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Amphiprion sebae, marine.

THE BOOK AND MAGAZINE HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN HOBBY
Summary: The author, Bill Forrest has a collection of 5000 magazines and 300 books. After an introduction, he lists and reviews books and magazines published before 1936.

BITS O' HISTORY by Mike Hellweg
Summary: Mike thumbs through a copy of the Aquarium Journal from 1957. He discusses some ways the hobby has changed since then, marvels at what they could do with limited equipment, and points out that not all that is new really is.

SOME REMINISCENCES ABOUT HOW LARGE FISH ARRIVED IN OUR HOBBY by Gerry Hawksby
Summary: Gerry started fishkeeping in the 1940's, when he could find only 22 species of fish readily available. He tells a little about how the hobby developed, and how two friends of his had some difficulties with a red-tailed catfish and a giant gourami.

FISH AS POSTAGE by David Banks
Summary: Short article on postage stamps with fish, and how two hobbies can be combined.

BOOKS, CLUBS AND OTHER RESEARCH RESOURCES by Jesse B. Hunt
Summary: Aquarists should "do their homework" to avoid making silly and costly mistakes. Don't rely entirely on the Internet - books, magazines, pet stores, aquarium clubs and friends are all sources of information. Numerous links provided.

LATIN, eh? by Wlad Franco-Valias
Summary: The Linnaeus system of Latin names, with a guide to pronunciation.

TAXONOMY; SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION by Robert Fenner
Summary:A short introduction to taxonomy: its importance and its development, from Aristotle to Linnaeus. Bob's lively writing style makes light work of "the world's most boring subject".

I'LL NAME THAT FISH IN ONE? by Gerry Hawksby
Summary: Fish are sometimes re-classified and re-named. The guppy, for example, has had various Latin names over the years. We must accept this. Using common names can cause even more confusion.

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR "FAILURES" by Howard Norfolk
Summary: Dead fish can be dried out and mounted in a ‘shadow box’ picture frame.

LIFE AS ART: COLLECTING AND PRESERVING MACRO-ALGAE
Summary: Robert Fenner resurrects the 19th Century craft of making art from marine macro-algae (seaweed).

MAKING ALL GLASS TANKS by Bill "Pegasus NZ"
Summary: In New Zealand, many aquarists make their own aquariums. This is how they do it.

CONSTRUCTING YOUR GLASS AQUARIUM by Madan Subramanian
Summary: Another detailed article about making all-glass tanks. How they do it in India.

A LARGE WOOD TANK PROJECT by Bill "Pegasus NZ"
Summary: Bill describes how he built a 4' x 4' x4' tank of wood with a glass front. Plants and fish did very well.

new THE TELLY TANK by Sam Nonnan
Summary: For many years Sam had thought of converting an old television into a fish tank. He finally did it, and describes the process.

TECHNIQUES FOR AQUARIUM PHOTOGRAPHY by Vinny Kutty
Summary: Patience and attention to detail are needed to take good photographs of fish. Preparing the tank; photo tanks; camera techniques; posing the fish.

LET THERE BE LIGHT (AND PLENTY OF IT) by Vinny Kutty
Summary: Lighting for aquarium photography. Don't rely on the aquarium's own light. Flash is absolutely necessary, plus one or two other sources of light, such as AC slave strobes.