The HMF - What's That?
Rüdiger Rautenberg on the Hamburger Mattenfilter — cheap, widely loved by German breeders, and barely known outside mainland Europe.
Results for “designation”
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Three new loaches of the genus Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758
Thomas Frank on three Cobitis loaches that reached the hobby under the wrong name, and the work of establishing what they actually were.
For Peat’s Sake...
Matt Ford argues the hobby should stop using peat — a valuable, non-renewable resource whose extraction is visible from orbit.
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.
How to take care of a Siamese Fighting fish - Betta splendens
What a Betta splendens actually needs — tank size, heating, lighting and the rest of the equipment, with the reasoning behind each.
Major Changes in New World Cichlid Taxonomy
A review of the herichthyin cichlids of Middle America has named eight new genera and moved a number of aquarium favourites between them. What changed, and why.
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.