Michael Wolfinger
Michael Wolfinger (born February 16, 1978 in Nuremberg ) is an aquarist specializing in freshwater shrimp .
Life and career
In his childhood Wolfinger received suggestions for his occupation with the aquarium from his father . Motivated by his first own aquarium, he has been breeding shrimps and Malawi cichlids since he was eleven .
After his training and later employment as a heating engineer , he gave up his learned profession in 2001. He put his passion, cichlid and shrimp breeding, on a professional basis by opening a company in Nuremberg- Katzwang , in which the previous breeding successes were offered and sold. In 2005 he introduced a wholesale business with a focus on freshwater shrimp and nano aquaristics in Nuremberg-Katzwang and created a website about diseases of shrimps.
Thanks to years of experience with the keeping and breeding of shrimp through intensive collaboration with various specialists at home and abroad and through studies on diseased shrimp, the level of expertise, images and information material that has not been achieved until then has been secured in numerous publications Diseases reached in shrimp in the aquarium hobby.
Michael Wolfinger is the author of numerous books and other publications in specialist journals. One of his most read works is the book Diseases of Freshwater Shrimp in the Aquarium . On October 13, 2012, the company was expanded to include a second branch with a focus on shrimp, discus fish and nano marine aquariums based in Nuremberg-Weiherhaus .
Social projects
Wolfinger's company numerous projects and a rescue station for crayfish . He is also committed to social projects, including aquarium projects in public schools and children's homes such as For example, the St. Michael children's home in Fürth , where a 1000 liter aquarium was built and set up in 2004 in cooperation with the orphans living there.
literature
- Article by Michael Wolfinger in specialist journals
- Glass prawns. Guppy Report, Nuremberg 2007
- Shedding problems in shrimp. AT Info 2007
- Lake Malawi in the children's home. Aquarium live 4/2005, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2005
- Macrobrachium Mirabile. Aquarium live 5/2005, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2005
- Amano shrimp and their rearing. Aquarium live 6/2005, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2005
- Fungal infections in shrimp. Aquarium live 2/2006, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2006
- Macrobrachium, graceful and graceful. Aquarium live 3/2006, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2006
- Shrimp farming. Aquarium live 5/2006, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2006
- Moulting problems in shrimp & crayfish. Aquarium live 1/2007, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2007
- Diseases in shrimp. Aquarium live 2/2007, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2007
- Diet of shrimp. Aquarium live 5/2007, Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2007
- Discoloration in shrimp aquaristic specialist magazine AF 210, Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten 2009
- Macrobrachium sp. Leopard Aquaristik Fachmagazin AF 211, Tetra Verlag, Berlin-Velten 2010
- Bacterial infections in shrimp Amazonas Magazin No. 28, Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster 2010
- Books
- Michael Wolfinger: Your hobby shrimp. Bede Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2008, ISBN 978-3-89860-153-5
- Wolfinger & Schmidt: dwarf shrimp. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-86659-107-3
- Michael Wolfinger: Diseases of freshwater shrimp in the aquarium. Orchideenzauber Verlag, Ruhmannsfelden 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-037873-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Wolfinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website Crustakrankheiten.de, help with sick shrimps & Co
- The master of the scissors lives in Katzwang. Nürnberger Nachrichten, August 1, 2008
- Michael Wolfinger Author Ulmer.de, 2010
- German zoo experts in Sri Lanka ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) AquaNet.de, October 14, 2010
- On the trail of improved import opportunities ( Memento from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) ZZF.de, October 14, 2010
- Crustacial diseases online again Crusta.de, April 18, 2012
- Finally a book on the subject of shrimp diseases ( memento from March 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) JBL.de, September 4, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ See www.garnelenkrankheiten.de.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wolfinger, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aquarist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |