Madagascar, East and South Africa Biotopes

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Madagascar, East and South Africa Biotopes

This playlist takes you to the fascinating freshwater biotopes of Madagascar, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. The videos feature stunning footage shot in pristine nature, showcasing the diversity and beauty of these unique ecosystems. You’ll get a glimpse into clear rivers, lakes and streams that are home to a wealth of native fish and plants.

With attention to detail, the videos show the natural habitats of special species, including endemic fish found nowhere else in the world. The biotopes reflect the unique characteristics of these regions, such as the crystal clear waters of Namibia or the densely forested rivers of Madagascar. Every shot emphasizes the harmony and biodiversity that make these areas so special.

This playlist offers a valuable insight into the natural beauty of Southern Africa and Madagascar. Ideal for nature lovers, aquarium enthusiasts and anyone who wants to learn more about these special regions.

Alcolapia latilabris , A. ndalalani , Alcolapia alcalica - Natron soda cichlids NEW CICHLID 07/08

Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline bodies of water in the world, but in the springs along the lake's shore, extreme tolerant soda cichlids survive. Come see ...the natural habitat of Alcolapia latilabris , Alcolapia ndalalani and Alcolapia alcalica - in one of the most unique places cichlids are found. These cichlids are among the most heat tolerant of all fishes, living in water so alkaline that it would kill nearly any other fish species.

Japanese Version: https://youtu.be/m8dzuDJh53k

Chapters Index:
00:00 Introduction Lake Natron
00:45 The Alcolapia habitat location
01:44 the most remote places with cichlids
02:06 Alcolapia in the springs of Lake Natron habitat
02:48 Alcolapia alcalica in nature
03:15 Alcolapia latilabris in nature
04:38 Alcolapia ndalalani in nature
05:51 mouthbrooding cichlids spawning in nature
06:49 Alcolapia in the aquarium
07:25 Conservation of freshwater fishes

To download our paper on Alcolapia and Lake Natron:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/6/623/htm

New CICHLID SERIES:

17 Aequidens paloemeuensis -
12-16 Lake Mweru cichlids - https://youtu.be/WlIkhpG5DpA
11 Haplochromis spec. Bokou - https://youtu.be/L-YkU5IynTk
10 Chromidotilapia mamonekenei - https://youtu.be/5suoxFJxHMw
09 Coptodon kottae - https://youtu.be/hj_ypDs-4fs
07-08 Alcolapia latilabris - https://youtu.be/ytJtTA_66gM
05 Haplochromis astatodon - https://youtu.be/nV66IzAmQtk
05 Geophagus spec. Alto Sinu - https://youtu.be/9naZ9KenaC4
04 Nanochromis minor - https://youtu.be/Ea_-IAVrqQ0
03 Thoracochromis callichromus https://youtu.be/p5GXEFgImts
02 Crenicichla tuca https://youtu.be/bX0-Bysxakk
01 Crenicichla hu - https://youtu.be/9naZ9KenaC4

Also check out our other videos of other famous fish in nature:
ORINOCO Aquascape in nature https://youtu.be/TYDrs_9c7C4
DISCUS IN NATURE https://youtu.be/Kn0-ZZPqR7w
GOLD NUGGET PLECO collecting - https://youtu.be/QVWTev_ic_k ( Baryancistrus xanthellus )
PIRANHAS guide - https://youtu.be/pF1pKFAHOcs ( Pygocentrus cariba and others )
CARDINALS in nature - https://youtu.be/hzy7C9PiqvU ( Paracheirodon axelrodi )
APISTOGRAMMA in nature - https://youtu.be/Iob3UtQoHM8 ( Apistogramma alacrina )
CORYDORAS in nature - https://youtu.be/MMsj6H5E4qo ( Corydoras habitat destruction )
STINGRAYS collecting in nature - https://youtu.be/GMOf_G7XkiE ( Potamotrygon motoro )
BLUE RAMS in nature - https://youtu.be/wZYAOhy7N94 ( Mikrogeophagus ramirezi )

Guides:
GEOPHAGUS guide https://youtu.be/xMY9DhgKE6A
NEW TETRAS guide https://youtu.be/Xn3NnI-h8CcShow More

Alcolapia latilabris , A. ndalalani , Alcolapia alcalica - Natron soda cichlids NEW CICHLID 07/08

Alcolapia latilabris , A. ndalalani , Alcolapia alcalica - Natron soda cichlids NEW CICHLID 07/08

Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline bodies of water in the world, ...

