Aquatic-Discoveries: Suriname Expeditions

[racoll, posts: 4473]

What cichlid is that at 1:29 ?

I noticed them too. They are Guianacara owroewefi. I'd love to keep some.

[exasperatus2002, posts: 215]

Guianacara owroewefi

I thought that was it but the online pics pale in comparison to that male displaying.

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

We found this species olmost in every body of water up to the point where I was like "Go away you damn guppy and show me some other cichlids!" Their colour varied allot, including the pattern on the side. Some only had a small dot whilst others had a complete stripe (and everything in between).

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

I finished the English version of the report this evening for your reading plesure, enjoy:

http://www.aquatic-discoveries.nl/2011_eng.html

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

Cajana-Kosindo lodge clip is now online.

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

And the last one for today. I think I have enough material for just one more vid.

[nvcichlids, posts: 1559]

wow. thanks again for sharing. These videos are really inspiring!

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

Thank you, I really like making these vids. The corys in the first video are C. boesemani and C. punctatus in the second video. At the first creek we found a mix of boesemani (80%) and punctatus (20%) and in the second creek we found only punctatus.

These were the only two cory species we found in this part of the river. I did however see a plump, C. aneus like species at our first lodge (Tang Luku). I don't have this one on film nor did I catch any so I can't be absolutely sure. C. aneus however, is present in the river. There is a report on this site from a German that caught some in his search for C. boesemani.

[bigward, posts: 104]

Said it before and I will say it again ........ class videos

On a downer if anyone in the UK knows of any Guianacara owroewefi for sale I would be very interested as I recently lost my female

[corybrummie2010, posts: 482]

Fantastic videos and thank you for sharing

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

The site has been updated today. I also created a Facebook page for updates. The complete fish list can be found in the report, in total we caught 65 species including two possible new species (Parotocinclus sp. and a Bryconops sp.). If some of you plan on visiting the Vivarium 2012 Fair in Holland let me know, I will be there with the book that I made about this expedition.

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

The last compilation of clips of the 2011 expedition:

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

And we are back from the 2012 trip! Here's a preview clip (sorry, no catfishes in this one).

[Jools]

Brilliant to have even more of this stuff - bring it on!

Jools

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

A few pictures of the species that we caught:

http://s17.postimage.org/ucjtigqfx/cboesemani.jpg
Corydoras boesemani

http://s16.postimage.org/5o4qolqb7/cpunctatus.jpg
Corydoras punctatus

http://s8.postimage.org/ck7rmw0sz/Chasm ... ongior.jpg
Chasmocranus longior

http://s7.postimage.org/x2t24j8c9/harttia.jpg
Harttia surinamensis

http://s16.postimage.org/q8emk7cdv/meta ... jsseni.jpg
Metaloricaria nijsseni

http://s7.postimage.org/5thoq1795/parotocinclus.jpg
Parotocinclus sp. (undescribed at this moment)

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

The Dutch version of the 2012 expedition is now online: http://www.aquatic-discoveries.nl/2012.html

I will now start working on the English (and possible German) translation of this report and after that I will start to edit the videos. Translation volunteers are welcome, 24 hours per day is not enough.

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

Finished the first compilation today, enjoy.

[Aquatic-Discoveries, posts: 27]

And the second one, this time including two catfish species.

[kim m, posts: 598]

Very nice! Did you bring back any Corydoras punctatus or Parotocinclus sp.?

[Amazon Pleco, posts: 15]

Im a HUGE fan of yours. So cool what you are doing. It´s the dream come true. Keep up the good work. I will follow your quest from your website