Issue #655 October 2010
Feature Articles
TFH three selected articles, available to all website visitors
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A Giant Among Dwarfs: Apistogramma steindachneri photograph by the author While a large ... Author: Radek Bednarczuk |
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A Lovely New Import: Marble Crabs Metasesarma obesum (Full Article) photographs by the author except as ... Author: Uwe Dost |
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Amazing Catfish Breeding Strategies Author: Eric Bodrock and Bob Bock |
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Book Excerpt: Clownfishes and Other Damselfishes Author: Jeff Kurtz |
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Catfish! Author: Andrew Blumhagen |
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Foreground Variations in the Nature Aquarium Cosmetic sand can be used in the foreground ... Author: Takashi Amano |
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Hobbyist Profile: Thomas Siodmok, a Conservation-Minded Aquarist (Full Article) Thomas Siodmok from Duisburg in Germany had ... Author: Iggy Tavares |
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Into the Deep: A Survey of Freshwater Sharks (Full Article) For as far back as I can remember, I’ve ... Author: Phil Purser |
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Kelly Warm Springs: The Tropics of Wyoming’s Grand Tetons Author: Howard Goldstein |
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The TFH Breeder’s Challenge Part 10 Author: Ted Judy and Mike Hellweg |
Columns
Available exclusively to TFH Magazine subscribers (print and digital)
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A 40-Gallon Amano-Style Tank, Part 2 Author: Jason Baliban |
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Ask Jack Author: Jack Wattley |
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Breeding Livebearers Author: Rhonda Wilson |
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Import Report Author: Mark Denaro |
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My Soft-Coral Aquarium Author: James Fatherree, MsC |
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Preparing Your Tub Pond and Plants for the Off-Season Author: Ted Coletti, PhD |
About the Cover
With their eye-catching colors and fascinating behaviors, as well as their general hardiness and relatively small sizes, clownfishes and other damsels are understandably among the most popular of the marine aquarium fishes. Beloved by beginners and experts alike, these attractive and outgoing members of the family Pomecentridae---such as the ever-popular Amphiprion ocellaris on this month's cover---make excellent aquarium specimens if purchased in healthy condition and provided appropriate accommodations, as explained in this month's selected excerpt on choosing and housing pomacentrids from the new T.F.H. Publications book Clownfishes and Other Damselfishes (p. 90).
Species Profiles
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Ludwigia inclinata Describer: Gómez 1894 |
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Hymenocera picta Describer: DANA 1852 |
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Beaufortia leveretti Describer: (NICHOLS & POPE 1927) |
Tip of the Month:
Never rely on a single thermometer, hydrometer, test kit, or any other tool of measurement. All such devices can be out of calibration. By comparing two or more, you can be sure you are getting accurate readings.
