by Matt Pedersen | Nov 7, 2018 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
via Jack Wattley Discus October 3, 2018 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – “My condolences to the entire Wattley family and all his friends and followers around the world. Jack Wattley passed away last night with his family. To me, he was my friend Jack since 1991. Very...
by Matt Pedersen | Feb 1, 2018 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
The March/April 2018 Issue of AMAZONAS Magazine is printed and on its way to magazine subscribers, local aquarium shops, and better bookstores. On sale February 6th, 2018. • Readers of the Digital Edition can access it now: AMAZONAS DIGITAL EDITION • Paid subscribers...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 26, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, News & Notes
Day 1 | Day 2 The global aquatic industry show Aquarama, formerly held biennially in Singapore, is now in full swing in its new home—Guangzhou, China—and, as expected, the show has plenty to offer in terms of impressive displays of live fish and invertebrates. With a...
by Matt Pedersen | May 6, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
In the days of growing income disparity in the U.S., I have to chuckle about the names we used to use for fish. Consider the “Poor Man’s Moorish Idol,” the name applied to the marine butterflyfish Heniochus acuminatus. I guess if you didn’t...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 19, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
In early April 2016, I was blessed to host two veteran aquarists here in Duluth, MN, who would be speaking at a joint Frag Swap & Speaker Event held 3 hours west on the frozen tundra of Bemidji, MN. James Fatheree, a highly-recognized columnist and author of...