Freshwater Natural Aquarium Documentary HD Mikolji

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?

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.

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.

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Who is Mikolji?
“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.

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
•He has contributed to international conservation research projects in Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico.
•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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[alans]

I suggest we all spread this link as much as possible in the aquarium hobby. Thanks for the hard work.👍🏼

[garygranato]

one of the best video's i've seen on you tube, this guy deserves an award.

[GrymmsPlace]

This is one of the most important types of videos to watch before starting to set up fishtanks. When you see Discus or Angels or Neons or Corys or cichlids in their natural settings. The difference is staggering. Nature knows what its doing, its been doing it for a very very long time.

[vidaripollen]

Can't understand how anybody could dislike this beautiful video

[gargeely]

I am currently watching this on Acid and it is perfect

[ZiggyBoyz]

Although this video is like 2 years old but it's like a hidden jewel for fishkeeper like me.. something that I never thought of watching in YT. You deserve an award buddy! Thank you so much for this remarkable content 👏😍

[invinciblesummer]

One of the BEST documentary on AWESOME!

[geoffbreen]

4 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.

[hercules]

I've watched it like three times already. And now in HD for free! Thank you Ivan!

[gallardo]

What a beautiful habitat these fish live in. Its sad I will probably never have access to see them in person outside of my aquarium setting. I've noticed most of these locations are non-tourist areas. I'd imagine you'd need an experienced local to guide you through these blackwater environments. At the same time, thats what makes them so beautiful is they are remote and untouched by humans... just captivating to see the diversity of nature.

[supertitantsunami]

I started out just planning to watch around 5 minutes of this video, ended up watching the whole thing, then ended up signing in to YouTube just so I could vote this up.

Very nice work, and I loved that music too.

[philliptaylor]

Dude that footage was amazing! Sad to say about 99% of us fools on here have never and will never be able to travel there. Thank you for sharing these special places.

[lseica]

Great illustration of what we are loosing/destroying ... beautiful mother nature. Nice job Ivan.

[fredrikmudas]

I feel ashamed i don't know you earlier since i start fish keeping. i might not having many experience with many species in my hands but I'm glad I found you now. I hope my next generation can still see these beautiful fishes in their natural habitat. Long Live, Sir!

[kushgardenz]

Thanks for this movie, you are a master To me, wish i could meet you one day or another!you makes me dreaming thank you for your implication and the hard work...cheers from France wish you the best in every part of your life, pacha mama love

[kaya_natarajan]

Chanced upon this wonderful video documentary by Ivan Mikolji. It has always been a dream of mine to visit the Amazon once in my lifetime but this video almost took me there. Felt extremely happy to see the various species in their natural habitat. Kudos to you (Ivan) and those that helped with the documentary. Thank you (from 🇮🇳).

[moonpleco]

It should be mandatory to watch this video by every fish keepers. We can see how fishes live in their natural habitat, how particular ecosystems work . Except admire beauty of Amazonian land we can make little Amazonia in our aquarium.
Amazonian rain forests are treasure!

[flashy]

15:15 The “Yellow-Tail Barracuda”, very awesome predator.

[TheFishRoom]

Thank you so much for making this video, it is amazing. You have done a fantastic job. It even managed to keep my kids interested the entire time- Once even asked me if I was watching "Animal Planet"

[bartvandenhaute]

Love the choice of music. It's uplifting when you show the beauty of the natural aquarium's flora and fauna and gets melodramatic when you talk about the biotopes vanishing due to overcollecting and pollution.
We need to get rid of the attractive "wild caught" classification in the aquarium business for things to change.

Loved every minute of it!