This auction is for Issue No. 441 of Tropical Fish Hobbyist, the preeminent aquarium magazine started by the pioneering Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod.  Unlike the earlier magazines, this is a 210 page book with a heavy spine and jam-packed with articles, ads and other information.  This issue contains articles including breeding the flame gourami, care and breeding of Corydoras axelrodi, flashlight fishes, three fishes for the invertebrate aquarium, skates and rays, sex characteristics of the emperor angelfish, raising marine copepods, checkerboard cichlid, the tiger barb, coolies loaches, new and decorative aquarium plants, glass snakes, discus saving fossils, exploring the Rio Demini, etc.