by Matt Pedersen | Jun 2, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A couple weeks ago, we introduced the stunning videographic skills of Poland’s Norbert Sabat. The aquascapes he featured in those films were not his own, but Sabat happens to have some immense aquascaping chops of his own. A series of videos documents the...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 2, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
“You know what I’m craving? A little perspective. That’s it. I’d like some fresh, clear, well-seasoned perspective. Can you suggest a good wine to go with that?” – Anton Ego, Ratatouille I’m a fan of international waters;...
by Matt Pedersen | May 20, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Ray Motoyama’s 32 L planted tank is proof that small can be stunning. For some reason, everything about the presentation of this beautiful 8.5-gallon (32-L) planted aquarium speaks to aquarists of different skill levels and says “you too can do...
by Matt Pedersen | May 20, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I love that in the aquarium hobby you can literally never run out of new and interesting things to stumble across, and you can never truly “know it all.” Sure, you can have hard-earned expertise in a particular genre of fish, perhaps, but at the end of the...
by Matt Pedersen | May 6, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
In the days of growing income disparity in the U.S., I have to chuckle about the names we used to use for fish. Consider the “Poor Man’s Moorish Idol,” the name applied to the marine butterflyfish Heniochus acuminatus. I guess if you didn’t...
