by Matt Pedersen | Sep 22, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
This photospread starts with the story of inadvertently ordering the wrong fish, and ends with what I hope are helpful insights into one of my favorite photography techniques. The Rainbow Shiner, Notropis chrosomus, had been on my watchlist as a possible candidate for...
by Matt Pedersen | Sep 8, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
I recently came across the Drape Fin Barb, muttering, “Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?” Befuddled for a moment, I started pulling my oldest aquarium books off the shelf, flipping through the pages. But nothing jumped out at me, even though I...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 31, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
While going through the blog archives and some long-forgotten drafts, I stumbled across two videos of Thai Betta breeding behavior that I had originally intended to publish alongside one of our Betta issues. The pair had been removed from their regular homes (the male...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Friday Photospread: Ninja. Betta. Both? Watch out for Betta foerschi! Yes, it’s been a long time since we posted a Friday Photospread. It is way overdue. Going through images from the past couple years, I found many species I worked with, tried to spawn, and for...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 11, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Have you ever gone fish collecting? It’s not unlike other fishing trips, although the methods employed are a little different and the quarry is generally smaller in stature. Instead of hoisting a 10 lb Largemouth Bass, what excites the angler may be orders of...
