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Hans van Heusden, with cichlids in the wild.
Netherlands
Приєднався 12 сер 2020
My name is Hans, and I am in the hobby with cichlids for more than 40 years. But I have expanded my hobby to film cichlids in their natural habitat. And that's why I created this Channel, to show you how your beloved cichlid lives in his natural habitat. So you can learn more about his habitat and imitate this in your aquarium to give your cichlids an optimum living environment. I have traveled throughout Africa and as well Central America where I have filmed many Cichlids in their natural habitat, how I wil show you the coming time.
Habitat of Cyathopharynx.
The two species out of the genus Cyathopharinx have undergone a rather complicated description. As a result, there are still discussions about the identification of this cichlid when photos appear in the media. I have therefore been somewhat cautious with the identification of this cichlid and prefer to leave this to the Lake Tanganyika specialists. Or where in my opinion some extensive research is still needed. Whether this video concerns C.furcifer or C.foae, I have nevertheless put together a nice video where this species can be admired completely in its natural habitat together with its fellow inhabitants. Fellow inhabitants of which I have named a number of species, but where there are certainly many that you may recognize from your aquarium. Enjoy the video.
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The convict a cichlid with many names.Amatitlania nigrofasciata Amatitlania siquia Amatitlania kanna
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The Convict is a popular cichlid, and has been swimming around in many of our aquariums. This temperamental cichlid was known to us as Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus. In 2007, Schmitter-Soto revised this species into three different species and even classified it into a new genus. This has caused quite a bit of confusion among many aquarists. I have tried in this video to make it a little clearer, ...
Lake Tanganyika, Natural habitat of Tropheus duboisi
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In this video I would like to show you the habitat of Tropheus duboisi, probably one of the most popular cichlids among Lake Tanganyika cichlid enthusiasts. See how this cichlid lives in its intermediate habitat and how the juveniles in particular forage among the upper wave-washed rocky habitat. Find beautiful examples for an aquarium setup and see which fellow residents T.duboisi mainly lives...
Ghana een land op zijn mooist. "Ghana, a country at its most beautiful."
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I'm thinking of uploading all my videos to my UA-cam channel. In the year 2000 I made one of my first videos about my activities in a country on the continent of Africa. That film was edited for the Dutch Cichlid Association at that time. I titled that video "Ghana, a country at its most beautiful." This movie is in DV quality and can certainly still be interesting for enthusiasts, which is why...
Lake Tanganyika habitat off Aulonocranus dewindti & Callochromis macrops
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Aulonocranus dewindti & Callochromis macrops occur in intermediate habitats of Lake Tanganyika. I filmed these species in the south of the Lake in the vicinity of the village Kasanga. This film gives you an impression of how these species live in their natural habitat. Who the fellow-inhabitants are in their natural habitat. And even a glimpse into their nighttime lives, surrounded by predators...
Neetroplus nematopus, in his natural habitat.
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The Neet short name for Neetroplus nematopus, or his nickname Poor Man’s Tropheus. I filmed Neetroplus nematopus in the North-East of Costa Rica in a number of rivers that have their sources in the Central Mountain Range. In this video you can see the type of habitats in which this beautiful and popular cichlid lives. Furthermore, some information about its breeding behavior and with which othe...
Beautiful Habitats of Zambia (episode 2)
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Zambia has many beautiful habitats, possibly because several major rivers such as the River Congo and the Zambesi have some of their origins in this beautiful country. Not only rivers but also beautiful lakes such as Lake Tanganyika where I filmed Tropheus moorii (Mpulungu) in its natural habitat. Enjoy
Some beautiful habitats of Zambia.
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When I first visited Zambia in 2011, I immediately fell in love with the country. whereupon I visited Zambia again for the following three years. During those trips to Zambia I brought several cichlids into the picture that had not yet been described. Cichlids that have now been described and will pass by in these episodes. With thanks to the well-known ichthyologist John Friel from which I fou...
