by James Lawrence | Jun 29, 2015 | Freshwater
COVER THEME: WILD BETTAS Kids and school librarians may keep them in desktop vases, but members of the genus Betta can also be of great interest to keepers of rare fishes and, yes, an underworld of shadowy characters who carry on the ancient traditions of staging...
by James Lawrence | May 15, 2014 | Freshwater
The 2014 AGA International Aquascaping Contest is OPEN for Entries! As usual, entering, judging, and viewing the contest is accomplished entirely online. Visit the AGA Contest Site to register and enter. The rules can be found on the contest web site above, and...
by James Lawrence | Apr 5, 2014 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
by Haakon Haagensen Excerpt from AMAZONAS Magazine, May/June 2014 There is no armored catfish more popular among aquarists than the black and white Hypancistrus from the Rio Xingu in Brazil known as the Zebra Pleco. Many pleco forms are near extinction in their...
by James Lawrence | Mar 9, 2014 | Freshwater
By Julian Dignall PlanetXingu/PlanetCatfish.com About this time a year ago, I began thinking about doing something tangible to support researchers at the Rio Xingu in Brazil. Much has been written about the plight of the river’s endemic and migratory species...
by James Lawrence | Mar 3, 2014 | Freshwater
AMAZONAS Volume 3, Number 3 THE JOYS OF BREEDING To take a page from Luther Burbank on the subject of humans playing matchmaker: “The secret of improved tropical fish breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.” For the readers, contributors, and...
