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June 2005:
913 articles now available
- Another well written fish profile by Joe
Gallo, of Texas: Congo Tetra.
- Indian aquarist S. Naga Siddharth
recounts his personal experiences Breeding Jewel Cichlids, with original photos.
- Madan Subramanian and his friends in Bangalore, India, went on an
exhausting weekend trip to find the beautiful but elusive barb Puntius denisonii. A photographic report.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale Aquarist Society, England, describes a
seldom seen African catfish, Synodontis katangae,....and also updated his article on the Blue
Reef Aquarium at Tynemouth.
- Bill Shenefelt of the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society contributed Shene's Beginners' Guide to
Killies, from his website http://sheneskillies.com.
May 2005:
908 articles now available
- Colin Calway rears koi under
natural conditions on his fish farm in Florida, and observes that as they grow older they
display different social behaviour patterns.
- Eric Naus, of Holland,
wrote to offer articles from his website in Amsterdam: Aquaworld. Added Breeding
Corydoras.
- Added a new store to the Aquarium
Stores of Vancouver Canada series: Big Al's Aquarium Services, Richmond. Have you ever seen a $6,000 arowana?!
- David Marshall of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society, sent an illustrated report on his visit to The
Four Ponds of Burton Agnes Hall, in
Yorkshire, England.
- Bill 'PegasusNZ' wrote to say that he is looking for somebody to take
over his forum 'Aquaprobs Online', a New Zealand based discussion group about aquarium
problems. See: http://aquaprobs.suddenlaunch.com/index.cgi?board=Bill
.
- From Stefan vd Voort of Holland,
a description of the newly discovered Betta aurigens, and how to keep and breed bettas of the Betta waseri group.
- Courtesy of Roland Seah of Singapore, added Introduction
to the Cryptocoryne Genus, by Xema,
of Spain.
- Ananda Menon, of India, contributed Setting-up a Community Tank.
April 2005:
900 articles now available
- Joe Gallo, of Texas, contributed
a detailed profile of another of his favourite fish: Senegal (Cuvier's) Bichir (Polypterus
senegalus), and also one about the African
Butterfly Fish (Pantadon buchalzi).
- Tom Haupenthal, from his
website fish2friends.com, answers the perennial
question: How do I euthanize my fish?
- Added an article about keeping Dwarf
Puffers, by Kaiwa, of
Vancouver Canada.
- Brian Torreano of btdarters.com
sent his latest article, about an accidental spawning of the killifish Fundulopanchax gardneri.
- From the archives of the Southern Colorado Aquarium Society,
nine well-written articles by president David Ball, including Creating
a Natural Zaire River Tank, The Lighter
Side of Tropheus, Live Foods: Grasshoppers and Crickets and Earthworms, Confessions of an Mbuna Freak, and others in the Breeding and Management sections.
- and also, from Southern Colorado's webmaster Curt Dunaway: Lighting
Terms, and Setting-up
Your First Planted Tank.
- William Berg, a vastly
experienced Swedish aquarist currently living in Moscow, submitted three more articles
that he wrote for aquaticcommunity.com, his
own website: Breeding Piranhas, Breeding Clownfish, and Feeding Bettas.
- Schuyler Sloane founded
the Northeast Philadelphia Aquarium Society
just over a year ago, and has added Parts 2 and 3 of his series of articles about how he
did it: Fish Have Aquarium Clubs, Why
Can't I?
- Mark Weierman wrote to
offer a new collection of articles by the Greater
Cincinnati Aquarium Society. Added Mark's spawning report on the livebearer Xenophallus umbratilis, Mike Satkowski's Chalinochromis
sp. "Ndobnoi", Mike
McCartney's Altolamprologus
calvus, and an impressive and
detailed series of five articles about water chemistry by Lenny Llambi -
start with: The Stuff That Water's Made Of, Part 1: The
Molecule, Temperature, Saltwater, and Osmosis.
- Joe Lover, of the Iowa
Aquaria Association, sent his species profile about the Lake Malawi cichlid Cyrtocara moorii.
- Doug Kamp, of
Australia, contributed Marine Aquarium Do's and Don'ts for
Beginners, from his website aquariumsonline.com.au
- Sam Davies, of Surrey, England, describes how he made a simple 5
Minute D.I.Y. Sponge Filter for his
quarantine tank.
- Curt Dunaway, of the Southern Colorado Aquarium Society, sent Anatomy
of a Crypt., an illustrated article he
wrote for his website www.plantgeek.net.
March 2005:
867 articles now available
- Two more photographic articles about my recent visit to China: A
Photographic Visit to Ocean Park Aquarium in Hong Kong, and The Goldfish Pagoda at Ocean
Park, Hong Kong.
- During my visit to China I came across lots
of live fish for sale, kept in fish tanks in restaurants. I took photos of them, at: Fish Seen in Chinese
Restaurants. Some of the fish I couldn't
identify. Can anyone help?
- Added another collection of 42 cartoons by Adrian Lawler: Tank
Tales, Part IV
- And an article by Dr. Lawler
about a way aquarium water can transmit diseases through the air: Fish
Tank Aerosols Transmitting Infections to Other Tanks or Humans.
- The editors of FishLore.com have been adding articles from Aquarticles to their site, and have here contributed one of their
own: Breeding Livebearers - Guppies
and Swordtails.
- RR Sriram and Beta
Mahatvaraj were part of a group of Indian aquarists who spent a long weekend
studying ecosystems and collecting plants in the Western Ghats - Photo
Feature: Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.
- In our aquariums we keep tropical plants,
but the cold arctic lakes of Greenland also have a rich variety of aquatic vegetation, as
described by Ole Pedersen and Klaus Peter Brodersen of
the University of Copenhagen, in: Spectacular Underwater Landscapes of
Arctic Lakes. Illustrated.
- Some aquarium inhabitants ingest substrate for various reasons. Dr.
Adrian Lawler discusses this and suggests ways to prevent it: Substrate Ingestion by Tank
Occupants.
- Two different commercial website owners
were recently found to have posted a large number of articles from Aquarticles
without crediting the authors, their clubs, or Aquarticles. The
sites were closed down. Authors are recommended to try a special search technique to
find out whether any of their own works have been similarly misappropriated elsewhere: We
Wuz Robbed!
- March 11: Page Views Cumulative Count updated. How many times has your article been read?
Courtesy of our new site statistics service, 123count.com.
- Dr. Adrian Lawler contributed his "Knowledge Tree" - an
organised list of things a person should study in order to become an aquarist: Some
Items of Interest to an Aquarist.
- Schuyler Sloane founded
the Northeast Philadelphia Aquarium Society
just over a year ago, and here describes how he did it (Part 1 of a proposed 4 parts): Fish Have Aquarium Clubs, Why
Can't I?
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale Aquarist Society in England, sent Majid
Ali's latest article: The Spooky Looking Glass Worm and a report of his own, on The
Mustard Catfish, Synodontis albolineatus.
