field trip to the location where Heiko discovered the first Heckel Discus Symphysodon discus in the 1990s, the Rio Nhamundá, and also to the Lago…
La Libertad Rio Apaporis, Colombia 2009
On one of Heiko’s most recent Amazon expeditions with several new discoveries he was also able to find a possibly new Characidium species. He has been searching for decades around the globe also for fish species that live exclusively in…