by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 10, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
I’ve always been a sucker for the true oddballs of the aquarium fish world—the cryptic, colorless, weird-looking fish with few, if any, redeeming characteristics. If they’re known to be somewhat challenging to keep and likely to hide all the time, so much...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 10, 2017 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Aquarium hobby group CARES Preservation has officially launched its new website, www.caresforfish.org, which will serve as a central portal for tropical fish clubs and individuals who are interested in participating in or supporting its non-profit conservation...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 1, 2017 | AMAZONAS Errata
Astute reader Kevin Curty immediately caught this mistaken word choice and called us out on the AMAZONAS Magazine Facebook page. As he shared it: Yes. Because of an editing error, the word “poisonous” was used when it should have...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 30, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
During my travels through the Amazon Basin last year, I spent a few days in and around the small, picturesque city of Santarem on the middle Amazon. Located about midway between between the much larger cities of Belem and Manaus, Santarém lies at the juncture of the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 20, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
I recently had the chance to set up some new aquariums at home, a few of which spent a long time in the planning stages. After the exciting/stressful phase of bringing in a fair number of fish to stock these tanks, I’ve had a few weeks now to sit back, enjoy the...
