Issue #669 December 2011
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Feature Articles
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Adapting to the Times: The Evolution of a Reef System (Full Article) Al and Karen Schreiber, members of the ... Author: Iggy Tavares, PhD |
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An Introduction to Planted Ripariums Author: Jacob Jung |
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Aquarium Husbandry and Captive Breeding of the Epaulette Shark Author: Kenneth Wingerter |
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Breeding the Electric Blue Jack Dempsey Author: Michael Delk |
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Community Fish Cautions Author: Howard Goldstein |
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Crenicichla compressiceps: A Miniature Rogue (Full Article) Crenicichla compressiceps is a very desirable ... Author: Radek Bednarczuk |
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Fish Collecting Around the World Author: Stan Sung |
Columns
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A 7-Gallon Ocean Author: Bob Fenner |
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A Look at Coralline Algae Author: James Fatherree, MSc |
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An Aquascaping Challenge: A Layout for Fancy Goldfish, Part 2 (Full Article) For years I had wanted to keep fancy ... Author: Jeff Senske |
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Anacharis Author: Rhonda Wilson |
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Aquascaping with Ryuoh-seki Stones Author: Takashi Amano |
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Ask Jack Author: Jack Wattley |
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Import Report Author: Mark Denaro |
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Tropheus: Often an Obsession Author: Eric Hanneman, PhD |
About the Cover
While goldfish are often kept in glass bowls by kids (quite unfortunately, for both the fish and the inevitably heartbroken kids), true goldfish fanciers enjoy their beauty and fascinating behaviors in much more suitable settings. The original ornamental pet fish, goldfish have been kept and bred for many centuries. This month’s cover illustrates the spectacular result of a professional aquarium designer’s integration of aquascaping with goldfish keeping; read all about it in this issue’s “Adventures in Aquascaping” (p. 34).
Photograph by Jeff Senske
Species Profiles
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Mikrogeophagus altispinosus Describer: (HASEMAN 1911) |
Tip of the Month:
That while most fish are either freshwater or marine, with a small number of species regularly inhabiting brackish estuarine habitats, a few fishes are at home in water of any salinity, including hypersaline - saltier than seawater! Some of these species, like the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas, are not potential aquarium specimens, but the group includes the popular sailfin molly Poecilla spp. and the much underappreciated native American sheepshead minnow Cyprinodon variegatus. These can be kept under fresh, brackish, or marine conditions.