- Bob Berdoulay, of the Diamond State Aquarium Society, sent his
latest two articles, Saving Livebearers' Fry the
Natural Way, and And the
Winner Is...
- Joe Gallo, of Texas,
contributed a comprehensive and well-written article about the Armored
Bichir.
- Michael Lo spent part of
his Chinese New Year holiday exploring a remote part of Sarawak, and collected a variety
of fish and aquatic plants. See his latest photographic
report, The Crypt. Hunting Trip.
February
2005: 849 articles now available
- February 17: Completed
three more photographic articles about China: The Space-Age City of Shanghai (tourist sights - no fish), A Visit to the Shanghai
Ocean Aquarium (lots of fish), and Jiangyin Road, a Street of
Aquarium Shops in Shanghai (almost as
many fish).
- February 3: Two more articles about my recent visit to China: The
Spectacular Scenery of Guilin, followed by A Visit to the Guilin Ocean
Aquarium. This series is about the
tourist sights, public aquariums, and aquarium shops of China. China is an amazing
country. If you haven't seen any of this series yet, start with: A Tour of China in Winter, Part 1a: Introduction and the Tourist Sights of
Beijing.
- Added another article about large catfish, sent by David Marshall of
the Ryedale Aquarist Society, England: Synodontis notatus.
- More for the Travel Section, by Holger
Windeløv and Claus Christensen of Tropica Aquarium Plants (Denmark) - an illustrated
account of their collecting trip to Thailand: The Search for New Aquarium
Plants.
- An original article by 'fish doctor' Adrian
Lawler, Ph.D., Hyperplasia in Fishes. (Hyperplasia is increase in cell numbers, resulting in
new growth or tumors, caused by various irritants).
- Jackie Shor, of West Virginia, wrote three romantic poems about her pet
bettas, and has now written about her new companion: Here's Rusty.
January
2005: 841 articles now available
- January 7: I have just returned from my annual winter holiday, and this
year I went to China. I visited four large public aquariums and saw various other aquarium
related sights, and shall write about them in due course....
- January 26: First four articles about my China trip posted - The
Tourist Sights of Beijing, A Visit to the Beijing Aquarium, An Arcade of Aquarium Shops in
Beijing, and The Beijing Museum of Natural History. Lots of photos. Start with :
A Tour of China in Winter, Part
1a: Introduction and the Tourist Sights of Beijing, by Howard Norfolk.
More articles to come soon!
- January 28: Two more about China: Xi'an and
the Army of Terracotta Warriors (not
about fish), and An Aquarium Market in
Xi'an. More to come.
- DeWayne L. Duff of San Antonio contributed an article original to Aquarticles: Instant Corydoras paleatus
(just add water), wherein he explains
what triggers his corys to breed.
- John Chapkovich, editor of Wet Pet Gazette, Norwalk Aquarium Society, sent Barry Lynch's
detailed article about the African labyrinth fish Ctenopoma ansorgei, and also Breeding Dicrossus
maculatus, by Sal Silvestri.
- Added a new original and authoritative article by retired professional aquarist Dr.
Adrian Lawler: Natural Cooling and Circulation of Water
in Ponds.
- And two more by Dr. Lawler,
one about the use of bamboo around ponds: Bamboo for Ponds, and one about the most common viral infection in fish: Lymphocystis
Disease of Fishes.
- David Marshall of the
Ryedale Aquarist Society, England, sent three new articles about the large catfish he
favours: Clarius - the Walking Catfish, The Clown Squeaker, and The Ivory Synodontis, and an article by Majid Ali: My
Story on the Weather Loach.
- Was pleased to receive an email from Claus
Christensen, Managing Director of the Tropica Aquarium Plants company, of
Denmark. Claus wrote:
"I saw your webpage and I do like it! It is a very good idea and I do agree that
it is important to spread good information to the clubs and others interested."
Claus offered the use of articles he and his friends have written for the Tropica Aquarium Plants website - "As long as
it is for non-commercial use they are all free!"
Added two landscaping articles: The Open Aquarium, by Claus Christensen, and Water
Bowls, by Ole Pedersen,
and will add more in due course.
Also added Ranunculus limosella, a foreground cover plant from New Zealand that Tropica
has recently started propagating.
- In India, power outages are sometimes planned and notified of in advance. Madhu
Soodnahan writes about how to deal with these and also unplanned power cuts: Tackling Power Failures.
- Colin Calway sent another
installment for his Diary of a Florida Fish
Farm. Some fishes did well during a cold
snap, others didn't.
- Diane Plasko has started using some Aquarticles
articles in Shoreline, newsletter of the Jersey
Shore Aquarium Society, and in return has sent some articles by her club members; Emperor
Tetra and Callochromis
pleurospilus by Larry Jinks,
Black Neon by Bill Loesch, and Cyprichromis leptosoma by Len Reback.
- Over the years Ron Brown, of Liverpool England, has fed his
fish many commonplace things that he has found in his kitchen and garden. See: Foods for
Thought.
December
2004: 815 articles now available
- From Muskego Wisconsin, Tom Haupenthal runs a website and message board
fish2friends.com, and has contributed an article
that answers the questions people often ask about the use of driftwood: Driftwood
Dos and Don'ts.
- William Berg, of Sweden, submitted two more articles that he wrote for aquaticcommunity.com, his own website: Growing
Adult Brine Shrimp, and Clown
Loaches.
- Jacqueline Shor loved her pet betta, Joshua, and wrote two poems in his
honour - an upbeat one when he was alive, and a heartrending one when he was dying. Go to:
My
Fish Joshua.
- By Dr. Adrian Lawler, an
original article that discusses how to naturally cool and circulate pond water by adding
shade: Shading to Increase Water (and Oxygen)
Circulation during the Summer.
- Dr. Lawler is retired Supervisor
of the J L Scott Aquarium, and in 1995 wrote a handout that explains some technicalities
of how a public aquarium is run: The J L Scott Aquarium and Living
Displays.
- On his fish farm in central Florida, Colin
Calway was surprised to find Hoplosternum littorali (armored catfish) breeding naturally.
November
2004: 808 articles now available
- Michael Lo is an aquarist and naturalist who lives in Sarawak, a
Malaysian state in the equatorial island of Borneo. He regularly goes on collecting
expeditions into the jungles, and has written a series of articles, illustrated by his
wonderful collection of photographs of familiar and lesser known fish and plants and their
habitats. Start with: Kuhli Loaches Cast a Magic Spell on
Me!!!
- Benny Ng and friends flew across
from Singapore to Sarawak and met up with Michael Lo. They spent several
days collecting tropical fish and plants, and took lots of photographs of bettas, barbs,
rasboras, snakeheads and other fish. See: Sarawak Adventure.
- Michael Lo also put Aquarticles in touch with Zhou Hang, a Chinese
aquarist who until recently was living in Singapore (he has recently returned home to
China). See his fascinating series of photographic field trip reports, starting with Field
Trip to Terengganu, Malaysia.
