Cichlid River: Orinoco cichlids in nature (Satanoperca, Hypselecara, Cichla, Heros, Crenicichla etc)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @markthomas3730
    @markthomas3730 Год назад +3

    Finally ! a professional Channel covering this region/topic. thank you

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @JohnCrute-q4b
      @JohnCrute-q4b 3 месяца назад

      ​@@belowwater I support Kamala Harris.did you know 3spot blue gourami and opaline gourami are democratfish🔵.) festivum cichlids are their rivals they are republican🚩

  • @MakoyUnggoy
    @MakoyUnggoy Год назад +13

    You already know it's going to be a good video if cichlids are the main feature!

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      Yes, cichlids always get lots of views on the channel.

  • @jorg8564
    @jorg8564 Год назад +1

    Hallo Oliver, ich bin per Zufall auf Deinen Kanal gestoßen und begeistert :-) tolle Videos und detaillierte Informationen! Viele Grüße nach Kanada aus Düsseldorf, Jörg

  • @AndrBo66
    @AndrBo66 Год назад +4

    Danke für die interessanten Eindrücke, tolle Aufnahmen.

  • @Gilsfishroom
    @Gilsfishroom Год назад +5

    Another great video. I had to rewind a couple of times to see the Chocolate Cichlids.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      yes, it is a bit far away, I have some more close up footage somewhere, will show that eventually!

  • @callenclarke371
    @callenclarke371 Год назад +12

    Excellent content. Informative, accurate, authentic. No cichlid-lover should miss this channel. Well done.

  • @snerg64
    @snerg64 Год назад +5

    This is one fantastic and informative video. Thank you so much. Simply beautiful, seeing is believing, it gives so much more info about the natural habitat than stuff found on so many dedicated websites and forums. No bias, pure natural environment moving in front of one's eyes.
    Btw. I am still after your books here in the UK. Hope to see the website functional in this regard soon. All the best with the projects you are involved with. I'm always hungry for more, take care.

  • @kaiturefalls
    @kaiturefalls Год назад +2

    What a beautiful video. I am very familiar with the Orinoco river for I was born in Guyana. Now I have three tanks with nothing but cichlids. Started out with just 10 convicts in a 40 gallon, then went up to a 55, and now a 90 gallon. Soon I will have to start looking for a bigger tank.

  • @TheBobRick
    @TheBobRick Год назад +3

    Please make more of these. I love the super HD up close shots of the fish in their natural environment. Amazing.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      thank you. There will be a several RIo Xingu videos coming soon.

  • @Michael98721
    @Michael98721 Год назад +1

    Good to see some rivers that haven't been wrecked with dams!
    Great video!

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +2

      This one is too small, thankfully.

  • @thomascallaghan5988
    @thomascallaghan5988 Год назад +4

    Once again an other masterpiece
    ,great work sir. Thank you for your precious time.kindest regards tam 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

  • @rpliegos
    @rpliegos Год назад +4

    I loved your new video, it is awesome to see our favorite cichlids in their natural habitat and how they co-exist with each other!

  • @uncleknife9887
    @uncleknife9887 Год назад +2

    Fascinating!
    God Bless You for sharing it w/the world.

  • @CHWildlife08
    @CHWildlife08 Год назад +3

    Awsome video 👋👋👋 Loved the pikes and orinos the most

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      Make sure to check out the pike cichlid videos in the description.

    • @CHWildlife08
      @CHWildlife08 Год назад

      @@belowwater That is my first comment but I seen some videos of you alredy. Love the temensis and black wolf fish aswell. It is funny how sometimes you mix fish in your aquarium and appears this is how they live in nature. I remeber I had sp. Venezuela and an Orinoco together plus a wolf fish and they were quite fine together.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      @Chbr Nature Videos great to hear. Yes, as long as they are the same size it can work quite well. Especially if the cichlids are not in pairs. Those _Crenicichla_ get out of control when they are paired up....

  • @michaela-be4le
    @michaela-be4le Год назад +23

    You have introduced me to more species than all of my other subscriptions combined....just amazing 😉

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +2

      Thank you, that is great to hear!

