May/June 2012
Volume 1, Number 3
4 Editorial by Hans-Georg Evers
6 Aquatic Notebook
COVER STORY
22 Aquatic Plants in the Wild by Ole Pedersen and Claus Christensen
30 Carbon Dioxide in Planted Aquariums by Ole Pedersen, Troels Andersen, and Claus Christensen
38 Propagating Aquarium Plants by Maike Wilstermann-Hildebrand
44 Tissue Culture of Aquarium Plants by Claus Christensen
FEATURE ARTICLES
50 Aquatic Ecology: The Endangered Cichlids of Lake Victoria, East Africa by Paul V. Loiselle and Jay Hemdal
60 Fishkeeping Basics: Fair-Weather Ponding – Stocking a Patio Water Garden
by Mary E. Sweeney
66 Husbandry & Breeding: Ixinandria steinbachi: A Phantom Puts in an Appearance by Ingo Seidel
74 Husbandry & Breeding: Denticeps clupeoides: The Denticle Herring from West Africa by Ralf Britz
78 Husbandry & Breeding: Tetraodon suvatti: The Arrowhead Puffer by Kurt A. Zahringer
82 Aquatic Travel: In Pursuit of the Disappearing Ogilby’s Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia ogilbyi by Hans-Georg Evers
86 Fish Room: Aquarists in Switzerland Max Schwalm and Barbara Nicca by Hans-Georg Evers
DEPARTMENTS
100 Aquarium Calendar: Upcoming Events by Mary E. Sweeney
102 Retail Sources
104 Species Snapshots
108 Society Connections
112 Amazonas Preview by Hans-Georg Evers