- Madhu Soodhanan, of India, sent his latest article: pH: To be
or not to be considered?
- Also from India, Biju Uthup
contributed a photographic feature about how he made his own inexpensive aquarium
filtration system: An Improved DIY Sump Filter for My
Aquarium.
- William Berg is a Swedish
aquarist currently living in Moscow. To while away those long cold Russian evenings he has
created a website aquaticcommunity.com and
has loaded it with articles from Aquarticles. In return he
submitted seven articles, including Freshwater Moray Eels... Spawning the Chinese Algae Eater... Keeping Gars... Breeding Crayfish.
- Schuyler Sloane, Founder and President of the The Northeast Philadelphia Aquarium
Society, regularly uses articles from Aquarticles in his
newsletter, The Tank. The November issue had the following:
On the net - Mr. Sky
If you are like me you are always looking for something fishy on the net. I have a
favorites folder with hundreds of sites that at all about fish. In this new section of The
Tank we will be reviewing some of them. This month will be dedicated to a site that
without it we wouldn't have some of the great content we have.
Aquarticles.com is a great site created by Howard Norfolk of Canada. The
site is full of articles that have become invaluable to all aquarium society newsletter
editors. The site is also a treasure trove of information that any aquarist can find
helpful. From tank maintenance to collecting trips in other countries, there is enough
reading material on this site to keep people like you and me up and brewing another pot of
coffee for hours.
So visit aquarticles.com often and remember if you submit an article for The Tank, we will
post it to aquarticles for you. Just wait and see how many people read your work.
Thankyou Mr. Sky!
- Schuyler also contributed another article to Aquarticles:
Water Wisteria by Bill Gehan, which, as well as describing this
beginners' plant, contains a discussion of the benefits that plants in general bring to an
aquarium.
- Dr. Adrian Lawler had 31 ponds on his personal property at one time. He
describes how to construct a pond and discusses the various materials that may be used to
line them: Pond Liners. He is also an expert on fish health and diseases, and has
contributed an original article about parasitic flatworms: Monogenea
of Fishes ...and another article about a
new way of controlling mosquitoes and using them as fish food.
- The group of aquarists in Chennai, India went on another collecting trip, to a nearby
tropical hillstream. See their latest report: Tada,
by R.R. Sriram, with many photos by Beta Mahatvaraj and
Ravi.
October
2004: 780 articles now available
- There is an active and friendly group of local aquarists in tropical South India. Beta
Mahatvaraj is one of them, and he recently went on a day's collecting trip with
friends in Bangalore. They caught rosy barbs, flying barbs and other fish including a
snakehead (Channa). Lots of great photos of fish and biotopes: The
Hunt for Channa.
- R.R. Sriram of Chennai
India, reports on a similar trip where tilapia, orange chromides, Indian glassfish,
sleeper gobies, shrimps and weather loaches were caught: Cauverypattnam.
- Beta Mahatvaraj also
contributed an article about his experiences breeding the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Neolamprologus brichardi and one about Selecting Discus.
- S.N. Nagendra writes how aquarists in India use almond
tree leaves as a water conditioner for
sensitive fishes, and another article: Salt Baths for Fishes.
-Last month Colin Calway wrote about a routine day in the life of his
Florida fish farm. He's had a busy month since then, since Florida was devastated by four
hurricanes in a row. A side effect was that a holding pond was invaded by walking catfish.
See Hurricanes and Walking Catfish.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale Aquarist Society, England,
contributed his new article - Pacu - A Giant Characin of the Amazon.
- Added six more articles written by Brett
Fogle for Pond Stuff, newsletter of MacArthur Water Gardens of Boca
Raton, Florida, including a timely series of tips about Your Pond in
Winter.
- Writing from India, Madhu Soodhanan
argues that flowerhorn fish, as man-made hybrids, are an abomination to the hobby and
devastating when released into the wild: Flowerhorns, alias Nightmares.
- Schuyler Sloane, Founder
and President of The Northeast
Philadelphia Aquarium Society, regularly uses articles from Aquarticles
in his newsletter, The Tank. He returned the favour by submitting an article by
his Vice President, Bill Gehan: The Cardinal Tetra.
- From the latest Monthly Bulletin
of the Hamilton & District Aquarium Society: Charles Drew, Breeding the Florida Blue
Crayfish.
September
2004: 763 articles now available
- Aquarium history article. In the 1870s there was a boom in the construction of public
aquariums in England and elsewhere. How did it start? What happened to them? What were the
principles of aquarium keeping at that time? See: Aquariums and Public
Aquariums in Mid-Victorian Times, by Howard
Norfolk.
- With permission from Splash editor Naomi Gettler, posted ten
articles from some of the prolific writers in the Milwaukee
Aquarium Society: Kevin Korotev, Dave Lorbeske, Jeff Michels, Chuck Rambo,
Eric Rogne, Woody Tews, and Tom Wojtech.
- Added Synodontis angelicus, about how to care for the polka-dot catfish from Zaire. Another
contribution by David Marshall of the Ryedale Aquarist Society, England.
- And also by David Marshall, an account of his experiences in keeping a
strain of guppies going for ten years: The Russian Cobra Guppy....And again, his experiences with Ancistrus
claro, a rare bristlenose
plecostomus.
- Jennifer Lioto sometimes uses Aquarticles
articles in the Reflector, newsletter of the Central
New York Aquarium Society, and has returned the favour by donating an article about Julidochromis ornatus, the 'Julie', by Winnie Pitzeruse.
- Colin Calway sent an account of the daily routine at his fish
farm in Florida.
- Milton Toal, of Australia,
submitted two articles about live foods: mosquitoes and brine shrimp.
- Posted four articles by Bob
Krampetz, who writes regularly for Fish Flash, the Greater Portland Aquarium Society newsletter: Automated Water Changing....The search for the elusive 'marmalade
cat,'....How I
raised killies after a fruitless year of trying (humour), and a fascinating account of his 50 years in
the aquarium hobby.
- Paul McFarlane, of the Hamilton and District Aquarium Society in
Canada, adds a new article to his club's website just about every month. Added four more
to Aquarticles: Geophagus steindachneri (red hump eartheater) by Tony Bernard, Hemigrammus
hyanuary (Costello tetra) by Charles
Drew, Metriaclima mbenji and Pseudotropheus flavus (both Lake Malawi cichlids) by Larry Johnson.
August 2004: 736 articles now available
- Changed the Aquarticles banner at the top of this page to
include Bringing together aquarists of the World.
Aquarticles is becoming a world-wide site:
* It includes articles from authors in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, England, India, New
Zealand, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, and USA.
* The Travel Section contains articles about fishkeeping and fish collecting in these and
other parts of the World.
* Articles from Aquarticles have been translated into
Croatian, Dutch, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish languages.