  • @toddwelch1616
    @toddwelch1616 Год назад +3

    great video as usual Oliver! thanks for all the scape inspiration! You really have made me a much better aquarist!

  • @jimt5683
    @jimt5683 Год назад +3

    Amazing. I wish you can travel the world's and do freshwater fish species in there natural habitat and show us here on RUclips!

  • @andrewsager7928
    @andrewsager7928 Год назад +5

    Another great video Oliver. 👍👍 Seeing these fish in their natural habitat really can take fish keeping to a whole new level. Looking forward to the new website.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      yes, soon. Likely with the new book.

  • @guy8646
    @guy8646 Год назад +3

    Awesome video. I love these. It’s amazing to see the natural habitat.

  • @SirTenoch
    @SirTenoch Год назад +1

    I honestly can't get enough of these videos!!!! They are so inspirational!!!

  • @toddratson7526
    @toddratson7526 Год назад +3

    I really love to see these fish in their native environment as I think it is an important part of conservation for both the fish and their environment. As I keep many of these species myself I would love to see the addition of temperature, pH and TDS of each location. Thank you for documenting and sharing this information. Cheers from Canada.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      I don't bring test kits anymore, to be honest i think measurements taken in peak dry season have not much relevance. The water is always really soft, the pH in these clear water rivers is around 6.0 (6.2 in this case, we did measure), temperature 26C. In the rainy season those values will be very different. They are often lower (because more organics and leaf litter is in the river, flooded out of the forest).

  • @mikeyb5612
    @mikeyb5612 Год назад +1

    amazing video and narration thank you. It was so cool seeing some of the fish I keep and know in that setting.

  • @formercityboy9772
    @formercityboy9772 Год назад

    so much info in one video. need to watch for a second time later. thank you for putting up this.

  • @faiq_000
    @faiq_000 Год назад +2

    Absolutely love every video you share.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      thank you so much, as the channel continues to grow it is nice to have positive feedback!

  • @kevincollis2172
    @kevincollis2172 Год назад +2

    Amazing video and description of these fish in their environments. Makes me want to keep Severus again!

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      IT would be interesting to try Hoplarchus, Mesonauta, Heros, Aequidens, Hypselecara and Satanoperca in the same tank. It would have to be at least 3m/10ft

  • @jacekpalacki771
    @jacekpalacki771 Год назад +1

    Very good job !!!👍

  • @oscardean6351
    @oscardean6351 Год назад +3

    This Is lovely, seeing many of the fish I keep in their natural environment and seeing how community fish really do live in communities much like they do in our tanks 👍☹️

  • @klausoxen6597
    @klausoxen6597 Год назад

    Many thank's for sharing ,Oliver 👍

  • @ghyeoh76
    @ghyeoh76 Год назад +2

    Great underwater adventure

  • @Snakesheds
    @Snakesheds Год назад

    Great video Oliver! I'll be going through all of the videos

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      thank you. I can use the views - the robot that runs things will love that.

  • @arcilafish
    @arcilafish Год назад +1

    Amazing video! Lots of information!

  • @hoefnerfishing
    @hoefnerfishing Год назад +1

    Really nice video again!
    What is the second Satanoperca species there?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      It is an undescribed species i would think, it is similar to _S.mapritensis_ , i think there is a few seconds in our "3 dwarf cichlids video" ruclips.net/video/JoPql4CGU-g/видео.html , the Orinoco Delta video (mentioned in the description) shows the real _S.mapiritensis_ .

  • @mhammers100
    @mhammers100 Год назад

    Great video with great information. Thank you for that!

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      Thank you, nice to get a lot of feedback on this one.

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown8998 Год назад

    Way cool. Love the clear video. I want to take up scuba diving.

  • @dutchaquariumzone9492
    @dutchaquariumzone9492 Год назад

    Wow, great one. One of the best in the wild i seen.

  • @Gabriel-qh5yv
    @Gabriel-qh5yv Год назад

    Really nice video ... always you guys you surprise me with beautiful videos to watch 🙂

  • @miagardiner7025
    @miagardiner7025 Год назад

    Asolutly love these nataural abitate vidios. So informative. Thank you for sharing.