Ctenochromis scatebra, a beautiful cichlid from Tanzania

Ctenochromis scatebra, a beautiful cichlid from Tanzania

Chemka Spring in Tanzania is the only known habitat of a beautiful new ...

The Chobe River, Receding Floodwaters July 2017

The Chobe River, Receding Floodwaters July 2017

The floodwaters of the Chobe and Zambezi River start to recede in ...

Labeobarbus nelspruitensis (Chiselmouth) in the Sabie River, South Africa

Labeobarbus nelspruitensis (Chiselmouth) in the Sabie River, South Africa

I observed these IUCN listed Labeobarbus nelspruitensis (Chiselmouth) ...

The Fish of the Karnmelkspruit (Upper Orange River System), South Africa

The Fish of the Karnmelkspruit (Upper Orange River System), South Africa

The Karnmelkspruit a tributary of the Orange River in the Eastern ...

Astatotilapia 'massoko yellow' spawning in wild

Astatotilapia 'massoko yellow' spawning in wild

Astatotilapia 'massoko yellow' spawning in wild, in Lake Massoko ...

African Pike attempt on a Copperfin Barb in the Harubandi Channel, Namibia

African Pike attempt on a Copperfin Barb in the Harubandi Channel, Namibia

An young African Pike (Hepsetus cuvieri) attempts to ambush a ...

Buffalo Springs Tilapia Underwater in Kenya

Buffalo Springs Tilapia Underwater in Kenya

Wild dwarf tilapia (Oreochromis spilurus percivali) in a spring near ...

Labeobarbus codringtonii (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) in the Seboba Rapids, Botswana

Labeobarbus codringtonii (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) in the Seboba Rapids, Botswana

The Upper Zambezi Yellowfish (Labeobarbus codringtonii) in the Chobe ...

Tigerfish in the Seboba Rapids of the Chobe River, Botswana

Tigerfish in the Seboba Rapids of the Chobe River, Botswana

Tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus), Upper Zambezi Labeo (Labeo lunatus) ...

Oreochromis lek on Lake Masoko

Oreochromis lek on Lake Masoko

Male Oreochromis on a lek in Lake Masoko: with a bit of territorial ...

Fish of the Treur River, Olifants River Catchment, South Africa (October 2017)

Fish of the Treur River, Olifants River Catchment, South Africa (October 2017)

A head-water of the Olifants River, the Treur River system near ...

Vaal River, South Africa. Spawning Labeo capensis (Vaal Mudfish)

Vaal River, South Africa. Spawning Labeo capensis (Vaal Mudfish)

The conditions (flows and temperature) in the Vaal River (South ...

Freshwater Ecology of the Kowie River, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Freshwater Ecology of the Kowie River, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

The Kowie River, South Africa (December 2017). Aside for Micropterus ...

Cichlids & wood: Lake Itamba

Cichlids & wood: Lake Itamba

Here you can just see some of the dark blue and brown mature male ...

The fish of Harubandi Channel in the Kwando River Delta, Namibia

The fish of Harubandi Channel in the Kwando River Delta, Namibia

The Harubandi Channel is a part of the Kwando River Delta in the ...

Lake Natron Cichlid fish in the wild (creek with rocks)

Lake Natron Cichlid fish in the wild (creek with rocks)

Three unique cichlid fish species filmed in the wild living together ...

The Battery Creek, Crocodile River Catchment, South Africa

The Battery Creek, Crocodile River Catchment, South Africa

Footage of aquatic habitats and biota in the Battery Creek, a ...

Lake Itamba: cichlids among sponge-encrusted trees

Lake Itamba: cichlids among sponge-encrusted trees

This lake is full of wood, reeds etc and cichlids: Astatotilapia, ...

The fish of the Mvoti River, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

The fish of the Mvoti River, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Freshwater fish of the Mvoti River, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It ...

Extended underwater footage of the Mvoti River

Extended underwater footage of the Mvoti River

This footage was obtained in September 2017 in the Mvoti River, ...

Freshwater Habitats of the Kraai River, South Africa

Freshwater Habitats of the Kraai River, South Africa

The Kraai River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa forms part of the ...