* Aquarticles currently receives over 80,000 individual
visits per month, and nearly one million hits. Visits this month so far are from, in
order: USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, Singapore, UK, India, Mexico,
Sweden, New Zealand, Argentina, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Turkey, Japan, Belgium,
Brazil, Philippines, Norway, US Military, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Israel, Switzerland,
France, and many others.
*** We're always looking for more articles. If you have written an article about
fish or aquaria for your website, your aquarium club's newsletter, or for that matter any
other reason, we'd love to hear from you! For the conditions and how to do it go to: Submit Articles.
- Added another article to The Aquarium Stores of Vancouver Series: Part XIV,
Hawaiian Botanicals, by Howard
Norfolk. Hawaiian Botanicals specialises in water lilies and aquatic plants, and
also stocks a variety of tropical, carnivorous and exotic plants that are interesting in
their own right. Lots of photos.
- In early July I visited the Seattle Aquarium in the Northwest Pacific State of
Washington, USA., and took lots of photos. Go to: A Photographic Visit to
the Seattle Aquarium by Howard
Norfolk.
- Marshall Davis, of Pittsburgh, sent his article about breeding Tropheus
sp. "Black" location point Kiriza.
- 'Tom', in France, has
translated eleven articles into French for his website about livebearers: Passion Vivipares.
- Brian Torreano, of Wisconsin, catches and sells native North American
darters and other fish through his website btDarters'
World . He has written a series of three articles about how to keep them. Start with: Creating
a Tank for Natives, Part 1: Still- or Slackwater Species Tank.
July 2004: 732 articles now available
- Received notice from Jan Bukkems that his team has translated more than
twenty articles into Dutch language for his fish and plant database website in Holland, Dutch Aquarium Society AquaVISie.
It is always gratifying to find that someone thought it worthwhile to translate one's
writings into another language. Congratulations to all the authors.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society, England, has written a number of articles about uncommon fish
species. His latest is about plecos: Panaque species 'Bruno'.
June 2004: 731 articles now available
- Added twenty-one articles from the archives of Tank Talk, Canberra Aquarium Society,
Australia, courtesy of Richard Brown. Many topics and fish are covered,
but of particular interest might be: The Trouble with Hybrids, by Andrew Boyd; Rainbowfish Problems? by David Wilson; and Sam
Nonnan's article about how he made an aquarium stand from an old television - The
Telly Tank. Go to Aquarticles'
SEARCH feature and search for "Canberra" to find the
whole list.
- An aquarium guide for beginners, by Rajendra Kumar G.G. of Bangalore
India: Essence and Essentials of Your
First Aquarium
- Brett Fogle, owner of MacArthur Water Gardens in Boca Raton,
Florida, sent in seven articles, six for the Ponds Section, and a collection of people's Funniest Pond Stories for the Humour Section. Through his website (which
contains lots of information and photos) Brett offers a free pond newsletter and pond
guide, and sells pond and water garden supplies.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society, England, sent his latest article: The
Fairy Cichlid, Neolamprologus brichardi, and also a report on his recent visit to Kilnsey
Park trout farm and aquarium in North
Yorkshire.
- Added an article by Bob Allen,
President of the Great Salt Lake Aquarium Society: Mother's Milk, which points out that baby brine shrimp are very similar
to a common natural food found in Lake Tanganyika.
- Also, by Ron Brown of Liverpool, England: The Aliens are
Here!, an interesting list of fish
species that have been introduced to England over the years, starting with the Romans
bringing common carp.
May 2004: 702 articles now available
- Aquarticles regularly receives a large number of visits
from the keen aquarists in Singapore, so I was pleased to correspond with Roland
Seah, who entered some articles from Aquarticles
onto his comprehensive web site and forum in Singapore - AquaticQuotient.com.
In return, Roland donated three very well written articles by Marcus Ng: We Are Not
Alone! A Rumination on Biodiversity and the Raffles Museum of Diversity..... New to Planted Tank? and..... A Low-tech, Low Maintenance Approach to
Mini Planted Tanks. And later; Budak's
great collection of Photographs Taken at the Raffles Museum
of Diversity, and an article by Xema,
of Spain: Chocolate Gourami Breeding.
- Roland put me in touch
with Loh Kwek Leong, also of Singapore, whose web site is www.killies.com . Added nine articles, most of them
illustrated with excellent photographs: Why are Killifish Names so Long and
Complicated? .... Collecting/Incubating
Nothobranchius Eggs .... How I
Incubate Lyretails' Eggs (using a ghost
shrimp), How to Make a Spawning Mop ....Brine Shrimp Hatchery , a discussion about aquarium Mosses.... How to Grow a Moss Wall, L.K.'s photographic tour of Oriental
Aquatics of Singapore, which is
"perhaps the biggest aquatic plant importer/exporter in the World", and an
article by Nid aka Tarepunda of Bangkok: Little
Star, Aqua Star - The Magnificent One -
her experiences with the plant Pogostenum helferi.
- With permission from SWAM editor Vickie
Coy, added nineteen new articles
from the archives of the SouthWestern Michigan Aquarium
Society. They are about a variety of subjects and by many different authors, and as
with other clubs, an easy way to locate these articles is by searching for the club or the
editor on Aquarticles' SEARCH
feature. Of particular interest to newsletter editors might be Mike Schadle's
A Few Words About Selling at the
Auction; a thoughtful and original
article about what fish and paraphernalia to bring to a club auction and how to present
them.
- David Marshall of the Ryedale Aquarist Society in the U.K. sent his
latest public aquarium report, about the Scarborough Sea-Life Centre.
April 2004: 669 articles now available
- Jack Wootton of Hawaiian
Botanicals and Water Gardens in Richmond, B.C. Canada, contributed his article about a
plant much revered in the Orient: The Sacred Lotus. I shall be writing an article about Jack's water garden operation
soon.
- Added 25 more cartoons by prolific cartoonist Adrian Lawler, to his
series Fish Have Aquarium Clubs Too...
- David Marshall wrote
earlier about his visit to The Aquarium at Flamingo Land Zoo and
Theme Park (in England), and mentioned an
unknown species of large catfish found there. He has done some research and may have found
the answer: On the Trail of the Identity of
the Arius at Flamingo Land.
- Jose Vasquez, Director
of the Freshwater Public 'Aqvarium' in
Havana, Cuba, wrote with some valuable
additional information about the Aqvarium, which I have added to my article.
- Added another store to The Aquarium Stores of Vancouver Canada series: Oscar's
Aquatics, a small-town general pet shop
with a 12' display aquarium in the window.
March 2004: 663 articles now available
- Last Christmas-time I drove all around the tropical island of Jamaica. I met three
Jamaican aquarists and also saw other
things that relate to fish and wildlife. Go to the photographic report: My
Drive Around Jamaica, by Howard
Norfolk.
- Paul McFarlane of the Hamilton
and District Aquarium Society, adds a new article to his club's web site each month,
and gave permission for them to be posted on Aquarticles.
