Freshwater Natural Aquarium Documentary HD Mikolji
Video Overview & Insights
Have you ever wondered what your freshwater tropical fish’s homes look like in the wild and how they all interact in their natural habitat? Where do the tropical fish in your aquarium come from?
I suggest we all spread this link as much as possible in the aquarium hobby. Thanks for the hard work.👍🏼
Legendary filmmaker Ivan Mikolji takes you on an underwater journey to secret locations in tropical jungles exploring 33 rivers and 7 different habitats.
Swim with the author and discover the unknown secrets of the world’s natural aquariums… the rivers.
2026 anyone?
Get valuable ideas on how to decorate and convert your tank into a natural aquarium.
The music from the FRESHWATER NATURAL AQUARIUM DOCUMENTARY was created by musical genius Elias Castro (Taremuru). We strongly recommend the use of headphones or good speakers so you can enjoy the music.
good narration and video, but the background noise is intolerable; so-called "world music" is just primitive people making a racket - mankind moves on in civilization - you have a wide variety of great music to choose from - Jazz, Blues, Western Folk, Classical - even some progressive Rock - please use that in the future -- this stuff makes me turn your vids off partway thru' ...
Do you wish to learn more about freshwater fish and their natural habitats? Visit our website: https://www.mikolji.com
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Amazing video! Curious if you or anyone knows the aquatic plant species at 18:56. It was really beautiful and unique.
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What cameras does Mikolji use?
Best video and picturization...❤
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the music on herbs though
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Which lenses does he use?
The supreme work of Fresh water Amazon fish , nothing better than this. Simply the best. Always amazing
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“You cannot preserve something that you don’t know exists”......yes you can, because if you dont know about it then you cant mess with it and that allows it to take its natural course. If you leave things alone they wont need preservation.
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I couldn’t watch it all because the music was so annoying. It’s a pity, because the footage was really good and the guy seemed to know what he was talking about.
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Who is Mikolji?
Amazing! Great work!
“You cannot preserve something that you don’t know exists”
Ivan Mikolji is a river explorer. He has dedicated decades of work to assisting scientists capture never before accessed images and habitat information.
Beautiful, informative, and artistic. Thank you for your work and sharing it with us.
Those who have benefited from his decades of passionate, groundbreaking work call him much more: author, photographer, videographer, conservationist, artist, lecturer. These are not casual titles. To put the impact and scale of Mikolji’s work into perspective:
•His initial Wild Aquarium YouTube video has over six million views. Watch now at
Are you going to make an updated version? 🐠 plz? 3rd time watching 😊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X22kKZ98oCY
•He has contributed to international conservation research projects in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.
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•He has completed more than 100 expeditions visually documenting the Colombian-Venezuelan Amazon Basin
For the past couple decades, audiences—from scientists to conservationists to hobbyists—have valued his work and remained loyally submerged in the content he has produced.
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More User Perspectives
Right On Big Bros!!!(that's New Orleans for Great Job)
@pure_d504This Is not a video,this Is a naturalistic documentary,and Is One of the best I have ever seen in all my life.Thank You for your wonderful job,Sir Micolji.🇮🇹😎
@MarcoLucentini-r5oI watched this again today, for me this is better than any regular serie or news, thanks for making this! Got your book in today, I love it!
@AquariumikeDon’t try this in Florida every place with water got alligators even nice crystal clear springs with the manatees
@SINASTERWAYSI'll bet Venezuela is nice now that they sent all of the dregs of their society up here to the U.S. Enjoy it while you can because next year we're sending all of them back one way or the other.
@j.t.cooper2963Amazing Superb effects to shot this fish in their habitat. Congratulations!! Thank you so much because of you world can see fishes in their original habitat. Just loved ❤the video. Great Job.
@sameermurudkarThe music at the beginning is so ethereal! Anyone know the name? The genre?
@RhizomeRootsThis video is showing all of the habitats in pristine condition.. That is not the case in most of the world.. I'm pretty sure that most of the river systems in south america are also quite polluted.. My africans are better off in my tank than they are in the filthy lakes they come from..
Great footage ,great video. Thank you very much uploader.
How old is this video footage?
This is why I take Iwagumi aquascaping and such so seriously that I don’t add any fish that easily and not more sorts together.. either one or two and very few based on how their habitat looks like
@juli8vdberg562Beautiful documentary!
@areyeh4979Such an in depth explanation with beautiful cinematography is breath taking. What I learned will make me a better aquarium hobbyist. Watching this video gave me reasons why we have to do certain tasks to keep and breed our aquarium fish. Magnificent work! Thank you for you time and effort. I wish I could give you more than one thumbs up!
@OVHabitatsthank you for your hard work. you're the man 👍🏻
@KacongKampretMusic name please 🙏
@themiskanetakisgreat, thank you😍
@chaaraapa"start landcruiser with elecrtic eel"
@Admiral_CannabisUnnecessary music! Really annoying!
@PycrihMuchas gracias por esta ''inmersion'' magnifica ! If you spend some days in Switzerland , I will be happy to share some beautiful places.
@fredericpirkheim6086Such a soulful video ❤
@jegantkd6609Tropical fish from soft acid warm water (⁰dGh= 0 to 4, pH= 5 to 7 (please correct this range extreme values), T= 24 to 28 ⁰C (maybe It can get higher at remaining ponds after a dry season), ⁰dKH = can be very high, mostly combined with the lowest pH which comes from a lot of organic matter decomposing which implies very high CO2 presence).
@fernandoperea2766...when water Is clean or available nutrientes or pollutants in the water are safe for fishes....
@fernandoperea2766Wow! Beautiful documentation 👌🏼
@bhuvanykNo they have not evolved. They are created by The Almighty God. Abrahams God, The God of the Bible. What ever you belive, may God open your eyes, and bless you. Thanks for the video 😀
@Steen6319What a great video. I'm happy to have found your channel and I subscribed.
@RicobettaI believe you got the laetacara mixed up, the first laetacara sp shown was fulvipinnis, and the species listed as l. fulvipinnis after was actually aequidens metae
@bees8390@2:38 what is that beautiful music?
I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm already happy! 😆
Thank you for sharing your video with us. It’s an invaluable resource of information. I’ve never realized how turbid many of these natural water systems were (most of the home aquariums I’ve seen had crystal clear water).
@hermionefinniganA lot of work went into this great footage. Thnks! It’s beautiful and so interesting
@waltherdeubel-tenor8901Bedankt
@waltherdeubel-tenor8901Does anybody know the plant species shown in min 7:46? Looks very interesting!
@Klautau70Ruined by insulting, useless adverts
@keytesofessex4 years ago and I am seeing this video for the first time. Thank you.
Wow. At 17:00 it was great to see the plants of Vellozia doing so well.
I did not realise they grew in Venezuela, knowing there are a lot in Bahia and nearby States of Brazil.
Also it was great to see so many aquatic plants, Venezuela is lucky to have such diversity.
Plecos will bury themselves and they can also dry out and comeback once rehydrated. Come back when it’s dry and see if you can rehydrate one, then Of course relocate him! I ❤
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