by Sumer Tiwari | Jul 10, 2020 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
Many fishes in the aquarium hobby have unique and beautiful ways of reproducing. Species under suborder Anabantoidei, especially, have a strange way of reproducing. Whereas many species in this suborder are bubble-nesters, some Betta species like the ones under the...
by Matt Pedersen AZ | Aug 31, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
While going through the blog archives and some long-forgotten drafts, I stumbled across two videos of Thai Betta breeding behavior that I had originally intended to publish alongside one of our Betta issues. The pair had been removed from their regular homes (the male...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Aug 8, 2015 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Not every reader around the globe has access to reliable and affordable postal services and printed copies of AMAZONAS, and for that, we offer a digital version of AMAZONAS as well. You may have admired a copy of AMAZONAS at your local aquarium retailer, or tucked...
by James Lawrence | Jun 29, 2015 | Freshwater
COVER THEME: WILD BETTAS Kids and school librarians may keep them in desktop vases, but members of the genus Betta can also be of great interest to keepers of rare fishes and, yes, an underworld of shadowy characters who carry on the ancient traditions of staging...
by Sumer Tiwari | Mar 27, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
Let’s shift some gears and talk about bettas today. Bettas have always been a great area of interest for us —in fact, many hobbyists start keeping tropical fish with a betta. What many people don’t appreciate are the many wild strains of bettas....