We acquired four specimens of Peckoltia sp. L135 in early 2009 not knowing it would take us more than two years to achieve breeding success. This species is now identified as Peckoltia braueri (Eigenmann, 1912), and often referred to as the Worm-line Peckoltia, for the fine vermiculations that decorate its head region. Its native distribution is in the Rio Negro tributaries of Rio Demini, Rio Branco and possibly others.
If you think you’ve seen everything in the world of freshwater aquariums, behold this: A “Torrent Tank” that mimics the rapids in a South American stream or shallow river.
Beautiful Amazon Biotope aquarium with a shoal of “Orinoco Altum” Angelfish.
“These incidents make us all look bad. Aquarists with unwanted fish should return them to their local aquarium shop for resale or to be euthanized. Our local independent store would have taken fish to keep it from being released.”
Aquarium Dietzenbach in Dietzenbach, Germany, has succeeded with the husbandry of two Synodontis species that had not been reported previously: S. pardalis and S. waterloti.
Your ultimate eye candies: ADA and AGA contests 2001-2009.
Answers to AMAZONAS Magazine Newsletter Species Quiz
Fish don’t always put their eggs where you want—It turns out that these wayward eggs can be salvaged, and it’s easier than you think.
AMAZONAS Editor Hans-Georg Evers takes the reader into the remote waters of Sulawesi in search of a number of halfbeak species that could make exceptionally interesting aquarium inhabitants. “Quirky” is how Hans describes them, admitting “I put my heart and soul into finding and describing them for this issue.”
What is the oldest aquarium fish you have ever owned?
