Article Index 2009
Aquarium Science | Aquatic Gardening | Breeding | Catfish | Cichlids | Freshwater | General
Imports | Marine | Pond | Society News/Events | Travel & Collecting
Aquarium Science
| Breeding the Spotted Green Pufferfish | August |
| Hybrids: Malice, Mistake, or Muddy Waters? | March |
| Time for a Change: A Mathematical Investigation of Water Changes, Part 1 | November |
| Time for a Change: A Mathematical Investigation of Water Changes, Part 2 | December |
| Xiphophorus Interspecies Hybrids: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | October |
Aquatic Gardening
| A Nature Aquarium Layout With Cosmetic Sand and Stem Plants | April |
| Adjusting Water Conditions in the Nature Aquarium | November |
| All You Ever Wanted to Know About CO2, Part 1 | February |
| All You Ever Wanted to Know About CO2, Part 2 | March |
| Ceratopteris (The Planted Tank) | July |
| Combining Aquatic Plants in the Nature Aquarium | December |
| Cryptocoryne and Long-Term Maintenance in the Nature Aquarium | February |
| Driftwood and Epiphytic Plants in the Nature Aquarium | May |
| Driftwood and Plant Arrangements in the Nature Aquarium | August |
| Finding, Buying, and Trading Aquarium Plants (The Planted Tank) | December |
| International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2008 | January |
| Lighting the Nature Aquarium | January |
| Low-Tech Tanks (The Planted Tank) | March |
| Maintaining a Beautiful Foreground in the Nature Aquarium | October |
| Maintaining a Nature Aquarium Layout With Echinodorus | March |
| Mastering the Use of Driftwood in the Nature Aquarium | September |
| Myriophyllum (The Planted Tank) | June |
| Mysterious Marsilea (The Planted Tank) | May |
| Natural Nanos From the Serbian Countryside | June |
| Neocaridina Shrimp in the Planted Aquarium (The Planted Tank) | February |
| Planted Biotope Aquariums (The Planted Tank) | October |
| Planting an Iwagumi Layout in the Nature Aquarium | July |
| Propagation of Aquarium Plants (The Planted Tank) | September |
| Resources and Competition (The Planted Tank) | November |
| Rocks and Water Quality in an Iwagumi Layout | June |
| Setting up a Natural Planted Tank | November |
| Stoneworts: Little-Known Treasures (The Planted Tank) | August |
| The Genus Rotala (The Planted Tank) | January |
| The Great Lace Plant Mystery | June |
| Water Lilies for Your Small Pond or Fish Tub (The Planted Tank) | April |
Breeding
| Back to the Basics: Breeding Guppies | July |
| Book Excerpt: The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes | September |
| Breeding Banggai Cardinalfish: A Hobbyist’s Perspective | February |
| Breeding Killifish in a Permanent Setup | May |
| Sepia bandensis Husbandry and Breeding | August |
Catfish
| Hemisorubim platyrhynchos: A More Manageable Shovelnose Catfish | September |
Cichlids
| All Is Not What It Seems: What Do Pike Cichlids Eat? (Cichlidophiles) | April |
| Altolamprologus in Aquariums (Top of the Food Chain) | January |
| Aquarium Care of the Pike Cichlids Crenicichla spp. (Top of the Food Chain) | February |
| Back to the Beginning of the Electric Blues | July |
| Brief Notes on Red Devils (Top of the Food Chain) | November |
| Cichla kelberi (Top of the Food Chain) | July |
| Cichlid Nibbles and Bites (Cichlidophiles) | February |
| Cichlid Nibbles and Bites, Part 2 (Cichlidophiles) | March |
| Contact Feeding in Cichlids, Redux: Discus (Cichlidophiles) | August |
| Crenicichla strigata: An Approximation of Its Maintenance and Reproduction | July |
| Eating Mom and Dad: Cichlid Parentophagy (Cichlidophiles) | October |
| Flower Power: Are Flowerhorns Good for the Hobby? | November |
| Geophagus sp. “Rio Tapajos Red Cap”: An Unclaimed Amazon Jewel | July |
| Half a Century of Experience With Tropheus Species: A Summary, Part 2 | January |
| Hang ’em High: Cichlid Fry Hanging (Cichlidophiles) | May |
