by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 21, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Fresh off the excitement of my first glimpse of aquarium fish in the wild outside Villavicencio, Colombia, I decided to take a last-minute detour away from Bogota and into the heart of Amazonas. My destination: Leticia, the extreme Southeast corner of the Colombia and...
by Mo Devlin | Mar 20, 2014 | AMAZONAS - Mo Devlin, Freshwater
Paratheraps breidohri are one of the most colorful large Central American cichlids. Endemic to Presa de la Angostura, Chiapas, Mexico they are also known by the common, but not so frequently used name, the Angustura Cichlid. The fish does well in a large aquarium...
by James Lawrence | Nov 2, 2013 | Freshwater
Species: “Cichlasoma” festae (formerly Heros festae) Common Names: Red Terror, Guayas Cichlid, Festae, Festae Cichlid Native Range: South America (Pacific drainages). Ecuador (Rio Esmeraldas) and Peru (Rio Tumbes) Introduced Population: Singapore (said to...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 25, 2013 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
It’s late evening in the fishroom (OK, it’s 2 AM in the fishroom), and I’m staying up late to take photos of a couple bettas that I’m planning on breeding. Once they come together, there’s no doubt that their pristine fins will be...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jan 16, 2013 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
By Hans=Georg Evers Images courtesy Hudson Crizanto Excerpt from Aquatic Notebook, AMAZONAS March/April 2013 Some time ago we featured Hudson Crizanto’s discus project on the lower Rio Purus in Brazil (Evers 2010). Since then, Crizanto and his company, H & K...
