This month, we’d like to highlight a couple new things in the magazine. For one, we have our first Club Profile! This new section is scheduled to run every few months and is presented in a question-and-answer format, where a member of the club tells you about the club or society, its history and its members. Clubs can also send us information about an outstanding member to give that person a little recognition. If you’re in an aquarium club, we encourage you to participate — the Club Profiles are free of charge, and you can get started by e-mailing us at aquariumfish@bowtieinc.com to let us know you’d like to be profiled; please remember to put “Club Profiles” in the subject line.
Also, we’d like to bring your attention to our revamped “FishKidz” column. From now on, the second page of FishKidz will have fish-related games for our younger readers (as well as our young-at-heart readers). The types of games will change each issue, so make sure to take a look!
Speaking of young at heart, fry can be really fun to raise — but can also be a little work. People raise fry all the time, though, and it can be great to hear about other aquarists’ adventures with baby fish. This issue, author Penny Crowley talks a little about three spawning events in her aquariums, in “An Experience With Fry.”
Dealing with algae? Every aquarist has to, sooner to later. And have you ever had the experience of buying some type of fish that supposedly eats algae, only to find out that it has no interest in algae at all — or worse, “chomps” on other fish, leading to injuries? Yes, there are fish that eat algae, but which ones? In “Which Species Really Eat Algae?” Mike Wickham discusses which fish really do consume algae and which fish are categorized as algae-eaters in urban legend only.
Also, be sure to check out “Dottybacks and Assessors” by Scott Michael. Nano-reefs are becoming more and more popular — some dottybacks and assessors can make great nano-reef fish.