trip to Suriname

[cageman]

hello,

I'm planning a trip to Suriname.
any suggestions where to go for apistogramma's or other dwarf cichlids?

I know Ap.steindachneri is native to this country but are there any other species over there?

is there anyone who maybe has photo's of the Suriname steindachneri.
my books only show other catching places(romer, koslowski and the new datz)

greetings,

Wouter

 

[Mike Wise]

Jeff Cardwell & Alf Stahlsberg both collected A. steindachneri in Surinam this year. They look much like the form from Guyana. The only other apisto known to come from Surinam is A. ortmanni. Nannacara anomala also comes from Surinam. I highly recommend finding a copy of Kullander & Nijssen's book "The Cichlids of Surinam". It is filled with a wealth of collecting information on all of the cichlids in Surinam.

 

[cageman]

thnx mike, I'll order it tomorrow!
excellent reading material I think.

 

[apistobob]

If you have any trouble finding the book you can order it from Amazon here

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9004090770/montanaexotic-20

 

[cageman]

thnx Bob. if my local bookstore lets me down (which rarely happens:wink: )
I'll have a look there.

 

[Fabien]

Hi, I use to collect in Surinam where it's easy to catch A. steindachneri (the typical form and an other with a truncated caudal fin), Nannacara anomala and other interesting Cichlids species (like Crenicichla spp., Geophagus spp...). To catch A. ortmanni, who have to spend a very long time on the nasty road to Apoera (Corantijn river system).

If you go to Albina, it's easy to take Nannacara aureocephalus in French Guyana.

Fabien

 

[Zapisto]

Hi, I use to collect in Surinam where it's easy to catch A. steindachneri (the typical form and an other with a truncated caudal fin), Nannacara anomala and other interesting Cichlids species (like Crenicichla spp., Geophagus spp...). To catch A. ortmanni, who have to spend a very long time on the nasty road to Apoera (Corantijn river system).

If you go to Albina, it's easy to take Nannacara aureocephalus in French Guyana.

Fabien

hi fabian,

is it quite there ?
i remember 15 years ago when i was there , was a really mess with the civil war.
is it safer now ?

 

[Fabien]

Hi Zapisto,

Yes, it's safer now.
You just must be careful like in all the trip in such countries.

Some of the fishes caught in Surinam:

http://www.agaankoy.com/category.php?cat=63
http://www.agaankoy.com/category.php?cat=113
http://www.agaankoy.com/category.php?cat=103
http://www.agaankoy.com/picture.php?cat=93&image_id=351


Fabien

 

[nightowl1350]

It would be awesome to be able to go catch your own fish for your tank. Good luck if you go for it

 

[cageman]

Yes, it would be VERY okay,... mildly said
However, through sudden changes of 'future plans' I decided not to go :frown: I Really hoped to go but it is just not possible.
In about 4 years there is another trip planned:tongue:
Don't know if this is going to be Surinam.