  • @shayandevi9870
    @shayandevi9870 Год назад

    Your videos are fascinating ! This is exactly the kind of content I'm looking for to create my community thank of apistogrammas ! I still have a lot of research ahead of me to create something realistic that my future fish will thrive in ! Thank you so much ! Can we find your book in French ?

  • @creightonfreeman8059
    @creightonfreeman8059 Год назад

    This reminds me of the old Herbert Axelrod publications only in video form. Bravo!

  • @konliner9286
    @konliner9286 Год назад

    Thanks for making these videos.

  • @azaquarium123
    @azaquarium123 Год назад

    Amazing, I love seeing the Festivums in their natural habitat.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      yes, really underrated fish.

    • @azaquarium123
      @azaquarium123 Год назад

      @@belowwater I found some at my local shop and I bought all six of them. in quarantine for the past 4 weeks, moving them to a 40 gallon next as they grow just need to set it up.

  • @mizukara
    @mizukara Год назад

    love it. informative to fish lover who is love natural habitat style.

  • @australianbiotopes4563
    @australianbiotopes4563 Год назад

    Very Nice! Thanks for sharing 🙂

  • @imrichdo
    @imrichdo Год назад

    Very nice and valuable underwater shots. What underwater camera did you use?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      All different ones, this older stuff shot in high resolution is filmed with a Canon 1Dx II or Canon 1Dx

    • @imrichdo
      @imrichdo Год назад

      @@belowwater superb

  • @WorldAquariumSingapore
    @WorldAquariumSingapore Год назад +1

    Wow super video there cheers

  • @llorakbretz
    @llorakbretz Год назад

    yay just comment guys, natural channel and i love it

  • @hus4781
    @hus4781 Год назад

    Looking forward to the new website as I have been trying to find the Amazon below water book for quite a while

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      yes, soon. the new book will be available then also. I have around 300 Rio Xingu videos i have been holding back to launch with the new book...

  • @aquarius9224
    @aquarius9224 Год назад

    Hallo, sehr wertvolles Video für Biotop Aquaristen. Hätten Sie vielleicht einen Tipp für mich? Mich würde sehr das Biotop des Serrasalmus rhombeus (Schwarzer Piranha) der im Orinoco, Amazonas und Surinam vorkommt. Wie sieht es da mit den Wasserwerten aus, bezüglich der Leitfähigkeit und dem pH Wert? Evtl. Gesamt - und Karbonathärte? Wo bekomme ich diesbezüglich solchen genauen Informationen? Vielen Dank im voraus!

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      Wir machen bald den Teil 2 von unserem Piranha Video, aber im Teil 1. ist das Biotop von Pygocentrus cariba, da sind auch S.rhombeus dazwischen, aber natürlich als Einzelgänger. Die Biotope in unserem Baryancistrus xanthellus Video, am Rio Xingu sind genauso ein Vorkommensgebiet der rhombeus. Die Art ist weit verbreitet, und dementsprechend sind die Wasserwerte sehr unterschiedlich je nachdem wo die Tiere herkommen. Generell, mit pH 6.5 und weichem Wasser ist man gut beraten. Wir messen alle immer nur in der Trockenzeit, die Wasserwerte in den Tropen sind aber genauso dynamisch wie bei uns auf der Nordhalbkugel, ich würde daher nicht so sehr darauf achten genau welche Werte jetzt einmal in einem Biotop gemessen wurden. Mein Teich ist momentan 4C und pH5. Wenn ich den dann nach der Schneeschmelze im April/Mai messe wird der wärmer sein und weicheres Wasser, aber einen höheren pH Wert aufweisen. Im JG Shedd Aquarium in Chicago haben sie S.rhombeus nachgezüchtet, im ganz normalen weichen, leicht sauren Wasser, ich denke eher, daß großvolumige Wasserwechsel da den Unterschied gemacht haben.

  • @svenw-u3f
    @svenw-u3f Год назад

    loved and shared

  • @drockingfish
    @drockingfish Год назад

    Awesome! Loved these!! Keep them coming!

