by AMAZONAS Magazine | Mar 6, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“We carried on to the [fish] farm of my friend Hernando Gil, where he has invested a lot of resources into raising some of the rare ornamental fish found in Colombia. Let’s take a look!” That look includes Panda Uarus (Uaru fernandezyepezi), Altum...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 17, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Continued from Part I 2015 was my first foray into the world of container ponds keeping (or “container ponding,” as I’ve dubbed it). Using what you would generally consider readily-available components for whiskey barrel pond keeping, I ultimately...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Feb 12, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Over the course of four days in the Colombian border town of Leticia, I had spent time collecting in the blackwater creeks feeding into the Amazon (part I), and scoured the area searching for aquarium fish collectors and traders (part II). For an impromptu and...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 31, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
Having made my way to Leticia, Colombia—on the border with Brazil and Peru and the country’s only link to the Amazon river—I was on a mission to visit aquarium fish collectors and buyers in the area. The region is one of several hubs within Colombia for the...
by Matt Pedersen | Apr 3, 2015 | AMAZONAS Excerpt, Freshwater
Does your local retailer keep AMAZONAS Magazine under wraps (in the poly sleeve)? Have you only seen our Digital Edition? Well, now you can virtually thumb through the newest print edition, the May/June 2015 issue of AMAZONAS Magazine, in this hard copy preview, a...
