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DARTFISHES

VOLUME 17, NUMBER 5

6 Letter From Europe by Daniel Knop
9 Editor’s Page by James M. Lawrence
10 Reef News: CORAL staff reports
22 Reef Visions by Matt Pedersen

FEATURE ARTICLES
30 Playing with Darts — The ways and captive care of Dartfishes Family Ptereleotridae by Scott W. Michael
50 Algae Plagues by Dr. Dieter Brockmann
60 The mystery of the Green Hair — Encounters with the unexpected and the essentials of aquarium rescue when nasty problem algae makes a surprise appearance by Carl DelFavero
68 Red Sea Encounters — Exploring the waters of Marsa Alam, Eqypt by Werner Fiedler

AQUARIUM PORTRAIT
78 Escape Portal – Aquarium-keeping can be a lifelong pursuit, providing ever-changing challenges­—and a sure way to keep in contact with living nature by Thomas Frerichs

DEPARTMENTS
87 Species Spotlight: The Yellow-Banded Boxing Shrimp: Stenopus cyanoscelis by Daniel Knop and CORAL staff
93 Reefkeeping 101: Why Do Corals Need Current? A primer on water flow in the marine aquarium, Part II by Daniel Knop
98 Advanced Aquatics: Algae vs Algae A cutting-edge crew in Colorado promotes a biological arsenal of macroalgae for refugia and reactors by Matt Pedersen
106 CORAL Sources: Outstanding aquarium shops
108 Coralexicon: Technical terms that appear in this issue
110 Reef Marketplace: The marine products showcase
112 Advertiser Index
114 Reef Life: by Denise Nielsen Tackett and Larry P. Tackett

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