  • @dariuszkarczynski7142
    @dariuszkarczynski7142 Год назад

    Great video. Thank you. Good work.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      Thanks for watching!

    • @dariuszkarczynski7142
      @dariuszkarczynski7142 Год назад

      @@belowwater My pleasure, but I prefer to swim underwater in the rivers, streams and cannels.

  • @markoilic8628
    @markoilic8628 Год назад

    Fantastic content!!! Thank you!

  • @zemunusrcu3805
    @zemunusrcu3805 Год назад

    Thx for this great video.

  • @fredrikhultgren4136
    @fredrikhultgren4136 Год назад

    Fantastic work👍

  • @TMKAquarist
    @TMKAquarist Год назад

    Such a great video!

  • @zekethefishgeek8690
    @zekethefishgeek8690 Год назад

    I like this alot... still looking for juvenile Black Arowana in their natural habitat as well as the Gulper Catfish...

  • @theseaworldd
    @theseaworldd Год назад +1

    Very informative 👏

  • @roten2902
    @roten2902 Год назад

    ich sehe es immer wieder gerne...😉👍👍👍

  • @oinaw
    @oinaw Год назад

    very interesting to see the natural habitats of fish, i'd love to see more corydoras :D

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      there should be at least 10 Corydoras videos on the channel, but there will be a second "10 nice Corydoras" - Part 2 coming soon.

    • @oinaw
      @oinaw Год назад

      @@belowwater 10 videos are not nearly enough :) looking forward to part 2!

  • @CowboyTed
    @CowboyTed Год назад +1

    Great vid son!

  • @adammoran1057
    @adammoran1057 Год назад

    Very cool channel love the videos

  • @chisaquaticvibe6524
    @chisaquaticvibe6524 Год назад

    Fish are amazing!

  • @NielsO-t3v
    @NielsO-t3v 10 месяцев назад

    What would the temperature be in these rivers troughout the year?
    Is it colder in the rainy season, and by how much?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  10 месяцев назад

      I have not been to this place in the rainy season, the temperature in the river will be lower, but a lot of those fish migrate out into the flooded Llanos plains at that time. During filming this was at 26C/76F, but you can find the same fish in a huge spread of different temperatures from the low 20s to the low 30s Celsius.

    • @NielsO-t3v
      @NielsO-t3v 10 месяцев назад

      @@belowwater do you think species like satanoperca, hoplarchus, hypselecara in the aquarium should be fine with temps as low as 23-24 degrees celsius in the winter? As long as it gets hotter in the summer?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  10 месяцев назад

      @@NielsO-t3v it is ok, but i find they do not do well longterm in those temperatures, in nature it is very different, the pathenogenic load is a lot lower. So if you keep the fish outside the "normal" range make sure to keep up water changes and maybe add UV.

    • @NielsO-t3v
      @NielsO-t3v 10 месяцев назад

      @@belowwater ah yes, understandable. They would probably be more prone to sickness at lower temps.
      24-25 for the winter might be better in tanks then. And higher in summer ofcourse.

  • @theseaworldd
    @theseaworldd Год назад +1

    Beautiful 😍

  • @alkgugl8925
    @alkgugl8925 Год назад

    Спасибо за интереснейшее видео из дикой природы. Держу около 3 лет группу рыб Satanoperca daemon из 4 особей,пойманых молодыми в дикой природе. Стараюсь максимально приблизится в содержании к их биотопу.
    Нехватвет информации по их рациону, если вы можете поделится особенностями их питания был бы очень этому рад.
    Ещё раз большое вам спасибо за эту работу.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      A question regarding their diet in the wild: i think most of the cichlids that dig in the substrate you would get a diet of detritus/sediment, insect larvae/crustaceans, algae. Those percentages will vary a lot depending on the habitat and season. I don't think it is that essential in feeding our fish, but remember that when fish feed in nature like this they pick up a lot of fine sand and also the bacterial mass that holds together the surface layer. in an aquarium that is not the case. - sorry i hope this helps, i did not trust the translation program on this....