Latest additions are Charles Drew: Spawning Rummynose Tetras, and Wingless Fruit Flies; and Tony Bernard: Heterandria formosa.
- With permission from Andy Gordon of England, and Michelle
Stuart of Ontario Canada, added 17 articles from their web site fishtanksandponds.com .
'Fishtanksandponds' covers many aspects of the aquarium hobby, and articles were added
mostly to the Management and Saltwater sections of Aquarticles.
Particularly notable are Michelle's account of her troubled beginnings with a saltwater
aquarium - Michelle's Diary, and Andy's illustrated account - Treating Wounds on Large
or Medium Sized Fish.
- Since the posting of his article Diseases
Transmitted to Humans, Dr. Adrian
Lawler has received a number of reports of people's experiences with water-borne
infections: Some Infection Details of
Aquatic/Fish Tank Infections.
- Paul Moratto discovered a
design flaw in his heater, whereby it can short-circuit and not turn itself off. His
solution? - see Fish Heater Safety Modification.
- David Marshall of the Ryedale Aquarist Society, forwarded an
article by his colleague Gerry Hawksby, who tells some stories about his
early days: Some Reminiscences About How Large
Aquarium Fish Arrived in Our Hobby.
February
2004: 639 articles now available
- During my recent visit to the Caribbean I met three leading Jamaican aquarists,
and found out how easy it is to keep and breed tropical fish in a tropical country. To see
how they do it, with lots of photographs, start with: The Aquarists of Jamaica,
Part One, Noel Swaby.
- Dr. Adrian Lawler recently retired from his position as Aquarium
Supervisor at the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium, in Biloxi, Mississippi.
He wanted somewhere to archive some of his various writings about fish and aquaria, and
has honoured Aquarticles with that task. In the 90's he wrote
an Aquarium Management Operational Handbook for the guidance of staff at the J.L. Scott
Aquarium, which contains much authoritative information that equally applies to home
aquaria. Sections of the Handbook have been here reproduced as articles: eight in Aquarticles' Aquarium Management section, and also one in Saltwater: Stocking
and Compatibility, and one in Travel/Collecting: Collecting and Handling Aquarium Specimens. Adrian plans to supply some more articles soon.
- Later, Adrian Lawler sent an article about a live food not too commonly
written about by fishkeepers: Raising mealworms for animal food, and also an article about a problem that can occur for
quite mundane reasons but which can be serious to fish and even humans: Toxic
Algae.
- In response to an enquiry about how to set up a
public aquarium, Adrian Lawler wrote a detailed paper about how they did
it in Biloxi. Much of the information could be of interest to those considering a large
aquarium, a series of display tanks, or a state-of-the-art fish room. See: Aquarium
Ideas Sent to Another Country.
- Dr. Lawler updated his Diseases
Transmitted to Humans with an article
about dangerous bacterial infections: Tank Safety/Fish TB.
- Multi-talented Adrian Lawler is
not just an expert on fish diseases. To my surprise he sent a collection of 35 unique
little cartoons about what really goes on in aquariums: Tank
Tales...Reading the Minds of Fish.
- And then some more: Tank
Tales...Part Two. These collections of
simple line drawings cover many aspects of the aquarium hobby. Look for one to add a
finishing touch to your article or announcement! ....And with this in mind, Adrian
contributed yet another series of cartoons, this time with aquarium clubs in mind: Fish Have
Aquarium Clubs Too...
- Armando Olaechea, the marine biologist I met at the National Aquarium
of Cuba, liked my recent photographic tour of the National
Aquarium, and translated it into Spanish
language for Aquarticles. See the Spanish version at: Una Visita al Acuario Nacional
de Cuba.
- Added an article submitted by Duane Clark of Mobile, Alabama: Aquarium
Maintenance Services...Who Should Start One? Duane runs a web site: www.aquaserve.com and a forum www.fishbizforums.com
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society in England, sent an illustrated report on his visit to Flamingo
Land Zoo and Theme Park, in Yorkshire.
- Les Pearce, who is Public Relations Officer for the Federation of
British Aquatic Societies, submitted his article for goldfish beginners: Buying and Housing Your
Goldfish.
- With permission from editor Pat
Tosie, added a varied collection of ten articles from The Darter, Missouri Aquarium Society,
in the Management, Breeding, Travel, Humour and Saltwater sections. My favourites
are: Patrick Tosie Sr., The Drive for Fish, Mike Hellweg, A
Rough Ride with a Tiny Horse and Bits o'
History, and Reet Thomas Jr., X-Files and What is a "Fish Nut"?
- Andrew Collins has posted
from Aquarticles to his web site in the UK www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk , and in
return sent an article by Nick Gardner, who runs the UK Piranha Club www.piranhaclub.co.uk about his favourite fish: Piranha
Keeping for Beginners.
- Allan James of catfish
specialists www.scotcat.com was an early contributor
to Aquarticles. He presents his latest illustrated article
about a South American sea catfish whose skull and bones resemble religious symbols: The
Crucifix Catfish.
- Lisa Englander, of the Cleveland Aquarium Society, regularly uses Aquarticles articles in her newsletter The Wet Thumb,
and has returned the favour by contributing her latest humorous piece: Yet
Another Top 10 Signs Someone is an Aquarium Hobbyist.
- Dick Mills, former editor
of The Aquarist & Pondkeeper, wrote that Derek Lambert, current editor of the
magazine, (now called Today's Fishkeeper), passed away suddenly on February 20th,
2004:
Derek Lambert, A Memorial.
- Dr. John Lednicky, who
when not breeding fish is Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Loyola University of
Chicago, sent an original and detailed article about his experiences with the bumblebee
goby: Bumblebee Goby: Effective
Maintenance and Breeding, and Raising of Fry.
January
2004: 602 articles now available.
- January 11th. Editor's note: I just returned from my annual winter
holiday. This time I spent two weeks in Jamaica and a week in Cuba. I met three aquarists
in Jamaica and had some other interesting experiences, and visited two public aquariums
and an aquarium store in Cuba. After I've looked after my neglected fish (!) and sorted
out all the photos, I shall be writing about what I found in the Caribbean (see below).
Meanwhile a number of interesting articles were sent in by several contributors, as
follows:
- Two articles submitted by Indian aquarists: Nimish Mathur's excellent
account of an easy inexpensive plant substrate, Practical Use of Garden Soil as a
Rich Plant Substrate, and S. Naga
Siddharth's humorous Conversations Overheard in Aquarium
Shops.
- Mike Duffy is stepping
down as editor of The Underwater News, PVAS, but took the time to contribute
three articles by fellow member Michael McKinney: about the goodeid Ilyodon furcidens, and the Lake Tanganyika cichlids Aulonocranus dewindti and Chalinochromis
brichardi. Hopefully new editor Ted
Guglielmo will have as much success in collecting articles from his members as
Mike has had.
