by Matt Pedersen | May 15, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
Spring is in full swing, and the garden centers around here are busy selling pond plants! We can tell aquarists are heading outdoors already, and in every respect, pond season is here. A couple weeks ago I presented some ideas and inspiration for small,...
by Matt Pedersen | May 1, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Matt Pedersen, Freshwater
With spring now undeniably here, even on the frozen hills of Duluth, MN, my attention once again has turned to the outdoors and our gardens. Hostas are sending up pips, and the seeds we started indoors have moved outside to get acclimated. I’m digging up and...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Apr 17, 2015 | Freshwater
Today’s video selection features a large collection of Loricarid Catfishes kept by an aquarist in Hong Kong, CWL YAM. As one AMAZONAS contributor commented, “Amazingly healthy fish but beyond anything I would call crowding.” Another countered,...
by Sumer Tiwari | Apr 3, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I just came back from a collection trip to India. It was a short but very productive trip. We were collecting in the Western Ghats region in Southern India, which is home to many amazing fish species. Dawkinsia barbs, Etroplus canarensis, and Pristolepis marginata are...
by Sumer Tiwari | Jan 22, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Sumer Tiwari, Freshwater
I have been talking about killifish in my last few blogposts—I am in absolute awe of them. The way they reproduce is just amazing. In this installment, I am going to show you another very interesting phenomenon—the process of eclosion. When I got some eggs of Blue...
