A Passion for Cichlids
The first of an interview series. Ichthyologist and aquarist Michael K. Oliver on the systematics of Malawi's cichlids, and on diving the lake to collect them.
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The Desert Fish Habitat Partnership
Freshwater conservation is set to become one of the most pressing environmental problems of the coming decades. A look at one partnership working on it in the American desert.
Stunted growth means stunted lives
The first of a series supporting BIAZA's Big Fish Campaign, on why aquarium fishes are treated as disposable and why, in some cases, size really does matter.
Botiid fishes of the 'Modesta complex' – an analysis of natural history and behaviorisms
Mike Ophir on the loaches of the 'Modesta complex' — long treated as the community tank's cleaning crew, and still poorly served by what is known of their care.
European killifishes part 1: the genus Aphanius in Spain
Matt Ford introduces the Aphanius killifishes of Spain: Eurasian, attractive, seldom discussed, and a long way from the African and American species that define the group.
Heating the Aquarium
Why tropical fish need heating at all, and the basic ways of providing it — starting from the temperatures the tropics actually hold.
New shrimp from Hong Kong and southern China
The 'tiger' and 'bee' shrimps have long been treated as variants of a single species. New descriptions from Hong Kong and southern China settle what they actually are.
South Asian barbs - a guide to nomenclature
An extensive review has broken up the genus Puntius and moved a great many aquarium favourites into new genera. A guide to which name is now which.
The HMF - What's That?
Rüdiger Rautenberg on the Hamburger Mattenfilter — cheap, widely loved by German breeders, and barely known outside mainland Europe.
The mystery of the aquarium tiger barb...
Matt Ford on a fish everybody knows and nobody can name: the aquarium tiger barb turns out to be of decidedly questionable identity.
Whaddaya mean, too hot?
Many aquarium fishes are held at temperatures they would never meet in nature. Rüdiger Rautenberg on how following the rules on heating may be costing you money.