- Anita Macchio wrote to say that she has translated eight articles from Aquarticles into Italian for her website in Italy, www.vergari.com . Authors thus honoured have been
advised.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society in England, has contributed articles about a number of unusual fish.
His latest is about an African labyrinth fish, The Leopard Bushfish, Ctenopoma
Acutirostre.
- Pia, the daughter of Raj
Kumar in Bangalore India, sent nine more cartoon drawings of fish, which I have
added to her Fishy Cartoons 2.
- January 20th. Finished my first report on
my travels in the Caribbean - A Visit to the National
Aquarium of Cuba. Lots of photos of
Cubans having an enjoyable outing looking at their local saltwater fish.
- January 22nd. There is also a small freshwater aquarium in Havana. See My Visit to the Freshwater Public
Aquarium in Havana, Cuba. Another
photographic tour.
- January 24th. It was hard to locate an aquarium store in Havana, but I
finally did. See photos of The Aquarium Store in Havana, Cuba.
December
2003: 593 articles now available.
- Completed Behind the Scenes of the
Vancouver Public Aquarium. Much goes on
behind the scenes that visitors don't normally see. Lots of photos.
- Added another store to the Aquarium Stores of Vancouver series, North
America Pet Store, a Chinese owned shop
that imports goldfish, koi and other fish directly from China, and caters to the Chinese
philosophy of Feng-Shui.
- Mike Duffy, editor of The Underwater News, Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society, sent three new articles by his colleague Ted Guglielmo,
about Jack Dempseys, Ilyodon lennoni (a goodeid), and the cichlid Archocentrus
septemfasciatum, and also three by Michael
McKinney: Neolamprologus sp.
'Caudopunctatus kipili,' the West African
cichlid Stomatepia pindu, and the goodeid Xenoteca eisseni.
- Ed Katuska, President of the Norwalk
Aquarium Society, forwarded an article for advanced aquarists about selective
breeding: Barry Lynch
- A Swordtail
Breeding Program
- Was pleased to hear again from Bob
Berdoulay, of the The Diamond State Aquarium Society. He sent three articles, including his experiences in breeding
the Diamond Tetra and the Hump-backed limia, Limia
nigrofasciata.
- Bob later provided the remaining three articles in Marty Ziegler's Setting
Up a Reef Tank series, and
Marty's two detailed descriptions of Moving an Established Reef Tank. Also Preston Becker's account of
how he made a ten hour international flight with two angelfish in his backpack, and
five articles about keeping fish: Kribs and Bettas by Bob himself; Yellow-cheeked
Krib by Joe Solge;
and Gertrude's Rainbow, Golden Tetra and Green
Fire Tetra by Joe
Kaznica.
- Bill "Pegasus
NZ", who is based in New Zealand, runs a website Fishy Types Aquarium Help, where he
offers to answer aquarium related questions. Here is an article covering the two most
common problems he is asked about: new tank syndrome and introducing
new fish
- Bill also advises
that in connection with his web site he has just (Dec.13th, 2003) opened a brand new forum
to discuss aquarium problems more widely. Should you wish to join a new forum run by a
very experienced moderator, go to http://aquaprobs.suddenlaunch.com/
November
2003: 568 articles now available.
- The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre is the largest public
aquarium in Canada, and is one of the top five in North America. Take a pictorial tour of the Vancouver
Aquarium. Lots of photos!
- Mike Duffy, editor of The Underwater News, Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society (of Massachusetts) recently
used some articles from Aquarticles, and in return
contributed two articles of his own: Schwetzochromis stormsi, a West African cichlid, and Thorichthys aureum, a Central American cichlid.
- With permission from editor Mark Weierman and the members, added
thirteen articles from Fincinnati, the official newsletter of the Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society. They are in the
Breeding, Management and Ponds sections. Some are illustrated with sets of original
photos, particularly Mike Satkowski Tropheus duboisi and Tropheus brichardi, Steve Smith Royal
Farlowella, and Fred
Hamilton Saving the Longeared Sunfish.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale Aquarist Society in England, likes
to visit public aquariums on weekends and holidays, and Aquarticles
is getting a good collection of his reports. He recently visited the Aquarium
at Chester Zoo.
- Added an article by Michelle Stuart
of Ontario Canada, in the Salt Water section: Colt Coral Propagation, from the very informative new web site fishtanksandponds.com
October 2003: 549 articles now available.
- Added three more articles to the series Aquarium Stores of Vancouver Canada:
Big Al's Aquarium Services, Vancouver's largest all-aquaria store; Aquariums
West, a downtown store; and Petcetera, a big-box pet superstore. Start with
Big Al's, or view the whole
series starting with the Pet Boutique.
....And on October 10, two more: Fishworld,
followed by Fin-omental.
....And on October 26, one more: Kevin's
Aquatic Visions (in Langley).
- Loren E. Willis II
submitted an article about a new water supplement he is experimenting with and selling, "Aquahumic." It replaces natural fulvic and humic acids that are often
removed from city water supplies.
- Naomi Gettler, Editor of Splash, Milwaukee Aquarium Society,
sends copies of her newsletters to Aquarticles. Added four
recent articles, in Fish Breeding/Keeping.
- Four more articles from the Hamilton and District Aquarium Society, Paul
McFarlane's Bleeding Hearts, and Charles Drew's Black
Emperor Tetras , Spawning Cynolebias
constanciae, and Getting My
Pond Ready for Winter.
- Making your own custom built all-glass tanks has
various advantages. Madan Subramanian, of Bangalore India, contributed an
article about how he does it: Constructing Your Glass Aquarium.
September 2003: 533 articles now available.
- In the month of August I decided to visit my favourite aquarium shops in the City of
Vancouver, Canada, and take photos of what I found there. This series of articles is not
written just for local aquarists and visitors to Vancouver, although hopefully they will
find them useful, but rather they are intended to show readers from other cities and
countries what the retail aquarium scene is like in Canada and Vancouver in particular.
How do our stores compare to those in your home town? Start with The Aquarium
Stores of Vancouver Canada: Introduction and the Pet Boutique.
- Three more articles from regular contributor David Marshall of the Ryedale Aquarist Society of Yorkshire
England: a report on his visits to two public aquariums in
the Lake District, an article on Ctenopoma ocellatum,
the Zulu Perch: a predatorial labyrinth
fish that is becoming increasingly available in Europe, and an article by Gerry
Hawksby on the culturing of White Worms.
- Naomi Gettler, editor, regularly
sends Aquarticles copies of Splash, the journal of
the Milwaukee Aquarium Society. In the latest issue I noticed a unique article by Jerry
Michels: A Plastic Plants Primer, which answers everyone's questions about plastic plants
- Do they grow? Do they reproduce? Can they be killed? A 'must read' for every aquarist,
on a subject not often attempted.
December
2003: 593 articles now available.
- Completed Behind the Scenes of the
Vancouver Public Aquarium. Much goes on
behind the scenes that visitors don't normally see. Lots of photos.
