Adorning this month’s cover is a striking dragon moray Enchelycore pardalis. Moray eels are the stuff of legend, but of the hundreds of species of eels, only a few are suitable for the home aquarium. You can read about which are the best choices, and some to avoid, in this month’s article from Mike Maddox, “Morays!”.  Photograph by Ed Wong Hemisorubim platyrhynchos: A More Manageable Shovelnose Catfish Author: Seth Gibson Monster cats can reach several feet in length and are almost impossible for home aquarists to keep, no matter how much they want to. A predatory-fish aficionado presents the perfect alternative, the shovelnose catfish, which looks like a monster and grows fairly large—but... Read more»

Aquatic plants are more popular than ever in the aquarium hobby, and nobody has been a greater influence on the rise in the popularity of planted tanks than Mr. Takashi Amano, who developed the celebrated artistic aquarium-layout style known as “Nature Aquarium.” Combining a photographer’s eye and reverence for nature with consummate aquascaping and aquaristic skills, Mr. Amano has brought the planted layout to a whole new level, to the delight of a growing international audience. TFH is proud to feature one of Mr. Amano’s impressive aquatic scenes on the cover of this issue, and are privileged and honored to feature his “Nature Aquarium” articles every month in TFH, continuing this... Read more»