A preview of highlights in AMAZONAS Magazine’s September/October 2020 Issue. Paid AMAZONAS Subscribers can log in with their email address and read the Digital Edition starting August 12th, 2020.
Do you have an exotic pet that you are no longer able to care for? If so, bring your pet to one of several Habitattitude Exotic Pet Surrender Events scheduled around the state of Wisconsin this fall. Area organizations will be accepting fish, reptiles, pet birds, small mammals, and aquarium plants—no questions asked.
A new marbled loricariid catfish has been described from the upper Paraguaça basin in Brazil. The new taxon, Parotocinclus nandae, is the seventh species of loricariid known from the Río Paraguaça basin, and it is also considered to be an endemic of the area.
There is a new Betta known to science! Authors Kamal, Tan, and Ng (2020) recently described a new species of hill-stream Betta native to Malaysia in the journal Zootaxa.
The 10th Annual Omega One Photo Contest is officially open for entries. Thirteen lucky winners will receive a coveted spot in the glossy, globally distributed Omega One® Calendar – PLUS free fish food for an entire year! So start snapping, the contest closes October 1st, 2020.
Freeze-Dried Cyclops are an all-natural food for small fish, baby fish, and reef aquariums. They are freeze-dried to naturally preserve their nutritional value and are just as nutritious as live but do not require cultivation or refrigeration.
The 20th Annual AGA International Aquascaping Contest has a revised schedule and opens for entries in mid-August, 2020! Last year’s contest saw over 600 entries in 10 categories.
MEXICO – Depths of Diversity, AMAZONAS Magazine Volume 9, Number 5
This bright green creeping moss grows in a thick carpet with long, curly vertical growth which clumps to form a bushy flame-like shape. Easy to care for, Flame Moss creeps outward, horizontally, covering all surfaces on the plane, which allows for creative placement in aquascaping!
Haplochromis thereuterion is only sporadically available in the trade. Their original niche in the Lake was similar to Tanganyikan Cyprichromis, living high in the water column and feeding on zooplankton.