| In Search of the Origins of the Electric Blue Jack Dempsey | August |
| Is Your Cichlid Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader? (Cichlidophiles) | January |
| Love is Blind (Cichlidophiles) | November |
| “Ole Thick Lips”: A Humpheaded Eartheater From Panama (Cichlidophiles) | June |
| Slime Me! Proof That Baby Discus Eat Parental Mucus (Cichlidophiles) | September |
| Something in the Way He Moves: Female Mate Choice (Cichlidophiles) | July |
| The Checkerboard Dwarf Cichlid Dicrossus filamentosus | December |
| The Hornet Cichlid Tilapia buttikoferi (Top of the Food Chain) | December |
| The Jack Dempsey Cichlid Rocio octofasciata—an All-Time Favorite (Top of the Food Chain) | March |
| The Odd Couple: My Experience Breeding ExCichlasoma festae | July |
| The Original Cichlid: Chanchitos and Their Relatives From the Wild South | July |
| What Is a Species? (Cichlidophiles) | December |
Freshwater
| A Dream Come True: The Speckle-Tail Loach Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata | September |
| African Butterflies Pantodon buchholzi | November |
| African Pike Characin Hepsetus odoe (Top of the Food Chain) | May |
| Alfaro cultratus: The Knife Livebearer (Livebearers Unlimited) | January |
| Aplocheilus kirchmayeri: The Dwarf Panchax of Goa | March |
| Back to Basics: Saving Time & Money With the Right Equipment (Livebearers Unlimited) | June |
| Back to Basics, Part II: A Multi-Modality Approach to Livebearer Aquarium Filtration (Livebearers Unlimited) | July |
| Beyond the Community: Species-Only and Colony Tanks | February |
| Botia striata: The Zebra Loach | March |
| Cardinal Tetras in Their Natural Habitat | February |
| Colorful Pencils for the Freshwater Aquarium | September |
| Easy Alternatives to Often-Difficult Community Fish | September |
| enjoy your PLATYS and SWORDTAILS (Livebearers Unlimited) | November |
| Five “Easy” Tetras | August |
| Goldfish: Myths Debunked | January |
| Good Things Come in Small Packages: Heterandria formosa, the Littlest Livebearer (Livebearers Unlimited) | August |
| Keeping the Bucktooth Tetra Exodon paradoxus (Top of the Food Chain) | June |
| Killifish in Trees? | May |
| Killifish of the Genus Nothobranchius: An Introduction | May |
| Knifefish in the Aquarium | June |
| Mozambican Marvels: Finding Freshwater Tropical Fish in Southeast Africa | December |
| New Tetras Discovered in Prague | December |
| Odds, Ends, and Housekeeping (Livebearers Unlimited) | March |
| Owning Clones | March |
| Show Fish for the Home or Competition (Livebearers Unlimited) | September |
| Skiffia Livebearers I Have Known | April |
| Some Like It Hot: The Cuatrociénegas Platy (Livebearers Unlimited) | May |
| Taming the Tenacious Trumpet Snail | August |
| African Butterflies Pantodon buchholzi | November |
| The Giant Sailfins of Central America: Poecilia velifera and Poecilia petenensis | April |
| The Golden Livebearer Poeciliopsis baenschi (Livebearers Unlimited) | April |
| The Samurai Gourami Sphaerichthys vaillanti | August |
| The Southern Platies (Livebearers Unlimited) | December |
| The Wrestling Halfbeak | April |
| Those Magnificent Swords and Platies | April |
| Zoogoneticus tequila (Livebearers Unlimited) | October |
General
| Book Excerpt: Culturing Live Foods | August |
| Hobbyist Profile: African Rift Valley Cichlids in New Delhi With Nishant & Vikrant Datta | June |
| Hobbyist Profile: Charlie Drew and the Elusive Red Crypt | February |
| Judging a Tropical Fish Show | July |
| Maintaining Monster Tanks: Inside Landry’s Restaurant Aquariums | April |
| Marine Hobbyist Profile: Mark Howarth | January |
| Meet the Hobbyist: James K. Langhammer (Livebearers Unlimited) | February |
| Retailer Spotlight: The Hidden Reef in Levittown, Pennsylvania | November |
| San Francisco’s All-New Steinhart Aquarium | September |
