by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 18, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“We started our day on the Rio Atabapo, motoring upstream to explore backwater bays and creeks, but we did not find a lot of fish because of the high water. We headed back to the campsite in the early afternoon, more than a little depressed about not finding...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 4, 2017 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The September/October 2017 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now on its way to magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale August 8th, 2017. Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 9, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
In our just-released January/February 2017 issue of AMAZONAS, I examined a selection of unique microhabitats or biotopes in Brazil’s Rio Negro, the largest blackwater river on earth and home to hundreds of popular aquarium species. In this feature, I carefully...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Over the course of four days in the Colombian border town of Leticia, I had spent time collecting in the blackwater creeks feeding into the Amazon (part I), and scoured the area searching for aquarium fish collectors and traders (part II). For an impromptu and...