Keeping Characins
Volume 9, Number 6
5 Letter From The Editor by Ann Whitman
6 Letter From The Publisher by Stephan M. Tanner, Ph.D.
8 Aquatic Notebook by AMAZONAS staff
FEATURE ARTICLES
20 New tetras—Discovery and first-time breeding by Hans-Georg Evers
30 “Cichlid-proof”— Robust characins for cichlid tanks by Ernst Sosna
38 Interview — A visit with piranha breeder Patrick Langer by Friedrich Bitter
46 Reportage — Three Gymnogeophagus species from Uruguay by Uwe Werne
54 Husbandry and Breeding — Aptly named—the jaguar loachby Ute Dederer and Friedrich Bitter
60 Husbandry and Breeding — Sour in name only: the lemon tetra, Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis by Ernst Sosna
66 Aquatic Plants — Lighting for aquariums by Refet Ali Yalçin
72 All Things Aquascaping — Creating an Amazon for Amazon.com by Steve Waldron
82 Notes From The Field — All the little things you need by Hans-Georg Evers
DEPARTMENTS
88 Aquarium Calendar — Upcoming events by Janine Banks
90 Retail Sources
92 Species Snapshots
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye
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