by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 20, 2016 | AMAZONAS Magazine Letters, Freshwater
via Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA Ltd) Another great article from Amazonas Magazine about wild caught aquarium fish. Many fishkeepers shun species taken from the wild but they do provide a valuable livelihood for many people who also then protect their...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. —May Sarton In our frenetic, warp-speed lives, moments of rare joy are sometimes found unexpectedly in...
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...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 29, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The March/April 2016 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops better bookstores. On sale date: February 9th, 2016 Readers of the Digital Edition can log in now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION Paid...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 29, 2016 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, News & Notes
Can aquarists and conservation breeders help save a species and write a happy ending to a tale of misguided aquarium keepers transplanting rainbowfishes in the wild? by Peter J. Unmack & Michael P. Hammer Special to AMAZONAS • With their golden to green bodies,...