Building a Home Aquarium Reference Library
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends – always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.
Bonnethead Shark Pups Born at Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
Jay Hemdal provides a candid look at the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium’s baby Bonnethead Sharks and discusses their captive husbandry and breeding.
Captive-Bred Yellow Tangs - showing HLLE?
I’ve seen photographs of wild Black Tangs, taken with flash photography, where they show what looks like classic HLLE lesions, but which is simply due to the camera flash.
What’s in a Name?
It doesn’t really matter that you can spell Phractocephalus hemioliopterus, or that Entacmaea rolls smoothly off your tongue – if you can’t keep them alive in your aquariums.
The Essential Aquarium, aka #HemdalTip
It can often take thousands of words to express a single technical idea. This presents aquarium ideas in less than 140 characters, avoiding “txtspk”.
Robert Craig Baker says:
I have enjoyed your magazine very much over the years. A few years ago I received the issue with new rainbows with an article with Gary Lang. This got me started again collecting some that I had kept in the past and many new species. Well some of the first bows I received had a whitish blemish with spread over the course of a year and wiped out all of that type of fish. I have had local water problems witch I have addressed. Five years later I still have problems in so.e tanks and none in others. I have been at my wit's end. Well out of desperation I thought I could ask someone at Amazonas if they might be able to put me in contact with someone who might be able to steer me in the right direction to correct my problem. Thanks,Bob BakerEric Cohen says:
Wonderful article, and so well deserved to a great guy. Congrats again Walt.....it's a lifetime of fun, and passion....what a life:)CJ says:
Great article! I have had good experiences with bristlenose plecos (make sure to give them lots of water volume), pearl gouramis, rasboras, and black fin corys.Matt Pedersen says:
Thanks for being a subscriber Mr. Hemmerlein! I've emailed you directly at the email you provided with this comment. We should get your concerns squared away pretty quickly.Matt Pedersen says:
Thanks Jeffery!Matt Pedersen says:
Jerry, glad to hear you enjoyed it! There were at least a handful of other aquariums I failed to capture that really should've been here too. Just ran out of time!