July/August 2013
Volume 2, Number 4
4 Editorial by Hans-Georg Evers
6 Aquatic Notebook
FEATURE ARTICLES
22 A Gallery of Great Aquarium Snails by Maike Wilstermann-Hildebrand
28 Snails With Charm: Tylomelania by Hans-Georg Evers
36 Aquatic Travel: Giants of the Amazon—The Arapaima by Marc Puigcerver and Angel Canovas
44 Husbandry & Breeding: Neocaridina heteropoda: From the Wild Type to the “Full Blue Rili” by Gerd Arndt
50 Husbandry & Breeding: Genus Tanichthys: White Clouds, Meteor Minnows, and Sparkling Gems by Paul V. Loiselle, Ph.D.
60 Husbandry & Breeding: Neolamprologus sexfasciatus “Blue” by Wilhelm Klaas
64 Aquatic Plants: River Wild— Nick Xyong’s Planted Riparium by Devin Biggs
74 Husbandry & Breeding: Gastromyzon lepidogaster by Heinrich Gewinner
80 Husbandry & Breeding: Spiny eels: they do breed in captivity! by Ivan Chang
DEPARTMENTS
86 Aquarium Calendar: Upcoming Events by Mary E. Sweeney and Ray Lucas
88 Retail Sources
90 Species Snapshots
94 Society Connections
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye by Morrell Devlin