As aquarists we cheerfully feed our fish and invertebrates. We obsessively monitor their behavior and health, and adjust the parameters of their tiny environments as required. And we add and subtract chemicals by various methods so as to refine their water quality.…
Imagine you’re a male seahorse clinging to a strand of algae, swaying rhythmically in the current. Zooplankton drifts by and you snap it up in your narrow mouth. There are several female seahorses nearby for you to court.…
“That fish has the look of a cow” or “that one the countenance of a monkey,” are not unheard of comments in the aquarium hobby. The use of analogy is, after all, ubiquitous in the scientific and common naming of fishes.…
One, two, three… Uhhhh? Where is the fourth fish I just bought? Ohhhh! Perhaps if I look in from the sides of the tank or peer down from the top or contort my head at just the right angle, I’ll be able see it hiding within the rocks or corals or algae.…