by Matt Pedersen | Jan 26, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Our interest in fishes often comes along with tangential hobbies. That is to say, if you like keeping freshwater fish, you might branch out into reef tanks. Ask around among your friends; it seems folks interested in coral or planted tanks are often also rabidly into...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 12, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
According to the recent paper authored by Jorge Casciotta, Adriana Almirón, Lubomír Piálek and Oldřich Říčan, the newest member of the Gymnogeophagus setequedas species complex, G. taroba, is best differentiated from its relatives through color patterning. Dorsal fin...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
The end of 2017 was busy for the staff of AMAZONAS and CORAL Magazines, and as a result, some projects, however much we love them, had to get put on the back burner. So now that the dust has settled from the new year, we made some time to revisit special...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 11, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Turning our attention from the 2017 small tank aquascaping competition, the Aquascaping Live! large tank competition, held in early November at the Aquatic Experience – Chicago, once again saw the bar being raised year-over-year. As with years prior, this...
by Matt Pedersen | Dec 14, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Discovering some footage of this rare cichlid being spawned and reared by Canadian aquarist Jim Cumming inspired us to take a closer look at this fish. Cichlid enthusiasts know that this family of fishes is all but absent in Asia. Most of us learned long ago about the...