- Added another store to the Aquarium Stores of Vancouver series, North
America Pet Store, a Chinese owned shop
that imports goldfish, koi and other fish directly from China, and caters to the Chinese
philosophy of Feng-Shui.
- Mike Duffy, editor of The Underwater News, Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society, sent three new articles by his colleague Ted Guglielmo,
about Jack Dempseys, Ilyodon lennoni (a goodeid), and the cichlid Archocentrus
septemfasciatum, and also three by Michael
McKinney: Neolamprologus sp.
'Caudopunctatus kipili,' the West African
cichlid Stomatepia pindu, and the goodeid Xenoteca eisseni.
- Ed Katuska, President of the Norwalk
Aquarium Society, forwarded an article for advanced aquarists about selective
breeding: Barry Lynch
- A Swordtail
Breeding Program
- Was pleased to hear again from Bob
Berdoulay, of the The Diamond State Aquarium Society. He sent three articles, including his experiences in breeding
the Diamond Tetra and the Hump-backed limia, Limia
nigrofasciata.
- Bob later provided the remaining three articles in Marty Ziegler's Setting
Up a Reef Tank series, and
Marty's two detailed descriptions of Moving an Established Reef Tank. Also Preston Becker's account of
how he made a ten hour international flight with two angelfish in his backpack, and
five articles about keeping fish: Kribs and Bettas by Bob himself; Yellow-cheeked
Krib by Joe Solge;
and Gertrude's Rainbow, Golden Tetra and Green
Fire Tetra by Joe
Kaznica.
- Bill "Pegasus
NZ", who is based in New Zealand, runs a website Fishy Types Aquarium Help, where he
offers to answer aquarium related questions. Here is an article covering the two most
common problems he is asked about: new tank syndrome and introducing
new fish
- Bill also advises
that in connection with his web site he has just (Dec.13th, 2003) opened a brand new forum
to discuss aquarium problems more widely. Should you wish to join a new forum run by a
very experienced moderator, go to http://aquaprobs.suddenlaunch.com/
November
2003: 568 articles now available.
- The Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre is the largest public
aquarium in Canada, and is one of the top five in North America. Take a pictorial tour of the Vancouver
Aquarium. Lots of photos!
- Mike Duffy, editor of The Underwater News, Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society (of Massachusetts) recently
used some articles from Aquarticles, and in return
contributed two articles of his own: Schwetzochromis stormsi, a West African cichlid, and Thorichthys aureum, a Central American cichlid.
- With permission from editor Mark Weierman and the members, added
thirteen articles from Fincinnati, the official newsletter of the Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society. They are in the
Breeding, Management and Ponds sections. Some are illustrated with sets of original
photos, particularly Mike Satkowski Tropheus duboisi and Tropheus brichardi, Steve Smith Royal
Farlowella, and Fred
Hamilton Saving the Longeared Sunfish.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale Aquarist Society in England, likes
to visit public aquariums on weekends and holidays, and Aquarticles
is getting a good collection of his reports. He recently visited the Aquarium
at Chester Zoo.
- Added an article by Michelle Stuart
of Ontario Canada, in the Salt Water section: Colt Coral Propagation, from the very informative new web site fishtanksandponds.com
October 2003: 549 articles now available.
- Added three more articles to the series Aquarium Stores of Vancouver Canada:
Big Al's Aquarium Services, Vancouver's largest all-aquaria store; Aquariums
West, a downtown store; and Petcetera, a big-box pet superstore. Start with
Big Al's, or view the whole
series starting with the Pet Boutique.
....And on October 10, two more: Fishworld,
followed by Fin-omenal.
....And on October 26, one more: Kevin's
Aquatic Visions (in Langley).
- Loren E. Willis II
submitted an article about a new water supplement he is experimenting with and selling, "Aquahumic." It replaces natural fulvic and humic acids that are often
removed from city water supplies.
- Naomi Gettler, Editor of Splash, Milwaukee Aquarium Society,
sends copies of her newsletters to Aquarticles. Added four
recent articles, in Fish Breeding/Keeping.
- Four more articles from the Hamilton and District Aquarium Society, Paul
McFarlane's Bleeding Hearts, and Charles Drew's Black
Emperor Tetras , Spawning Cynolebias
constanciae, and Getting My
Pond Ready for Winter.
- Making your own custom built all-glass tanks has
various advantages. Madan Subramanian, of Bangalore India, contributed an
article about how he does it: Constructing Your Glass Aquarium.
September 2003: 533 articles now available.
- In the month of August I decided to visit my favourite aquarium shops in the City of
Vancouver, Canada, and take photos of what I found there. This series of articles is not
written just for local aquarists and visitors to Vancouver, although hopefully they will
find them useful, but rather they are intended to show readers from other cities and
countries what the retail aquarium scene is like in Canada and Vancouver in particular.
How do our stores compare to those in your home town? Start with The Aquarium
Stores of Vancouver Canada: Introduction and the Pet Boutique.
- Three more articles from regular contributor David Marshall of the Ryedale Aquarist Society of Yorkshire
England: a report on his visits to two public aquariums in
the Lake District, an article on Ctenopoma ocellatum,
the Zulu Perch: a predatorial labyrinth
fish that is becoming increasingly available in Europe, and an article by Gerry
Hawksby on the culturing of White Worms.
- Naomi Gettler, editor, regularly
sends Aquarticles copies of Splash, the journal of
the Milwaukee Aquarium Society. In the latest issue I noticed a unique article by Jerry
Michels: A Plastic Plants Primer, which answers everyone's questions about plastic plants
- Do they grow? Do they reproduce? Can they be killed? A 'must read' for every aquarist,
on a subject not often attempted.
August 2003: 524 articles now available.
- To Leslie Keefer's article on Fish Tuberculosis, Clara Brentwood added her personal
story of how she nearly lost a finger after cleaning a tank with a cut on her hand.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society in England, has contributed several articles about less common fish.
His latest is about the Rainbow Snakehead, Channa
bleheri. David also sent another
article by his colleague Gerry Hawskby, about the confusion caused when
fish are re-classified and re-named.
- From the Ilford and District Aquarists and
Pondkeepers Society in England, added Mike Shadrack's report on his visit
to the Denver Aquarium, and some down-to-earth truths from "A Long
Suffering Wife": Marriage and the Aquarist
July 2003: 520 articles now available.
- Added three articles by regular contributor Bill "Pegasus NZ"
- his answers to that perennial question "How Many Fish?" (can I put in my tank), an article on Goldfish
for Beginners, and a humorous poem about a beginning aquarist. Bill has his own web site in
New Zealand, Fishy Types Aquarium
Help, where, in the "Contact Me" section, he offers to
personally help readers with questions about their aquariums.
- David Marshall, of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society, Yorkshire, England, sent two articles by Gerry Hawksby:
notes on his experience with Poecilia sp. "Endlers" (Endler's Livebearer), and tips on the maintenance of Airstones.