    • @alkgugl8925
      @alkgugl8925 Год назад

      ​@@belowwater спасибо я все понял

  • @vitaliyvyntu4566
    @vitaliyvyntu4566 Год назад +1

    Very interesting

  • @Nansen1981
    @Nansen1981 Год назад

    Great video thankyou.

  • @mgrootjans7051
    @mgrootjans7051 Год назад

    Are there also corydoras in that area?

  • @briancole1950
    @briancole1950 Год назад

    excellant!

  • @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn
    @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Год назад +1

    Great video! 🙂👍
    This is the type of footage I was hoping to see on pay TV, my main reason for getting it. Got sick of Whales, Dolphins, Seals and Penguins, cancelled the subscription!

  • @13souldigger
    @13souldigger Год назад

    Great chanel 👍

  • @Vf1100
    @Vf1100 Год назад

    What is the ph in the river before the rains?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      6.2 when i measured this time. I think that is a good average for these clear water streams.

  • @Jerry4baker
    @Jerry4baker Год назад +2

    I want some of those Orinoco dwarf pike cichlids

  • @jdssurf
    @jdssurf Год назад +1

    amazing, would do anything to go dive there

  • @stevenbisset8717
    @stevenbisset8717 Год назад

    love this

  • @coolwater411
    @coolwater411 Год назад

    Can you do a natural habitat on ( Sundadanio rubellus
    "Neon Red Rasbora")?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      no, i have never been there

    • @coolwater411
      @coolwater411 Год назад

      @@belowwater can you go their with your crew?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      @@coolwater411 that would cost way too much money. It is just a bllackwater swamp with riparian plants, you would find Boraras maculatus, Betta coccina, Chanda filamentosa etc. Typical black water fish.

    • @coolwater411
      @coolwater411 Год назад

      @@belowwater u do have a crew right?

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      @@coolwater411 no, for what?

  • @reggiewilliams1176
    @reggiewilliams1176 2 месяца назад

    Great video. I didn't know flag cichlids are supposed to be in large schools.

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  2 месяца назад

      not usually in groups this large, more in small troops of 4-6. There is another video with nice footage ruclips.net/video/GmhkA7GmH5s/видео.html

  • @raskitampati3558
    @raskitampati3558 Год назад +1

    Wow ❤❤

  • @Tucompamark
    @Tucompamark Год назад

    Thank you bro

  • @SurousvadeeKuibumroong
    @SurousvadeeKuibumroong Год назад

    exciting😱

  • @cmn8352
    @cmn8352 Год назад +1

    ❤️❤️🔥🔥

  • @pmaldonado100
    @pmaldonado100 Год назад +1

    ❤👏👏👏👏

  • @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030
    @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Год назад

    fascinatin

  • @abubbleoff1742
    @abubbleoff1742 Год назад

    I just hope they protect these water ways

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад

      There is not much there, the place is too dynamic (floods in rainy season) to plant anything, and there is not much top soil. As you can see in the beginning of the video, there is not a lot of trees to cut either, so I think most of this region is quite safe. The western Llanos region now has some palm oil creeping in, but it is not like the ecological disasters elsewhere.

  • @parceroo
    @parceroo 8 месяцев назад

    thanks for sharing, I also have some videos from some rivers of Colombia, please take a look

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  8 месяцев назад

      I will check it out

  • @icanseeyouallfromuphere
    @icanseeyouallfromuphere Год назад

    Your videos are excellent, i am always going on about aquarium trade tanks are extremely undersized, for some size tanks, any fish, anything less than a 4' tank for a pair of Apistogramma alone is not right in factual relation to natural habitat !

    • @belowwater
      @belowwater  Год назад +1

      yes, a lot of fish behave much more natural when they have enough space.

  • @IgrejaBrasilBendito8193
    @IgrejaBrasilBendito8193 4 месяца назад

    IGREJA BRASIL BENDITO
    💚 🤍 💛 💙-

  • @chuckarooful
    @chuckarooful Год назад

    That commentary is intolerable, sorry

  • @JohnCrute-q4b
    @JohnCrute-q4b 3 месяца назад

    I have a male 3spot blue gourami🔵 and Female opaline gourami🔵 these are democratfish. Festivum cichlids are the rivals of my gourami they are republican🚩