Amatitlania septemfasciata
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Amatitlania septemfasciata a small cichlid from Costa Rica. Which I found in small streams how drains their water in the Toro river. The Toro river is located just north-west from the village Limon and drains into the Caribbean Sea in its vicinity.
Cribroheros alfari from the San Jose river.
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A video titled "Cribroheros alfari from the San Jose river" With this video I want to give you a look at how a beautiful Cribroheros alfari variant from the San Jose River lives in its natural habitat. And I also hope that you can use these images to create a true-to-life imitation of his habitat in the aquarium. Have fun.
Underwater Habitats, with its inhabitants.
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Some beautiful underwater habitats.
Wave habitat of lake Tanganyika.
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Who among the Lake Tanganyika cichlid lovers has ever dared to mimic a wave habitat of Lake Tanganyika in the aquarium before? A beautiful habitat with many species. If not, and if you still want to take on that challenge, find your inspiration in this video.
Amatitlania sajica a beautiful color variant in their natural habitat.
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A while ago a photo show up of a beautiful color variant of Amatitlania sajica. A favorite cichlid, among many Central American cichlid enthusiasts. When I was near its distribution area, I couldn't resist looking for this beautiful cichlid in its natural habitat. Luckily I found him there, and was even able to capture him on video. From which I edited a small video to share with you. Enjoy.
happy new year 2022
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UA-cam friends, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Neolamprologus tetracanthus, protecting their offspring.
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Neolamprologus tetracanthus, protecting their offspring.
Malapterurus tanganyikaensis Roberts, 2000
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Malapterurus tanganyikaensis Roberts, 2000
Benitochromis nigrodorsalis, from the Moliwe river. "Cameroon"
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Benitochromis nigrodorsalis, from the Moliwe river. "Cameroon"
Orthochromis malagariensis in his natural habitat.
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Orthochromis malagariensis in his natural habitat.
Cribroheros altifrons, in his natural habitat.
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Cribroheros altifrons, in his natural habitat.
In search of the biggest cichlid in the world "Boulengerochromis microlepis"
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In search of the biggest cichlid in the world "Boulengerochromis microlepis"
Lamprologus callipterus, on his shells.
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Lamprologus callipterus, on his shells.
Diving Kasanga, lake Tanganyika Tanzania.
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Diving Kasanga, lake Tanganyika Tanzania.
Clarias gariepinus, Chemka Springs Tanzania.
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Clarias gariepinus, Chemka Springs Tanzania.
The shallow waters of Kasanga Lake Tanganyika
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The shallow waters of Kasanga Lake Tanganyika
Fantastic episode, many of these fish are for sale, but some of them I see for the first time, the view in the natural environment is priceless, great, warm regards
Thanks Krol I am happy you enjoyed the video. Best regards
Can I talk with you as a UA-cam SEO expert?
Thanks sir for your interest. But this is more or less a hobby, and a way to bring some information to the aquarist how some species of cichlids live in their natural habitat. So it is not to make money out of it. Best regards Hans
So, you will not want?
No thanks sir. It would be interesting if I would upload every week a video but I don’t have time for that. Once in a while I will upload a video. So money wise is that not interesting. Sorry but no. Thanks
I understand sir. Thank you very much
Spectacular cichlids!
what an exquisite fish, incredible footage and narration (including your wonderful accent), i can't get enough of your amazing information
Traumhaft schön 😍🥰
Danke.
mooi Hans !!!
Dankjewel, fijn dat je er van genoten hebt.
Prachtige beelden ! Dank voor het delen en de informatie.
Dankjewel Stijn.
Lake???? Damn. It look like a beach.
Wooow beatufuil
@@sergiocorrea1235 Thanks Sergio.
Thanks, the shallow waters in your film are landscapes similar to my aquarium :)
@@wkunique thanks WK, yes there are many samples in my videos. One of my reasons to bring these videos to your house room. And I am happy you used them.👍
Beautiful footage, thank you for sharing. We need some C.Foae too :)
Thanks Foai, Foae is in the planning as well.
