by Matt Pedersen | Oct 17, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a video project documenting a new piranha aquarium, the work of British aquarist Jason Stanford. Jason started this project with 40 wild baby Red Bellied Piranhas, Pygocentrus nattereri, in the summer of 2013....
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 15, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Whether or not to incubate the eggs of your fish artificially has been a long running debate—certainly as long as I’ve been breeding fish and no doubt long before I ever started. Mathias Eberhardt spoke of the downsides to artificial incubation our interview...
by Matt Pedersen | Oct 15, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
In the first installment, I showed you how I set up artificial incubation for my Angelfish spawns. In this second installment, you’ll see how it can turn out. 24 hours in In the first 24 hours, you should be able to readily identify infertile eggs. If the...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 18, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
There is, of course, the undeniable truth of being a fish addict: If you can find a way to add more fish, you’ll do it. And I found a way. When you have no room for glass, go with plastic. Shoeboxes. Preferably ones that can easily fit on top of your existing...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 5, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I’ve always loved the look of the Geophagus eartheaters; G. surinamensis was a staple “show” fish community addition when I worked in a retail setting, and G. altifrons long stuck in my head as a “dream “show fish. The large size but...
