by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 1, 2019 | Freshwater, SPONSOR - The Wet Spot Tropical Fish
via The Wet Spot Many aquarists think “African cichlid” equates to either Malawi or Tanganyikan lake cichlids. Cichlids are extremely biodiverse, and in Africa they can be found in both lakes and rivers. Our three-part series focuses on three species found in the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 1, 2019 | Freshwater, SPONSOR - The Wet Spot Tropical Fish
via The Wet Spot Continued from Part 1 Nanochromis teugelsi Endemic to the middle regions of the Congo Basin, Nanochromis teugelsi is a small, lovely, and rare cichlid in the aquarium hobby. Reaching just 2 inches, they have thin bodies with opalescent blue, purple,...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Oct 1, 2019 | Freshwater, SPONSOR - The Wet Spot Tropical Fish
via The Wet Spot Continued from Part 2 Pelvicachromis subocellatus ‘Moanda’ This is a “salty” dwarf cichlid hailing from slow-moving streams in coastal regions of West Africa, it is found in both fresh and brackish environments in the Congo Basin. Reaching...
by Steve Waldron | Jun 3, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Steve Waldron, Freshwater
One of the joys of owning an aquarium shop is having the ability to peruse the wholesale distributor’s stock lists and choosing the week’s fish inventory. Things like rare rasboras and wild Betta species from the peat swamps of Borneo, unusual cyprinids...
by Sumer Tiwari | Feb 20, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I recently went to local hobbyist’s fishroom and saw a very interesting fish. It looked like a catfish but had a hump on its head. When I asked my friend, he told me that it was a cichlid. I was very impressed by this catfish-like humpy dwarf cichlid, which I...