I always look forward to your videos. I'm living through your content until I can make it out to the lake myself someday. Thank you for your time and work!
Thank you Bil for your compliment and I hope your wish comes true someday.
As always a nice and informative video! I love your accent! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Bjorn for your nice comments.
As always, high-quality video footage of cichlids and a lot of useful information. Great job!
Thanks Denis, I am happy you enjoyed the video.
spanish plese sub 😭
thank you for this video from germany!
bitte schön danke schön
Great Video!
Thanks
Anybody know why it looks so dirty on satellite?
Beautiful! I keeping similar species for past 16 years, Cribroheros Rostratus, got it group from Jeff Rapps many moons ago.
amazing footage, thank you!
I am happy you enjoyed it, thanks for the compliment.
Lovely little cichlids. Their habitats seem to be the barren rocky areas, almost desert looking, without any greeneries to hide from predators.
Yes they are. They breed in colonies and are therefore strong together against predators. Thanks for your nice comment.
Thank you for sharing this piece of paradise! 😍
Thanks Becket, fine you enjoyed it.
REistips? Welk hotel etc.?
From Dare-salaam you fly to Sumbawanga where you can book several hotels Countrie hotel contact and make reservation by Liemba beach resort how will arrange transportation aswell. Liemba beach resort contact information you find on internet. Have fun
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Is that a cyprochromis at 0:50? Amazing looking fish.
Some truly beautiful fish. I was interested to see a Pandanus species growing along the edges of the rivers and streams. I did not realise Pandanus occurred in Zambia. The oldest specimens grow tall, looking a little in shape like Christmas Tree. The related species in Madagascar are known as Coniferoid Pandanus, because of the symmetrical/conifer like shape. As they grow taller the leaves reduce in size. There are separate male and female plants in Pandanus. It could be that the tallest in your video are male plants. Most Pandanus are wind pollinated so the taller males would have the advantage of distributing their clouds of dust like pollen far and wide on the wind.
Awesome footage! What is that invasive submerged plant (14:25)? Thank you! Subscribed.
Thanks for your comment, that aquatic invasive plant is Hydrilla verticillata. I found them in several rivers in CR.
@@cichlidsinthewild Thank you very much. I keep biotope aquariums and have a set up based on the San Carlos River basin in CR.
It's a privilege to see footage of the Moliwe River. The two dwarf cichlid species you show are so beautiful and interesting to keep and breed. It surprises me that the river appears surprisingly somewhat poor in its makeup, is very sandy, with little plants and fairly poor visibility; everything is covered in muck. It is well documented that in the last 20 years the area around the river has been transformed to palm oil. I wonder how the river has changed, how the underwater shots would have been different when it had more of a canopy over it. Love your video. What i would give to have gone there!
Thanks DW, yes that problem you see everywhere. In Costa Rica the same along the banana plantation’s the removed the low vegetation so the rainwater has a free play with the soil. But anyhow I have seen it wurse. I still have a longer movie from Ghana and Cameroon how I also will place on my account. In that movie you will see match more of this beautiful river and many more rivers around the country. Best regards and thanks again for your positive comment. 👍
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Brilliant footage and information. Thank you!
Thanks Fishtory for your compliment, and good to hear you enjoyed the video.👍
really nice video no matter the conditions of the water. Thank you for sharing.
Respect you from Türkiye with love🤝
Thanks social campus 👍
It was a great video! Good editing and interesting biotopes for filming Neotropical cichlids.
Thanks Denis.👍
Amazing as usual. I think I spot parachromis dovii in the first half of the video
Thanks AMX yes you did indeed spot P. dovi.
