A preview of highlights in AMAZONAS Magazine’s November/December 2020 Issue. Paid AMAZONAS Subscribers can log in with their email address and read the Digital Edition starting October 13th, 2020.
Dim the lights, plug in your headphones or turn up the speakers, and experience Green Aqua maintenance expert József Nagy (Joseph) tending to a breathtaking 60 gallon (240L) freshwater planted aquarium in an office setting. What tips and tricks will you pick up as you observe his maintenance process?
Paul V. Loiselle shines our species spotlight on a fish of many names. Whether you know it as Laetacara sp. ‘Buckelkopf’, the Araguaia Dwarf Acara, or even the Purple Smiler, Laetacara araguaiae is a commendable, small South American cichlid species for the home aquarium.
Rainbow severums came in from Peru. These are good sized with fantastic color, lots of red/orange in the fins, and blue streaks in the face. They’re a very nice fish that just gets nicer as they settle in.
A preview of highlights in AMAZONAS Magazine’s September/October 2020 Issue. Paid AMAZONAS Subscribers can log in with their email address and read the Digital Edition starting August 12th, 2020.
Do you have an exotic pet that you are no longer able to care for? If so, bring your pet to one of several Habitattitude Exotic Pet Surrender Events scheduled around the state of Wisconsin this fall. Area organizations will be accepting fish, reptiles, pet birds, small mammals, and aquarium plants—no questions asked.
A new marbled loricariid catfish has been described from the upper Paraguaça basin in Brazil. The new taxon, Parotocinclus nandae, is the seventh species of loricariid known from the Río Paraguaça basin, and it is also considered to be an endemic of the area.
There is a new Betta known to science! Authors Kamal, Tan, and Ng (2020) recently described a new species of hill-stream Betta native to Malaysia in the journal Zootaxa.
The 10th Annual Omega One Photo Contest is officially open for entries. Thirteen lucky winners will receive a coveted spot in the glossy, globally distributed Omega One® Calendar – PLUS free fish food for an entire year! So start snapping, the contest closes October 1st, 2020.
Freeze-Dried Cyclops are an all-natural food for small fish, baby fish, and reef aquariums. They are freeze-dried to naturally preserve their nutritional value and are just as nutritious as live but do not require cultivation or refrigeration.
