The November/December Issue of AMAZONAS is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and readers of the Digital Editions (available for desktop and laptop computers, as well as smartphones, tablets and Kindle readers).
The so-called Shrimp Hobby is still very new in comparison to the keeping of tropical fishes, but it is already subject to certain trends and fashion waves.
Wild Betta species headline the September/October 2015 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, with additional features including an overlooked Nano Livebearer, a no-heater Planted Aquarium, and so much more. Take a peek inside!
The IUCN has announced the formation of a subgroup of the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group (FFSG), the Home Aquarium Fish Subgroup (HAFSG), which is dedicated to home aquarium fishes—a startling sign of changing times.
Although the delicate glassfishes, or glass perches, of the genus Gymnochanda are classic “old school” aquarium species, usually only specialists in unusual fishes from Asia keep them, Ichthyologist Tan Heok Hui has written an overview for of the genus for AMAZONAS Magazine.
Dwarf Shrimps from the natural to the sublime headline the July/August 2015 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, with additional features on Desktop Planted Tanks, a dizzying array of Dynamic Danios, and charismatic Rainbowfishes.
Wherever plants or animals are domesticated and farmed, diseases and parasites are sure to be found. A number of parasites on freshwater aquarium shrimps are becoming more prevalent, apparently through the commercial aquaculture of several species—most notably those of the genus Neocaridina.
Can you identify these three species, which appear in Species Snapshots, AMAZONAS June/July 2015?
This fish bears a misleading scientific name and an array of trade labels. The common English name “Blackline Rasbora” is a poor choice, as there are several black-lined Rasbora species. Better names would be “Red-Tailed Rasbora” or “Brilliant Rasbora.”
Beautiful and diverse Cryptocoryne plants and dazzling Severum cichlids lead the way into the the May/June 2015 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, with additional features on New Rainbowfish, Zebra Otocinclus catfish, and Hans-Georg Evers leading an expedition to discover new Corydoras in quiet, shallow Peruvian streams.
