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Restazonia

Restazonia I started this page to share my passion for tropical fish of the Amazon. Thus RESTon and amAZONIA.

05/31/2024

Backyard fountain with yet to bloom daylillies and begonia and catmint in the foreground

07/27/2019

Restazonia departs for Iquitos, Peru on 2 August for two weeks fish collecting with MT Amazon Expeditions.

06/13/2019

Restazonia fish room as of 13 June 2019. Tanks from garage moved to fish room. Only three with water. Apistogramma leulingi from Madre de Dios, Peru have ~20 fry.

06/10/2019

Progress on the 'mini' fish room rebuild. Fish rack in corner to hold two 15g aquariums on the bottom and five 5g aquariums on top. One more coat of paint and then I move the three tanks in the garage to their new home. One tank has Apistogramma leulingi fry - need to set up brine shrimp hatchery someplace.

More than adequate work space next to sink with good storage below.

06/06/2019

Fish room downsized to 53 square feet space. Don't be impressed by first photo - it is a pano of all 53"sq.

Note floor: cobalt blue flecked garage paint. Walls painted light blue with paint leftover from bathroom remodel.

Plan to install leftover subway tile around sink with some fish themed Portuguese tiles picked up when we lived there '82-'85. Will repaint white--to match baseboard trim--the stand for the Oceanic 33 cube. Space below can hold three 2.5g tanks.

04/24/2019

Well the deed is done. Everything--except air handler--stripped from the former 100 plus tank fish room.

04/19/2019

Fish Room update: decision made to remodel basement. Accordingly, all fish tanks to be decommissioned for a month or two. Rehomed the Rio Nanay angels and hoping to get some F-1s back when the Perfecto 5' 125g is re-established. Will probably move the two 15s to the counter in the garage as I want to kept breeding my last pair of Apistos from Madre de Dios and keep a few of the exotic livebearers. The 33 cube will be emptied and stored. That's it - four fish tanks after well over 100 a few years ago.

Philosophically I look at it this way: I have the best fish room in the world several times a year that I get to share with old and new friends. I'm referring to the splash page picture at the top of the Restazonia FaceBook page.

Next visit: August 3 - 18.

04/16/2019

Notification: [email protected] email address was hacked. I'm unable to restore. Accordingly, new email address is [email protected].

In collaboration with MT Amazon Expeditions where I co-lead the neo-tropical fish collecting expeditions a new email was established: [email protected].

If you are interested in fish collecting expeditions please reach out to Devon at Devon.MTAmazonExpeditions@gmail. com or me at [email protected].

Thank you,
Michael

02/05/2019

GoWildPeru LLC status update: please be advised that the GoWildPeru partnership was dissolved at the end of 2018. GWP llc was closed in the Commonwealth of Virginia to allow--without naming rights infringement--the continuation of the GoWildPeru enterprise based in England. Restazonia continues to organize Neo-Tropical Fish Collecting expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon basin with the opportunity to export fish to the United States.

06/24/2018

Great time yesterday in Tampa. Collected with Bill Shields, Brian Skidmore and son, Evan at "Stinky Ditch." Eight species collected in this ditch in an industrial area. Target species was a blue tinted 'Jordanella floridae'. Will quarantine and then put to work on algae patrol.

Preparing a 10 minute or less 'lightning talk" for the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society September 2018 meeting.

05/19/2018

Restazonia to co-lead--with Devon Graham--the MT Amazon Expeditions August 2018 Tropical Fish Collecting Expedition. Two weeks starting 5 August and 17 August, with Red-Spotted Green Discus collecting on the new moon, Saturday, 11 August. Space available for either week or both. Those signing up for both weeks are included in the night discus collecting trip, there may be an additional charge for those only signing up for one week to join the discus collecting trip. Check with Devon Graham at [email protected] to join us for the boat based trips out of Iquitos, Peru.

Restazonia will handle the import of the fish into CONUS.

02/27/2018

The All-Aquarium Catfish Convention is a biennial event dedicated to catfish. PVAS hosted the first 9

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