by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 17, 2017 | Freshwater
Who knows where the Guppies are? By Juliane Lukas and David Bierbach Excerpt from AMAZONAS, March/April 2017 (Notebook) For 40 years, the Gillbach River, near the coal-fired Niederaussem power plant, has been known for its tropical fishes (Kempkes et al. 2009, Jourdan...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 14, 2017 | Freshwater, New Products
Featuring a bold, vertically curved glass front and sleek all-in-one design, the new Flex Aquarium Kits from Fluval Aquatics are available in both 9-gallon (34L) and 15-gallon (57L) sizes. With the overwhelming majority of all-in-one aquarium kits—especially those...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 9, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Following up on my earlier video of a somewhat unusual, clear-water microhabitat along the lower Rio Negro, here is a collection of underwater footage filmed a few days’ travel upriver, in what would be considered “classic” blackwater habitat. The...
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 | Dec 6, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, CORAL - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, Marine
After a very busy weekend at the Aquatic Experience in Chicago earlier this month, it was tempting to spend the Monday after the show catching up on sleep before my flight home—but being a fish geek within driving distance of one of the most well-known public...
