by Courtney Tobler | Feb 19, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
The wood-eating spotted loricariid catfish referred to as the watermelon pleco, the spotted royal pleco, or simply L330. is popular in the ornamental fish trade. A recently published article by Armando Ortega-Lara and Nathan Lujan in the journal Zootaxa recently...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 6, 2020 | Freshwater
via International Betta Congress (IBC) Official Notice from the Judging Board 05 February 2020 With the advent of GloFish® Bettas coming into the market the IBC is issuing an official policy as to the use of GloFish® Bettas in the IBC and for IBC Shows. Below is the...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 5, 2020 | Freshwater, New Products
via Spectrum Brands, Inc. GloFish® LLC is welcoming a new species to its ever-expanding family of fluorescent fish with GloFish Betta. The Electric Green® GloFish Betta species is the first to debut within the betta category, introducing GloFish to a new audience, and...
by Matt Pedersen AZ | Feb 3, 2020 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The March/April 2020 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and arriving at the homes of magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops and better bookstores! For our 2nd issue of 2020, our attention is focused on the most artistic and expressive side of the freshwater...
by Matt Pedersen AZ | Jan 27, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Most of the time, wholesalers are keen to show off the newest and rarest fish in the trade. However, sometimes they take a step back and consider a fish that’s been around and is perhaps a bit underappreciated. The staff at Nautilus Tropical Fish Wholesale in...
by Courtney Tobler | Jan 24, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Courtney Tobler, Freshwater
A recent journal article by Robins, Brown, and Crutchfield (2020) in BioInvasions Records reports the misidentification of an invasive South American cichlid that has been inhabiting central Florida’s waterways for nearly 20 years. The black acara, Cichlasoma...
