The home range of many tropical fish favorites—exotic cichlids, brilliant tetras, rare killifishes, and an amazing array of livebearers— the streams, cenotes, and forest pools of Central America from southern Mexico and northern Guatemala through Panama is rich in both cultural history and biological diversity.
Have passports, a flexible schedule, and ready to wow someone this holiday season? Surprise them with a trip to the Rio Negro with Project Piaba departing late January 2014!
We acquired four specimens of Peckoltia sp. L135 in early 2009 not knowing it would take us more than two years to achieve breeding success. This species is now identified as Peckoltia braueri (Eigenmann, 1912), and often referred to as the Worm-line Peckoltia, for the fine vermiculations that decorate its head region. Its native distribution is in the Rio Negro tributaries of Rio Demini, Rio Branco and possibly others.
If you think you’ve seen everything in the world of freshwater aquariums, behold this: A “Torrent Tank” that mimics the rapids in a South American stream or shallow river.
Beautiful Amazon Biotope aquarium with a shoal of “Orinoco Altum” Angelfish.
“These incidents make us all look bad. Aquarists with unwanted fish should return them to their local aquarium shop for resale or to be euthanized. Our local independent store would have taken fish to keep it from being released.”
Aquarium Dietzenbach in Dietzenbach, Germany, has succeeded with the husbandry of two Synodontis species that had not been reported previously: S. pardalis and S. waterloti.
Your ultimate eye candies: ADA and AGA contests 2001-2009.
Answers to AMAZONAS Magazine Newsletter Species Quiz
Fish don’t always put their eggs where you want—It turns out that these wayward eggs can be salvaged, and it’s easier than you think.