Labeobarbus aeneus (Smallmouth Yellowfish) spawning, Orange River below Vanderkloof Dam.

Labeobarbus aeneus (Smallmouth Yellowfish) spawning, Orange River below Vanderkloof Dam.

The Vanderkloof Dam is a hydro-electric dam on the Orange River. The ...

The aquatic habitat of the Witrivier - Western Cape, South Africa - December 2018.

The aquatic habitat of the Witrivier - Western Cape, South Africa - December 2018.

The Witrivier in Western Cape of South Africa in December 2018. The ...

Lake Chala

Lake Chala

Snorkelling in Lake Chala on the Kenyan/Tanzanian border. The lake is ...

Freshwater ecology of the Wit River (Witrivier), Baviaanskloof - South Africa

Freshwater ecology of the Wit River (Witrivier), Baviaanskloof - South Africa

The Wit River (Witrivier) is a headwater tributary of the Grootrivier ...

BIOTOPE EAU NOIRE BLACKWATER DANS LA NATURE pour POISSON ARC-EN-CIEL DE MADAGASCAR et NEPENTHES 🤩

BIOTOPE EAU NOIRE BLACKWATER DANS LA NATURE pour POISSON ARC-EN-CIEL DE MADAGASCAR et NEPENTHES 🤩

L'acquisition d'un animal doit toujours être un acte réfléchi. Vous ...

Monitoring freshwater fish species in Madagascar

Monitoring freshwater fish species in Madagascar

Charles Fusari talks about some of the work ZSL is doing to save ...

Natron Creek with Rocks

Natron Creek with Rocks

Three dwarf soda lake cichlid (Alcolapia) species in a stream flowing ...

Fishing with children of the Masaai group in Lake Natron.

Fishing with children of the Masaai group in Lake Natron.

The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern, central and ...

Alcolapia alcalica, A. ndalalani and A. latilabris feeding in nature

Alcolapia alcalica, A. ndalalani and A. latilabris feeding in nature

Endangered Alcolapia latilabris, Alcolapia ndalalani and Alcolapia ...

Tilapia Alcalina

Tilapia Alcalina

La dura vita di questo pesce nei laghi con condizioni impossibili alla vita.

Last dive in the Okavango

Last dive in the Okavango

As the weather warms up and the waters recede, there are few places ...

Lake Massoko 4m depth

Lake Massoko 4m depth

Lots of Astatotilapia gathered round a big sunken tree in Lake ...

Something fishy

Something fishy

Visit http://www.earth-touch.com for a closer look at the wonders of ...

Orthochromis sp Igamba

Orthochromis sp Igamba

Orthochromis sp Igamba is a rheophilic cichlid how I captured on video ...

Orthochromis malagariensis in his natural habitat.

Orthochromis malagariensis in his natural habitat.

When I traveled tru out tanzania I captured Orthochromis malagariensis ...

A freshwater survey of ecology in the Lusushwana River, Eswatini.

A freshwater survey of ecology in the Lusushwana River, Eswatini.

The Biodiversity Company completed a survey of the ecology in rivers ...

Clarias gariepinus, Chemka Springs Tanzania.

Clarias gariepinus, Chemka Springs Tanzania.

When I snorkeled early in the morning in te springs (to avoid the ...

The Stripped Robber (Brycinus lateralis) in the Harubandi Channel, Namibia

The Stripped Robber (Brycinus lateralis) in the Harubandi Channel, Namibia

A Stripped Robber (Brycinus lateralis) in the Harubandi Channel, a ...

HAPLOCHROMIS in NATURE! CICHLIDS of Lake CHALA, TANZANIA - a small crater lake

HAPLOCHROMIS in NATURE! CICHLIDS of Lake CHALA, TANZANIA - a small crater lake

On the border of Tanzania and Kenya, a tiny crater lake lies hidden in ...

Cape Rivers

Cape Rivers

In this short clip, I managed to film three different species of ...

Fins in the Fynbos: the hidden struggle of South Africa's freshwater fish

Fins in the Fynbos: the hidden struggle of South Africa's freshwater fish

Glowing redfins swarming among the cobbles, a speckled galaxias ...

Glowing redfins swarming among the cobbles, a speckled galaxias suspended weightless in the bubble line and a pack mottled kurpers lurking silently in the shadows. Wiley eels grin in their ...cavernous lairs as night sets in and their hunt begins. Large cyprinids like the Clanwilliam sandfish migrate great distances upstream to their rocky spawning grounds as the winter floods subside. A hundred years ago our fynbos rivers pulsed with fish life, but sadly those days are now long gone.

