by Matt Pedersen | Mar 14, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I was checking in on various Facebook aquarium groups and found that AMAZONAS contributor Steve Waldron had shared this video, titled “My EPIC Slice of the Jungle”. From afar, the beauty of the aquascaping was only surpassed by the clarity of the...
by Matt Pedersen | Jan 3, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I first became acquainted with Lee Gordon, the aquarist behind Angelmania.net, in 2012 while on the hunt for broodstock for my own Angelfish rearing efforts. I have always been impressed with the quality of the fish he produces, and the results are evidenced by how...
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...