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Aquarium Fish International

Cover of Aquarium Fish International
Frequency	Monthly
Total circulation (2011)	31,170
First issue	October 1988 (1988-October)
Final issue Number	October 2012 Vol. 24, No. 10
Company	BowTie
Country	USA
Based in	Irvine, California
Website	www.fishchannel.com
ISSN	1942-5678

Aquarium Fish International (AFI) was a North American monthly magazine, published by BowTie Inc. of Irvine, California, and dedicated to freshwater and saltwater fishkeeping and the aquarium/fishkeeping hobby in general.

History

Originally titled Aquarium Fish Magazine (AFM), the first issue of the magazine was in October 1988. The title of the publication changed slightly beginning with the February 2007 issue; the new title was Aquarium Fish International. It had a circulation of 31,170. In June 2010, the former Freshwater and Marine Aquarium magazine ceased publication, and several of its columns were merged into AFI. Aquarium Fish International abruptly ceased publication in October 2012.

Content and contributors

The magazine contained articles and columns on subjects including freshwater/tropical, saltwater/marine and brackish fish, as well as corals and invertebrates, planted tanks and aquascaping, fish breeding, species tanks, new species, fish food and nutrition, water chemistry, tank cycling, filtration, disease and health, fish husbandry and many other subjects such as aquarium equipment, setup, and maintenance.

Monthly columns included Freshwater Q&A, The Aquabotanist, Reef Aquarist, Adventures in Fish Breeding, Secrets to Society Success, Saltwater Q&A, FishKidz, Aquarist Notebook, Aquatic Maestro, Wet Vet, Sand Mail, Popular Freshwater Tropicals, Reef Notes, Freshwater Forum, In the Fish Room and Species Profile.

Animals that have appeared in the magazine include: clownfish, lionfish, cichlids, discus, butterflyfish, tetras, live-bearers, rasboras, triggerfish, starfish, freshwater shrimp, jellyfish, Acropora and brain corals, and more.

Over the years, Scott W. Michael, J. Charles Delbeek, Dick Au, Julian Sprung and many other members of the fishkeeping industry have contributed to Aquarium Fish International.

FAMA

Freshwater and Marine Aquarium (FAMA) magazine was first published in January 1978, and continued publication as a monthly consumer title under R/C Modeler until March 2005, when it was sold to BowTie Inc. Due to publication difficulties, FAMA's production schedule was interrupted until June 2005, when it resumed normal monthly publication under BowTie Inc. FAMA ceased publication with the June 2010 issue, when it was incorporated into AFI.

See also

• Fishkeeping
• List of United States magazines

References

1. ^ ABC Audit Archived 2012-06-04 at archive.today
2. ^ Jake Adams (July 16, 2012). "Aquarium Fish International shutting down, closing its pages". reefbuilders. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
3. Knight, Patricia; Jackson, Clay (July 2010). "Editor's Note: In With the New". Aquarium Fish International. 22 (7). Bowtie, Inc.: 2. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
4. Aquarium fish ceases publication Fish Channel.

External links

• Aquarium Fish International’s Homepage
• Official website

• Monthly magazines published in the United States
• Defunct animal and pet magazines
• Defunct hobby magazines published in the United States
• Fishkeeping
• Magazines established in 1988
• Magazines disestablished in 2012
• Defunct magazines published in Los Angeles