UK-based aquarist Jason Stanford makes us rethink what a Piranha aquarium can be!
Videos – Jason Stanford’s Planted Piranha Aquarium
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Freshwater Articles
Friday Photospread – Artificial Incubation of Freshwater Angelfish Eggs, Part 1
Part 1 examines how Amazonas Editor Matt Pedersen sets up artificial incubation of Angelfish eggs.
Friday Photospread – Artificial Incubation of Freshwater Angelfish Eggs, Part 2
Part 2 follows the development of Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) eggs from incubation and hatching to juvenile fish.
AMAZONAS Featured Video: Queensland Lungfish
Australian or Queensland Lungfish, one of the oldest living fish species on earth, shown in its native habitat.
Repashy Releases Morning Wood – Relax, It’s a Pleco Food (REDRUM too!)
Repashy’s new REDRUM is a Carotenoid Supplemental Diet, but Morning Wood? Possibly the first ever commercial diet for wood-eating (Xylivore) fishes.
World’s Oldest Aquarium Fish Turns 80
When the dinosaurs first appeared on earth some 230 million years ago, the ancestors of modern-day lungfishes had already been paddling around for 150 million years. And when the great extinction that took out T. rex and Company, 66 million years ago, the lungfishes swam right through the global upheaval.
Friday Photospread – Think Inside The Box
There is, of course, the undeniable truth of being a fish addict: If you can find a way to add more fish, you’ll do it.
Cooking for Cichlids
Ad Konings handed many aquarists a roadmap that has made life and survival easier for many fishes…here is how I have used his recipe.
Aquaculturing Tropical Fish in Israel’s Desert
Despite the arid environment, Arava Research and Development Center in Israel produces captive-bred freshwater and marine aquarium fish, mainly for the European market.
Friday Photospread – Geophagus sp. “Orange Head Tapajos” Surprise
The large size but normally passive nature of the Geophagus spp. remains one of their more endearing traits; they look fantastic as feature fish in a calm setting with other compatible fish. I never had a customer come back to complain about the Geophagus I had sold to them; these are fish people like!
