Heiko Bleher was born on October 18, 1944 in a bunker in the ruins of Frankfurt. It was the fourth son of Ludwig Bleher and Amanda Flora Hilda Kiel. Amanda's father, Adolf Kiel was the famous "Father of Water Plants", a pioneer in the world of modern aquarium who the largest establishment of plants and ornamental fish Frankfurt.
saw his first album at the age of 4 years in an aquarium display his mother in the ruins of Frankfurt Zoo. Later he traveled with her to Africa, and when I was 6 years, throughout Europe collecting plants and fishes.
When he was 7, his mother took him, his brother and sisters for their first game of Disco, an adventurous exploration deep into the "green hell" of the South American jungle. Reached areas inhabited by unknown Indian tribes, some of whom had killed and eaten 4 missionaries shortly. Lived with the natives for 6 months, sampling 60 new aquatic plant species, countless fishes and many other animals. While still a child, Heiko learned to live like the Indians, eating the same food and gathering plants and fish of Mato Grosso. Understood the lifestyle and customs of the fish, and became familiar with the great diversity of fish that exist in the wilderness. He also found the piranha wimpel, although no disk, at least in those days.
After two years, the return of Amanda Bleher with her four children to civilization filled many headlines around the world. In 1959 he decided to settle permanently in Brazil. Heiko was there helped in the construction of a plant nursery and fish farm in the jungle outside Rio
Finding new Apistogramma in a remote tributary of the river Aracá
In 1962 he moved to the U.S., where he enrolled at the University of South Florida, studying at night and learning about fish. Courses in ichthyology, biology, limnology, oceanography, parasitology and other disciplines. During the day he worked at Elsberry Fish Farm, and later in the Gulf Fish Farm. Two years later he returned to Rio to open his own business, Rio Aquarium and start your collecting in Brazil. Opened several facilities in the interior, and others later in other parts of South America. In late 1964 he discovered the species that would get your name Hemigrammus bleheri, the tetra bright red head, which now has become one of the most popular aquarium fish. Also discovered the "Royal Blue" Real, his first new strain of discus and famous in the world today, and many other species.
Heiko few years later explored many areas, still intact, and in 1967 moved his company Aquarium Rio to Germany, returning monthly to Brazil and South America for collection.
He also traveled to the Amazon region 10 times in one year for albums and other species. In the 70 expanded its operations to include Africa, Asia and Oceania (Australia, New Guinea, etc.), And began to give lectures around the world. He made his first film for television Disc, "Expeditionsziel Aquarienfische" with the German ZDF and made many television appearances in several countries.
His first book on the disc was released in 1982 and now has 10 editions. Since then he has published articles in magazines worldwide disk. His first documentary, "Wimpel Piranha" was made in 1983, followed by films of freshwater fish from New Guinea, Australia, Central America and Brazil, and four films on discus in the 90's. Fish Wholesale in Frankfurt until 1997, provided new species providers worldwide, mostly from his own discoveries. Between 1965 and
1997, apart from introducing wild variants fans 'directly or through farmers' had more than 4,000 species of aquarium fish that he had discovered (or rediscovered). This includes the variants such as "Blue headed Heckel (Heckel Blue-headed)," Alenquer "," Red-spotted greens "(green with red spots) of the regions" Coari "and" Japurá "and the famous album" River ICA and rainbow fish Melanotaenia boesemani, M. lacustris and M. praecox (probably one of the ornamental fish specials at this time) as Pterophyllum altum angels, dwarfs as Nanochromis nudiceps and Steatocranus bleheri or Channa bleheri. The fish
attributable to Heiko's explorations are many loricariids (to 800), new Corydoras species, almost countless tetras and dwarf cichlids from West Africa and South American knife fish, puffer fish and flounder. One of his most important discoveries is the freshwater sawfish in 1982 in a remote Australian lake. Because of their contributions to this hobby, Heiko was elected Man of the Year in England in 1993 and subsequently in France. He holds many other titles and has met kings, presidents, ambassadors and senators. What he likes best and where it is at home is in the depths of the jungle, searching for new and rare fish.
In 1992 he founded the quarterly magazine Aqua Aeographia to Aquaprint (Aquapress), a publication dedicated to exclusive and bizarre habitats, expeditions to new uncharted places, endangered species, biology, herpetology, botany , mythology and legend, the beautiful underwater world, and many other related issues.
is the executive director of the scientific journal aqua, and still finds time to write numerous articles. Has over 15 years working in a forthcoming book in which the fish is fresh and salt water. The lectures will lead to side to side of the globe every year, and is often invited to judge at exhibitions of fishes (mostly).
also helped organize the First Show and Exhibition in 1986 in Tokyo, coordinated the first three Aquarama Exhibitions and Conferences held annually in Singapore and many other activities.
Scientific In 2009 he was elected in 2008 by CAOAC for your contribution worldwide to ichthyology. Recently, in 2010, won a member of The Explorers Club of New York. He begins his expedition of 2010 in 166 countries had surpassed the mark of 850. Heiko
still traveling to remote jungle areas almost every year in order to find new species, and several times a year goes up the Amazon in search of Discs remote and unexplored regions.
Bleher is the founder of a new concept in the design of the aquarium, which is based on the principle of creating authentic aquatic habitat in the aquarium. His intention is to fish the same environment, as in nature including decorative materials, water plants, and tank mates. Bleher The objective is to protect the aquatic fauna and their conservation for future generations through breeding in the aquarium.
His life is dedicated to fish.
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