by Matt Pedersen | Sep 30, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The November/December 2016 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now on its way to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale October 4, 2016. Readers of the Digital Edition can log in now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 22, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
This photospread starts with the story of inadvertently ordering the wrong fish, and ends with what I hope are helpful insights into one of my favorite photography techniques. The Rainbow Shiner, Notropis chrosomus, had been on my watchlist as a possible candidate for...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 8, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I recently came across the Drape Fin Barb, muttering, “Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?” Befuddled for a moment, I started pulling my oldest aquarium books off the shelf, flipping through the pages. But nothing jumped out at me, even though I...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 31, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
While going through the blog archives and some long-forgotten drafts, I stumbled across two videos of Thai Betta breeding behavior that I had originally intended to publish alongside one of our Betta issues. The pair had been removed from their regular homes (the male...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Friday Photospread: Ninja. Betta. Both? Watch out for Betta foerschi! Yes, it’s been a long time since we posted a Friday Photospread. It is way overdue. Going through images from the past couple years, I found many species I worked with, tried to spawn, and for...