| Silurana Clawed Frogs | October |
| The Tangerine-Head Crab: A Tree-Climber From Thailand | June |
Imports
| Import Report (Mark Denaro) | May |
| Import Report (Mark Denaro) | July |
| Import Report (Mark Denaro) | December |
| Import Report (Ret Talbot) | February |
| Import Report (Ret Talbot) | October |
| Import Report (Robert Hudson) | April |
| Import Report (Robert Hudson) | August |
| Import Report (Stan Sung) | March |
| Import Report (Stan Sung) | June |
| Import Report (Stan Sung) | September |
| Import Report (Stan Sung) | November |
Marine
| A Caribbean Sea Biotope Aquarium | November |
| A Look at Invertebrates for the Non-Reef Aquarium (The Reefer) | October |
| A Look at Reflector Use With T-5 Bulbs (The Reefer) | April |
| A Look at Sarcophyton Toadstool Corals (The Reefer) | November |
| A Look at the Gorgonians (The Reefer) | October |
| A Look at the Not-So-Deep Sand Bed Method (The Reefer) | March |
| A Look at the Phylum Echinodermata (The Reefer) | June |
| All Herbivores Are Not Created Equal | May |
| Angels for the Marine Aquarium | May |
| Answers to Common Questions About Marine Tanks | December |
| Big Predators for Small Aquariums: Atlantic Reef Basslets Liopropoma spp. (Top of the Food Chain) | October |
| Big Pufferfish! A Saltwater Puffer Primer | April |
| Book Excerpt: Mini-Aquariums | February |
| Cardinal Sin: The Plight of the Banggai Cardinalfish Pterapogon kauderni KOUMANS 1933 | January |
| Dartfishes (The Reefer) | July |
| Dr. Alejandro Vagelli and the Banggai Cardinalfish | February |
| Dreaming of Dragons | May |
| Feeding Jellyfish: Problems & Solutions | December |
| French Angelfish Surgery at the London Aquarium | March |
| From Reef to Retail | September |
| Hardy and Fashionable: The Harlequin Tuskfish | October |
| How Much Light Does It Really Take? (The Reefer) | February |
| How Wild Collection May Save Our Reefs | October |
| Hunting Lions in the Bahamas | April |
| Jellyfish: Ballerinas of the Sea | November |
| Keeping Common Bigeyes in the Aquarium (Top of the Food Chain) | April |
| Keeping Groupers and Soapfish | February |
| Leatherjackets for the Marine Aquarium? | July |
| Marine Ich Cryptocaryon | July |
| Morays! | September |
| Near-Perfect Fishes for Captive Reef Systems: Blennies of the Genus Ecsenius | March |
| Reef Troubles (The Reefer) | September |
| Refugiums for the Saltwater Hobbyist | June |
| Risky Damsels | October |
| Sea Stars in the Aquarium (The Reefer) | January |
| SECORE | October |
| Swimming With Sharks! TFH Dives Into the Adventure Aquarium | June |
| Ten Years! (The Reefer) | August |
| The Basics of Keeping Marine Predators, Part I (Top of the Food Chain) | August |
| The Basics of Keeping Marine Predators, Part II (Top of the Food Chain) | September |
| The Giant Clam Tridacna maxima (The Reefer) | December |
| The Well-Fed Reef | October |
| You May Not Want to Paint the Back of Your Tank (The Reefer) | May |
Pond
| Alternatives for the Home or Garden: The Centrarchids of North America, Part 1 | April |
| Alternatives for the Home or Garden: The Centrarchids of North America, Part 2 | May |
| Pond Foods and Feeding | May |
Society News/Events
| Aquatic Gardeners Association 2008 Convention | March |
| International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2008 | January |
| The 4th International Discus Competition at Aquafair Malaysia | July |
| The British Killifish Association Convention 2008 | February |
Travel & Collecting
| Back to Ghana: Searching for Pronothobranchius kiyawensis | May |
| Beautiful Fish in Burkina Faso: African Whales and Other Ouagadougou Wonders | June |
| Collecting in the Swamps of Peninsular Malaysia | January |
| Discoveries on the Rio Içana | October |
| Snorkeling in Akumal, Mexico | August |
| Where on Earth Is Lakamora? | August |
