by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 6, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
In the most recent (July/August 2017) issue of AMAZONAS, I concluded a two-part exploration into the many unique microhabitats found throughout the middle Rio Negro in Brazil and an in-depth look at how to recreate them in an aquarium. In the years since I first...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 1, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“In the last episode of Colombia 2016, we visited a stream in the Upper Rio Meta drainage north of Villavicencio. Some of the animals we found in the upstream pool include Crenicichla sp. “Belly Crawler,” Hemiloricaria eigenmanni “Whiptail...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 18, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, New Products
Among the many interesting new products I saw being introduced at Global Pet Expo in Orlando this past March (Photo tour part 1, part 2), few had me more excited than some new fish foods that indicated this somewhat stagnant category might be seeing some much-needed...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 18, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mary Sweeney, AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
by Mary E. Sweeny This article first appeared in the May/June 2012 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine; get the back issue now! Often, in the warming days of spring, when those pondering instincts kick in (and a real dug pond is completely out of the question), I find myself...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | May 17, 2017 | Freshwater
Scientists describe new Megamouth Dwarf Cichlid, Apistogramma megastoma, with maternal mouthbrooding behaviors Mouthbrooding is not a behavior most aquarists would attribute to dwarf cichlids of the genus Apistogramma, which makes it all the more interesting to...