Low-lying reaches have been degraded by human activities like agriculture, and fish populations decimated by predatory alien fish. Today, our fynbos rivers are largely devoid of native fish species - a depressing realization given that the majority of these species occur nowhere else on the planet. Our sensitive fynbos fishes are backed into a corner like a wounded boxer losing a fight. They have retracted deep into isolated mountain tributaries which are now their last outposts within vast networks of uninhabitable riverscapes. Nearly all of these species have made their way into the pages of the IUCN’s red data list http://www.iucnredlist.org/, and some are now so rare and isolated that they are literally swimming on the edge of extinction. Again, a depressing prospect, but there may yet be light at the end of this dark tunnel.

In 2012/13, an ambitious conservation project conducted in the Rondegat River in the Cedarberg demonstrated, under the disapproving eyes of its many sceptics, that sections of river can be rehabilitated and cleansed of alien fish. The project was spearheaded by the local conservation authority CapeNature, and monitoring by the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) revealed rapid recolonization by native fishes and aquatic invertebrates from upstream following alien fish eradication. The project showed that a chemical called rotenone can completely eliminate alien fish, without detrimental long-term effects on the rest of the river ecosystem, and thereby give our native species back some room to survive – an aquatic miracle if ever there was one!

Unfortunately though, miracles don’t come cheap. The 2012/13 project which successfully eradicated alien bass from 4 km of stream and rehabilitated riparian habitat cost in excess of R4 million. While several species are desperately in need of this type of intervention, future projects will rest on our ability to acquire the necessary funds – a tough challenge when working to save small, shy aquatic creatures that fall outside of the conservation spotlight. With Fins in the Fynbos I hope to raise the profile of these unique but globally threatened fishes, highlight their struggles and offer a way to invest in their future by supporting badly-needed conservation interventions.

For information on planned rehabilitation projects and how to contribute visit http://www.capenature.co.za/care-for-nature/conservation-in-action/integrated-catchment-management/freshwater-fish-management/ or contact CapeNature Scientific Services at http://www.capenature.co.za/contact-us/scientific-services/

For further information on the Rondegat River rehabilitation project visit http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/quest/articles/P11-13.Rivers_LeonneAdams.pdf, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2014.914924?journalCode=ufsh20#.VdSOtvmqqko, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/16085914.2014.984651#.VdSO3_mqqko or contact Prof Olaf Weyl (principal scientist at SAIAB) at http://www.saiab.ac.za/professor-olaf-weyl.htm

For more information about our unique but troubled fynbos fishes visit http://www.nisc.co.za/products/49/books/swimming-on-the-edge-of-extinction-the-perilous-state-of-the-indigenous-freshwater-fish-of-the-western-capeShow More

LAKE VICTORIA UNDERWATER - LUKUBA ISLAND

LAKE VICTORIA UNDERWATER - LUKUBA ISLAND

Lake Victoria underwater - Lukuba Island and Kibuyi

Diving in Lake Victoria in Homestead, Gopro Hero 3

Diving in Lake Victoria in Homestead, Gopro Hero 3

Lake Rukwa

Lake Rukwa

Lake Rukwa is one of the most remote lakes in Tanzania, located in the ...

Chemka Hot Springs underwater fauna.

Chemka Hot Springs underwater fauna.

Chemka Hot Springs, een oase van geothermisch warm water dat uit de ...

Haplochromis vanheusdeni

Haplochromis vanheusdeni

In this small video I added some shots how I took in my aquarium.

Haplochromis vanheusdeni

Haplochromis vanheusdeni

A small cichlid how I rediscovered and brought in the hobby.

kapuma falls of the River Mutoloshi

kapuma falls of the River Mutoloshi

When I traveled to Zambia for one of my fish trips I visited the ...

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Since I bought my first second-hand aquarium when I was twelve, I have always had one or more aquariums. I even converted a garage into a breeding room where I had 50 aquariums containing around 10,000 liters of water. At the moment, I have two aquariums: a 1,250-liter Tanganyika aquarium and a 250-liter community aquarium with plants. For the past 10 years, I have been working on this website as a writer and photographer.

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