In my first post on India’s Sunderbans National Park, I gave a brief overview of this unique ecosystem. In this piece, I’ll be looking specifically at the aquatic and semi-aquatic life which can be found in and around the Sunderbans’ silty, brackish waters.
Tour a 16,000 gallon backyard koi pond and look at the moving bed filtration that keeps it running crystal clear.
Wherever plants or animals are domesticated and farmed, diseases and parasites are sure to be found. A number of parasites on freshwater aquarium shrimps are becoming more prevalent, apparently through the commercial aquaculture of several species—most notably those of the genus Neocaridina.
Time to consider taking your aquarium hobby outdoors with a container pond or patio pond? Matt Pedersen shares some ideas to get you dreaming…
Can you identify these three species, which appear in Species Snapshots, AMAZONAS June/July 2015?
The next issue of AMAZONAS promises to be the best yet, with some of the most astonishing new color forms of Fire, Snow, Tiger, Bee, TiBee, Black Bee, Shadow Bee, Tangerine Tiger, and classic koi-like Red Cherry Shrimp.
Hong Kong aquarist CWL YAM curates an impressive and diverse collection of plecostomus. But it also raises questions about stocking levels – what do you think?
Following up on an overview of Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap lake, Mike Tuccinardi looks at replicating the lake’s unique habitats in a biotope aquarium
This fish bears a misleading scientific name and an array of trade labels. The common English name “Blackline Rasbora” is a poor choice, as there are several black-lined Rasbora species. Better names would be “Red-Tailed Rasbora” or “Brilliant Rasbora.”
Beautiful and diverse Cryptocoryne plants and dazzling Severum cichlids lead the way into the the May/June 2015 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, with additional features on New Rainbowfish, Zebra Otocinclus catfish, and Hans-Georg Evers leading an expedition to discover new Corydoras in quiet, shallow Peruvian streams.
