FAIRY TAILS
VOLUME 15, NUMBER 3
5 Letter from the Editor by Alex Rose
6 Aquatic Notebook •From the hobby to The Hill: USAQUA is a new voice for aquarists by AMAZONAS staff
FEATURE ARTICLES
8 The secret lives of Lake Tanganyika’s fairy cichlids by Heinz H. Büscher
22 When puddles come alive: Fairy shrimps and their kin by Kriton Kunz
32 Can it still be saved? The battle for the survival of one of the rarest species in the world: Linderiella baetica by Francisco Kunz Calgua and Kriton Kunz
44 Fantasia in miniature — Threadfin Rainbowfish in the home aquarium by Gary Lange
52 Reportage: Parosphromenus paludicola, the Swamp Licorice Gourami by Anton Lamboj
58 Biotope Aquarium Contest 2025 by Natasha Khardina and contestants
68 Green Horizons: Creating a biotope aquarium—mind your nature by Jen Williams
76 Conservation: From aquarium to action: involving hobbyists in protecting the world’s most threatened fishes by Michi Tobler, Monika Böhm, Michael Chase, Tim Lyons, and Chouly Ou
DEPARTMENTS
86 Events Calendar
88 LFS Locator: Outstanding aquarium shops
90 AMAZONAS Lexicon
92 Species Snapshots
97 Advertiser Index
98 Underwater Eye
