Quite a lovely Amazon biotope aquarium with wild discus and an array of the species with which they associate. The videographer says he was inspired by Heiko Bleher and Oliver Lucanus.
Freshwater Articles
A New “Titanic” Dwarf Cichlid
“A titan among dwarfs,” is what scientists Henrique Varella and Mark H. Sabaj Pérezare calling Apistogramma kullanderi, the newest member of a popular genus of dwarf cichlids who described the largest known Apistogramma species, reaching lengths of more than three inches (80 mm).
AMAZONAS “Sweet Corys” Advance Look
The November/December Issue of AMAZONAS is printed and now delivering to print magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and readers of the Digital Editions (available for desktop and laptop computers, as well as smartphones, tablets and Kindle readers).
KOI World Champions 2015
Here’s an enchanting short video, just images of slow-moving Grand Champion Koi in Tokyo with a Japanese music soundtrack, English labels and nothing else. State of the art of koi breeding in the year 2015.
Silent Baby Fish Killers – Freshwater Hydra
Everything you want to know about freshwater Hydra and how to deal with this pest in your aquarium.
Showstopper Shrimp
The so-called Shrimp Hobby is still very new in comparison to the keeping of tropical fishes, but it is already subject to certain trends and fashion waves.
10 years after Katrina, rare cichlids return to New Orleans
Sometimes the best way to make sure a species remains in the hobby is a simple act of generosity.
Aquatic Invasive Webinar Series – Invasive Aquarium Species, August 31st
Register now for the August 31st webinar on keeping your aquarium free of invasive species, an event hosted by Ohio Sea Grant.
AMAZONAS Preview: November/December 2015
When a magazine issue deals with one of the Editor’s own personal favorite subjects, wonderful things can happen.
New Ringed Danio Discovered in Bangladesh
Entirely new species may also be the rewarding surprise, as Dr. Sven Kullander of the Swedish Museum of Natural History found when collecting wild danios in an effort to build a DNA barcode reference library of the genus Danio. Working with Mizanur Rahman of the University of Banglash, and a team of Swedish and Bangladeshi researchers, Kullander found a fish that fit no known genetic profile and has now described it as Danio annulosus.