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The Guanajuato River north of Irapuato. Here there were still fairly healthy stocks of Xenotoca variata and Goodea atripinnis. An exception in this area ...

Survey of the population of some Allotoca species in February

28.04.2017 - 16:51

In February 2017 I was traveling with Erwin Radax from the 1. Wiener Neustädter Aquarium and Terrarium Association and a friend from England in the Mexican states of...

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Scleromystax macropterus, by Ingo Seidel

Final report first year Mata Atlantica

31.03.2017 - 09:16

Year-end report of the conservation project "Mata Atlántica" of the ÖVVÖ

In March 2016, the ÖVVÖ started the first conservation breeding project. After we were able to procure catfish of...

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Erik Schiller

Conservation projects - lectures

14.03.2017 - 12:29

In order to promote our conservation breeding projects outside the ÖVVÖ, I am always on the road with lectures. In January, for example, at the...

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Group of young Allotoca zacapuensis

First Allotoca go to Hungary

12.02.2017 - 20:55

As the cold weather and the...

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Scleromystax prionotos

Report No. 2 Scleromystax - Roman Lechner

26.01.2017 - 09:10

Scleromystax sp. C112

On the evening of 14.11.16 I discovered many large (>2mm) eggs in the S. sp. C112 aquarium. Interestingly, they were not...

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ÖVVÖ Conservation Projects

News - Another project participant, breeding successes

25.01.2017 - 12:03

With Wolfgang Heinrichs, the project has gained another experienced and committed aquarist. He takes care of the existing pair of Scleromystax kronei from the project.

The pair has...

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Winners of the auction

Calendar auction for conservation projects

15.12.2016 - 13:15

On 10 December 2016, the Christmas party of the Aquarienfreunde Tirol took place. A calendar was auctioned off. The proceeds of 160€ will go to the conservation breeding projects. 80€ for each of...

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ÖVVÖ Conservation Projects

Report Scleromystax - Roman Lechner

24.10.2016 - 14:41

Scleromystax sp. C112:
After the two females of the S. sp. C112 had gained quite a bit of body weight and were full of eggs, I put the three animals into a...

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C113 - Larva

Scleromystax sp. "C113" - Manuel Harringer

22.10.2016 - 21:31

The further care of the animals has gone without an issue so far. On 20.6. the animals spawned for the first time, there were only a few eggs and these were widely scattered, the next day the eggs...

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Laguna Zacapu

Start of the conservation project Allotoca – Mesa Central

27.09.2016 - 23:08

None at the end of September 2016, the second conservation project of the OEVVOE has started: Allotoca - Mesa Central. At present the first members have been added to the project and...

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