Aquamag
4th May 2008, 06:48 PM
AAM 6 is out now and remember we are giving gifts away for questions published in AAM! Checkout: http://aquariummagazine.com.au/competitions.html
for all the details!
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This issue of AAM focuses mainly on brackish water fishes and their unusual half-way habitat that is neither fresh or saltwater. As a centrepiece we are pleased to welcome a new author to AAM: Dr. Neale Monks. Neale is a professional scientist and writer of aquarium literature. His most recent work includes
editing a comprehensive work on brackish water aquarium fishes and he shares some of his knowledge with us in this issue in an article on understanding brackish water fishes.
http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM6_Brackish.jpg
In addition to Neale, we welcome three further writers to Australian Aquarium Magazine. Peter Baldwin takes us travelling through the Yucatán Peninsula in search of cichlids, Simon
Voorwinde writes on that most majestic of aquarium plants Rotala, while Robert ‘Bob’ Fenner discusses the Silver shark.
On behalf of the AAM editorial team - welcome to all our new writers - I’m sure the readers will be as excited as I am by the talent we have on show in this issue. http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM6_Pacific_Blue_Eye.jpg
In addition, our regular contributers Adrian Tappin, Dr. Richmond Loh and Dave Wilson share their expertise in the areas of
native fish, fish disease and Australian native aquatic plants while Aline Sinclair gives us a quick guide to that most fickle of
cichlid genera, Tropheus.http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM_Trpheus.jpg
In some interesting developments in fish conservation in Asia, the red arowana (Scleropages formosus) is becoming increasingly rare in the wild as smugglers cash in on the popularity of the species amongst the wealthy. Red arowana frequently fetch prices that range from 3000 to 25, 000 Australian dollars making smuggling an attractive, but destructive practice. There are global efforts afoot to combat the trade in endanged animals. In recent weeks, for example, an American national was imprisoned for trading in this CITES protected species over an internet auction site. Thankfully, the red arowana is the subject of successful captive breeding programmes in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
I implore readers of AAM to consider the alternatives (Australian saratoga species) before purchasing such an endangered fish.
David Midgley BSc. PhD.Enjoy.
for all the details!
http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM6-Cover%20May-June%2008%20SML.jpg
This issue of AAM focuses mainly on brackish water fishes and their unusual half-way habitat that is neither fresh or saltwater. As a centrepiece we are pleased to welcome a new author to AAM: Dr. Neale Monks. Neale is a professional scientist and writer of aquarium literature. His most recent work includes
editing a comprehensive work on brackish water aquarium fishes and he shares some of his knowledge with us in this issue in an article on understanding brackish water fishes.
http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM6_Brackish.jpg
In addition to Neale, we welcome three further writers to Australian Aquarium Magazine. Peter Baldwin takes us travelling through the Yucatán Peninsula in search of cichlids, Simon
Voorwinde writes on that most majestic of aquarium plants Rotala, while Robert ‘Bob’ Fenner discusses the Silver shark.
On behalf of the AAM editorial team - welcome to all our new writers - I’m sure the readers will be as excited as I am by the talent we have on show in this issue. http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM6_Pacific_Blue_Eye.jpg
In addition, our regular contributers Adrian Tappin, Dr. Richmond Loh and Dave Wilson share their expertise in the areas of
native fish, fish disease and Australian native aquatic plants while Aline Sinclair gives us a quick guide to that most fickle of
cichlid genera, Tropheus.http://aquariummagazine.com.au/Issue6_files/AAM_Trpheus.jpg
In some interesting developments in fish conservation in Asia, the red arowana (Scleropages formosus) is becoming increasingly rare in the wild as smugglers cash in on the popularity of the species amongst the wealthy. Red arowana frequently fetch prices that range from 3000 to 25, 000 Australian dollars making smuggling an attractive, but destructive practice. There are global efforts afoot to combat the trade in endanged animals. In recent weeks, for example, an American national was imprisoned for trading in this CITES protected species over an internet auction site. Thankfully, the red arowana is the subject of successful captive breeding programmes in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
I implore readers of AAM to consider the alternatives (Australian saratoga species) before purchasing such an endangered fish.
David Midgley BSc. PhD.Enjoy.