@@cichlidsinthewild do you have videos documented on p.dovii
Great work. Thanks
What a terrific summary of a fascinating species, the one that introduced me to cichlid breeding. Are the color morphs that were seen in the hobby years ago such as Kongo, calico and Honduran red point seen anywhere in habitat? I have a 15-year-old video of my Honduran red points on my channel. Congratulations on getting to explore Costa rica, the fish and the plants and with excellent narration and the music at 36 minutes was punctuation.
The former two to my knowledge have not been found in the wild. The "honduran red point" variant was collected in 1989. In my own personal research and experimentation I have found that the gene that makes them blue is a polygenic (for the most part recessive) mutation, similar to that found in the electric blue acaras. I believe they happened to find a small population of these recessive blue individuals, not as extreme as they are now, but enough to stand out and be collected, and later be bred into what they are today. This "true" honduran red point was originally collected from the Rio los almendros, which is a tributary of the Rio patuca that runs through the town of Danli (hence where you will see "rio danli" thrown around).
Wonderful video! Enjoyed it from beginning to end! Have you ever encountered any wild specimens of Cribroheros Rythisma in Costa Rica?
Thank you, I only have seen one in the Rio Cocotis typelocatie of C. Rythisma, but I have seen many in Panama.
Thank you!
What a great piece of work. Just amazing - and I’m only 15 minutes into this video. 😃👌
Thanks Kasper, hopefully you enjoyed the full video.
@@cichlidsinthewild I most certainly did, and took the liberty to share it on a national aquarium page on Facebook. I will be looking into more of your videos here on UA-cam.
Thanks there is a lot of inspiration to find for aquarist’s to mimic a beautiful habitat. And that’s my intention with this channel.
Hi Hans! You did a wonderful report on the species of the Amatitlania genus! Of course, wild specimens are spectacular in their native habitats. Happy Sunday
Thanks allot Marco. I am happy you enjoyed the video.😊
Beautiful and very insightful video! Thank you 🙏 Is there a name of the small tributary where you find the breeding pair if of A. Myrnae? At 38:10
Thank you for your nice comment. That location is stil in the Rio Cocotis, just a site pool. This location is the type locality of A. myrnae but more of this species in an other video.
@@cichlidsinthewildThat's very interesting! I'm very interested in that video, since I'm building a biotope around the A. Myrnae. Is that video in making, and not released, or somewhere else on the web I haven't found?
@@dnbiotopesto edit a video of A. Myrnae is on my list. But the habitat of A.myrnae is the same as the habitat of the convict out of the Rio Cocotis. But in the near future I will make a video of A.myrnae
Do you have any data on the Rio Cocotis, by the way?
If you mean waterparameters, no I don’t.
This is fantastic and so enjoyable to watch. One thing would've been useful, which is the water parameters in each location, TDS, temperature and pH. I'm not complaining though because this video was so good.
Thanks Matt, I am happy you enjoyed the video.
You do for this world really a lot! Thank you.
Yes AZ there is a lot of work in a video like this, but feels good with all this nice comments. And I hope people will find inspiration for setting up their aquarium. Thank you aswell.
I don't even really care about cichlids but the way you present them and their environment is somehow fascinating. Just the right amount of geographical info and local quadcopter establishing shots to really make the detailed underwater stuff feel like part of a unique place. And that's not even mentioning the beautiful underwater video.
Wow nice comment, thanks allot. Feels good after 3 months of work.
Gonatodes albogularis
Thank you! 😍
you are an invaluable resource Hans
Thanks Twas, I hope with this video that the aquarists will find inspiration to mimic a beautiful habitat for their beloved cichlids.
amazing footage. 👏👌👌
Thanks, 🙏
Great info and video, which i will watch completely soon.
Thanks Erik. I hope you will enjoy it.
The diversity is amazing. I had never heard of "scale eaters" before.
What is the temperature of the water at depth? *Why do African cichlids need warm water if they swim at a depth of several hundred meters?!*
At Wikipedia you find your answer. Check Lake Tanganyika, Water characteristics. The water temperature is at that depth nearly the same. Below 150 meter is no oxygen in the water and therefore no fish check Wikipedia