by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 6, 2013 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
It was April 2011, and it had been over 20 years since my last visit to the Magdalena Valley in Colombia. This time, my objective was to discover why the export of the legendary Blue-Eyed Pleco, Panaque cochliodon, from this region came to a standstill in the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 4, 2013 | AMAZONAS Errata
The accompanying images for the article, Dicrossis maculatus: Breeding the Checkerboard Cichlid by David Magid (AMAZONAS, Mar/Apr 2013, page 60), were taken by Noah Magid, not by David Magid. AMAZONAS regrets the error.
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 28, 2013 | Freshwater, News & Notes
Full of brilliant color AMAZONAS for May/June ranges widely in subject matter, from Aphyosemion spp. African killifishes, to a new Apistogramma species and its successful breeding, travels in South America in search of the very elusive Blue-eyed Pleco, to a...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 16, 2013 | Freshwater
Here is a peaceful looking nano planted aquarium in France that, upon close observation, is teeming with life and interesting animals. Note shrimp molting at about 2:15 into the video. Also, the tank supports a thriving population of Ostracods, tiny crustaceans...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 15, 2013 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Amazing Underwater Gardens By Karen Randall Excerpt from AMAZONAS Magazine, March/April 2013 The Aquatic Gardeners Association Aquascaping Contest is the world’s oldest contest of its kind. This was our 13th year, and I have been privileged to judge both this contest...