by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 1, 2016 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater, News & Notes
As part of its mission to improve and promote the aquarium fishery based along Brazil’s Rio Negro, nonprofit organization Project Piaba held a “train the trainers” workshop in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil this week. The workshop saw an...
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 AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 14, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
In this earlier post, fellow AMAZONAS editor Matt Pedersen took a look at a great and frequently asked question in the hobby—how to get your hands on the true Altum Angel (Pterophyllum altum). This fish is generally considered to be in a special class among the...
