Australian or Queensland Lungfish, one of the oldest living fish species on earth, shown in its native habitat.
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Freshwater Articles
Repashy Releases Morning Wood – Relax, It’s a Pleco Food (REDRUM too!)
Repashy’s new REDRUM is a Carotenoid Supplemental Diet, but Morning Wood? Possibly the first ever commercial diet for wood-eating (Xylivore) fishes.
World’s Oldest Aquarium Fish Turns 80
When the dinosaurs first appeared on earth some 230 million years ago, the ancestors of modern-day lungfishes had already been paddling around for 150 million years. And when the great extinction that took out T. rex and Company, 66 million years ago, the lungfishes swam right through the global upheaval.
Friday Photospread – Think Inside The Box
There is, of course, the undeniable truth of being a fish addict: If you can find a way to add more fish, you’ll do it.
Cooking for Cichlids
Ad Konings handed many aquarists a roadmap that has made life and survival easier for many fishes…here is how I have used his recipe.
Aquaculturing Tropical Fish in Israel’s Desert
Despite the arid environment, Arava Research and Development Center in Israel produces captive-bred freshwater and marine aquarium fish, mainly for the European market.
Friday Photospread – Geophagus sp. “Orange Head Tapajos” Surprise
The large size but normally passive nature of the Geophagus spp. remains one of their more endearing traits; they look fantastic as feature fish in a calm setting with other compatible fish. I never had a customer come back to complain about the Geophagus I had sold to them; these are fish people like!
MAWS – Beware the Fishy Herbivore?
Summer months, often the doldrums for hard news, annually bring out shark-attack scare stories and references to hair-raising scenes in the movie JAWS, but for northern European swimmers the mid-summer chill was provided by a herbivorous fish caught in the strait of Oresund between Denmark and Sweden.
Species Profile: Pacu
Pacus are vegetarian cousins of the notorious piranhas, but, despite a superficial resemblance, are generally considered gentle and quite harmless.
AMAZONAS November/December 2013 Issue Preview
Look to the next issue of AMAZONAS for a definitive look at Tropheus cichlids in the wild and in the aquariuim, with expert coverage of their natural history, their controversial taxonomy, care, feeding, and captive breeding. With dozens of glorious new images, this section includes contributions by Hans-Georg Evers, Ad Konings, Mathias Eberhardt, and Norbert Knaak.
