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    FRESHWATER - SALTWATER - REEFS - PLANTS - PONDS - AND MORE LSIAGGOH aS Nels moa AQUARIUM MAGAZINE SINCE 1952 - www.tfhmagazine.com EXPLORING THE Y/ WP. LIGHTING & POND) Foley Lennar) Sie) Mebanemey | mani res) Omega One's Story begins by checking the ingredient list on our flakes and pellets. Unlike all other dry fish foods we do not use fish meal. For our protein source we use fresh Alaskan Seafood, like salmon, herring, shrimp, cod, and halibut. Our seafood ingredients, rich in natural fats and proteins, are purchased direct from fishermen along this rugged coastal wilderness. We also harvest our own fresh ocean kelp, rich in vitamins and minerals. With superior ingredients like this, it is only possible to be priced competitively with lower quality, fish meal based foods because we have located our Alaskan facility so close to this rich source for seafood. Ic all adds up to a vastly superior product at a very reasonable price. 2 ms P.O. 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For example, at a salinity of 35%, for cal See eee os Doce Coe Meer aCe Det ae (et RETA} ane Strontium: target 8.4 mg/L, range 8.1 to 8.7 mg/L Alkalinity and pH values vary widely over the Earth’s ‘oceans. salinity™ will be within the following ranges: A reece ar Re ee june2010 ‘Our Sath Year Volume LVil- Number 10 #651 features 60 Mastering the Use of Heliophytic Aquatic Plants Lighteving plants nat grow quick dominate the baghtest ares fof te aquascape: the master of he Nature Aquarium explains how tokeep thom locking ther oes. Takashi Amano 66 Jewels of the Old World: ‘The Aphyosemion georgiae Species Group ‘Vibront reds and shimmering bles help these kes take on the storing elon any aguonurn Anthony ©. Tercera 70 Rivulus: From Boring to Beautiful Once dsmssed as drab Drown fish, rvulus Kish now are known to provide @ weotth of vibrant colors nd interesting behawlers to ‘how keepers. Thomas R. Grady 74 Lampeye Killies Micropanchax normani ‘With small blue eyes that shine ke gems, the lampeye kilo Is pertect or stocking @ plonted aquareape. Richard Sexton 78 The Fish Habitats of a Peruvian Amazon River, Part 1 Traveling down the Yarapa River. our South American adventurer lencounters a host of wid taking advantage of every riche habitat he encounters, Shannon Loughnan 84 Aquarium Science: Light and Fish Behavior: Creating the Perfect Lighting System Communication omong aquatic anima’ is ctten dependent upon the lgting of mot enronment offering the perfec lighting Con be. essential to keeping the peace in the aquatiur, Valetle Zupe Cc ol umns 90 Algae-Eating Fishes for the Marine Aquarium Whether yaute Batting abit of hak algae on your ree oF tacking {ul own buble coe fetton on oe rodhg Hh may 28 Ask Jock ppowde the perfect souton Bob Goemans eee 9 Noples Aquarium: The Oldest Public Aquarium in the World 30 Cichlidophiles Cnc tour of the historic Naples Aquat nl out cotexpondent ot 0 urorinio ne oot Wencwtee Dente, PRD 34 Lvebeorers Unlimited 100 The TFH Breeder's Challenge Part 6 Hatwar into ie contest fed rr neve @ commancing lao, but 38 The Planted Tonk Mio ls unweing ni sctel weapon--wit bo Teds undoing? Flow frees en Chong os or wo sled breads Compote ote ilo TH Mostr breeder Yea Judy and Mike Hetweg 42 Adventures in Aquascaping tistower 46 Import Report 80 The Reefer Janes Wars Me vere oun eh blown up eco ten tes oon mov Bot (ous worse conchas Abc nac achberon mary oe eri ‘Rechisgerthanate magnon Ms exh ohaep Biss s bom nonce ogmettnan and auoagearroucton one species wort ie ‘odopa war yee uleoyed tet hover ot cova he ia ‘Sir cuctcing he 10h an ancsatonCorvaron co 7 ‘Rocgeenorta mora departments 6 From the Editor 8 Contributors, 9 Letters 10 Freshwater Q&A 18 Saltwater Q&A 47 Aquatic Plant of the Month 56 Marine Invert of the Month 58 Fish of the Month 59 On the Cover 104 Product Spotlight 105 Meeting Pace 108 Store Directory N10 Classified Ads 112 Index fo Advertisers TROPCALFISH: TH Magazine cerecuthe exer: Gion$.Arekod Editorial & Design anaging ator: Abert Connaty J ‘rocote ect Sha Hort al xtra coastg eto: Waren, gn 0 Ne one veto TedDerd Cow nO Mondo, ‘Sausa cern Mon Dono averting ceria odes cect Nancy Broder crerira odicon nenoge on Camacho cits tesmorager Jn Werows Subscipions ‘Abigal M.NcFoely:eustorerupportait com TUF, Publications, Ine. reefer enet executive oteer Glan, Aveo 6 from tne editor Different Strokes hy do you keep fish? Chances are if you asked 100 Iobbists that question, you'd get at least 75 Afferent reasons— maybe 100! There are so many facets of the aquarium hobby and so many different ways of succeeding in ‘each of those different facets that people with extremely different tastes and interests can all find what they want. Add to this the fact that some fishkeepers are just starting out and others have been at this for decades, and you have a true melting pot of a hobby. ‘That is why our stated mission at TEH is to cover all aspects of the hobby so that everyone can find material relevant to his or her interests. This means both that our coverage every month is going to look abit eclectie, and that ‘overtime we will have artiles and photos on just about any aquarium topic that might interest you, Many readers report that it was an article in the magazine that got them interested in a particular fish or group of species, often one they had never considered heforchand—and sometimes one they had never even heard of! (One thing that happens to many (though certainly not all) aquatists overtime is that they find one oF two groups of fish that really interest them, and they begin to specialize. For some, this specialization is in the gorgeous and fascinating ‘group of fishes known as killfsh, or "kllies” for short. Some lillies live short lives in temporary water holes, laying their eggs in the mud before their pond totally dries up. The next ‘generation hatches with the next rainy season, and the eycle is repeated. Others demonstrate different marvels, like one species, notable by being the only hermaphroditic vericbrate vwwfimagazine.com that ferilizes its own eggs, and second by spending much of ts life out ofthe water—in roten logs, under rocks, and tven in the branches of trees! This month we feature a special kilifish section (pp. 65-77) to celebrate the kil hobby a5, the official magazine of the American Killifish Association’, 2010 convention (May 28-30 in Cleveland, Ohio) In the rest of this months ise, youll find our typieal potpourr of articles, columns, and departments to entertain an inform, including the regular monthly article by the world-renosimed aquaseaping master, Mr. Takashi Amano, focused this time on using light-loving plants to create beautiful planted tanks (p. 60). We also have a survey of sarious fish habitats within one Amazonian tributary (p. 78) that reveals how diferent ish seek different surroundings Two Italian contributors provide us with a look at aquarium lighting as it affects fish behavior (p. 84) and with a virtal visit to Naples and the worlds oldest sil operating publle aquarium

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