- Kfir Alfandary of the Israeli
Fish Forum in Tel Aviv has translated five more articles into the Hebrew language: Forrest/Inbreeding,
/ Greco/Power Outage, / Greenfield/Activated
Carbon, / Kim/Protein Skimming,
/ Rude/Loaches. Kfir appears to have done a good job and has added illustrations
of his own. I have added a link in each article's Article Information, but good luck in
reading them!
- Added five more articles by Francine Bethea and Don Kinyon
of the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society, all in the
Fish
Breeding section.
June 2003: 510 articles now available.
- Steve Coach, of San Diego, believes that plastic
plants are most convenient for display
aquariums, and submitted an original article about how he modifies their bases for use
with a thin substrate.
- Alan Ruben, of the Boston Aquarium Society, sent his article about the
nitrogen cycle, written in a lively and
easy-to-read way.
- Nischint Sohal, of India, had more ideas about constructing landscapes
using silicone, which complement Raj Kumar's Imaginative
Ideas for Your Aquarium.
- From Pam Spencer,
Secretary of the Calgary Aquarium Society,
I received a number of back issues of The Calquarium, in which nine different Aquarticles articles had been used. Calgary A.S. has an excellent
highly literate web site, and I am adding a few more articles from it, including Elaine
and Randy Rude on Loaches, Dale Speirs on the Fathead
Minnow , Birgit McKinnon on
the livebearer Cardinal Brachy, Grant Gussie's Filters
For Dummies, Don Marentette on
Belenesox belizanus,
Dwayne Tiede's Earthworms, Doug Dunlop's fascinating concept of using hydroponic
terrestrial plants for aquarium filtration, and Bill Forrest's thoughtful article, Inbreeding
Tropical Fish, Good or Bad?
- Kfir Alfandary of the Israeli
Fish Forum in Tel Aviv advised that he has translated Kristian Adolfsson's Dry and Rainy Seasons
in the Tank. into the Hebrew language,
and has added some photos. I've provided a link in the Article Information for the
article.
- Received a parcel containing six different back issues of the Ryedale Reporter,
newsletter of the Ryedale Aquarist Society in Yorkshire, England. Editor David
Marshall uses at least one Aquarticles article in
each of his newsletters, and has also contributed some interesting articles to this site.
Thanks David!
- Added another page of cartoon drawings of fish by Pia, the now fourteen year old
daughter of Raj Kumar, our correspondent in South India.
- Annie Woods, of Melbourne Australia, submitted an article about her
personal experiences in keeping and breeding Bristlenose Catfish.
- Added three articles to one of my favourites, the
Travel Section. From the Calgary Aquarium Society, Wlad Franco-Valias'
two articles on his trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and from David Marshall of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society, Derek Lambert's account of his three fish
collecting trips to Jamaica. David also
sent the story of his experiences with the Southern Mouthbrooder African Cichlid, and an article by Majid Ali
on the parasitic Planaria Worm.
May 2003: 494 articles now available.
- Editors of web sites in languages other than English are very welcome to translate
articles into their own language, and authors feel honoured when their articles are
translated. (Please let Aquarticles know which articles you
choose). This month we have received notice that articles are to be translated into
Italian on Roberta Savage's Acquarionline.it, and into Hebrew by
Kfir Alfandary of Tel Aviv for the Israeli Fish Forum. We await
word of which articles they select! Meanwhile Tihomir Popovic of Zagreb
has translated into Croatian Kristian Adolfsson's masterpiece Dry and Rainy Seasons
in the Tank.
- With permission from David Hauser, President, added a series of
articles (mostly in the Management Section) from Aquariumpros.com.
Aquariumpros.com Inc. is owned and operated in part by the officers and staff of The
Aquarium Professionals Group, a large-scale custom aquarium design and maintenance company
located in the Chicago area. The web site started in 1998 as an informative and
interactive resource "dedicated to educating aquarium hobbyists and promoting
responsible and environmentally-sound practices within all sectors of the aquarium
industry." It has since expanded into an on-line sales outlet for aquarium equipment,
food and books. The company offers extensive product support, answering questions and
providing advice both before and after the sale, and the informative web site also
contains moderated forums and lots of articles and information. Worth checking out!
- A seasonal article from Aquariumpros: How to Keep Your Aquarium Cool (...or
do I need a chiller?)
- I am also adding some articles,
with permission, by Tom and Pat Bridges. Pat edited The Scat
newsletter of the St. Catherine's Aquarium Society, Canada, for over nine years. Past
issues of The Scat may be found on The Home Page of Tom and Pat Bridges.
28 April, 2003: Aquarticles
is now two years old, and articles have been used in many aquarium club newsletters, as
the photo shows: 
- In the past year, visits have gone up from an average of 190 individual visits per day
to 1127 individual visits per day. Each visitor makes an average of about 6 hits, adding
up to about 200,000 hits per month.
- Visitors come from all over the World, including (in order): U.S.A., Canada, U.K.,
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway, Greece,
Hungary, Indonesia.
- Many found Aquarticles this month by searching for (in
order): fish cartoons, fish breeding, bettas, raising brine shrimp, flower horn fish,
breeding discus, goldfish, gouramis, cichlids, goldfish ponds, pipe fish, fish room,
seaweed nutrition, white cloud mountain minnow, waterfalls, albino frogs, American-flag
fish.
- The most popularly read articles this month were (in order): Ong/Flower Horn Fish,
Ziegler/Setting Up a Reef Tank, Aquarian/Goldfish Care, Pia/Fish
Cartoons, PegasusNZ/Brine Shrimp, Blumhagen/First Reef Tank, Adip/Breeding
Goldfish, Shaw/Breeding White Clouds, Lawler/Diseases Transmitted to
Humans, Greco/Lighting, Norfolk/Tung Choi: Hong Kong Aquarium Stores,
Baumgarten/Betta Splendens, Grange/Discus, Randall/Setting Up a
Planted Tank, Sanderman/Waterfalls, Legitt/Making Rocks.
- Im always looking for articles to add to Aquarticles. If you have written an article that you would like to
be more widely read, please go to Submit Articles.
The article could be original, or it might already be on your own or on your clubs
web site. If the article is reprinted in a printed newsletter, you will receive a copy in
the mail. If it appears on a non-commercial web site, you will be credited and links to
your site will be added.
April 2003: 476 articles now available.
- Back in November 2001, Frank M. Greco offered the use of articles on
his web site Frank's Aquarium. I revisited the
site and have added three more articles - Frank's detailed and authoritative dissertation
on fish quarantine, his recipe for
home-made fish food, "Fish Jell-O." , and a list of actual names of plants
sold as aquatics which really are
not. Frank is a professional aquarist who helps run the Fish Forum on AnimalForum.com, and is also moderator for Animal
Forum's small and friendly fish
newsgroup. If you need an expert answer to your questions about fresh or salt water
fish, try here!
- Added ten articles to the Aquatic Plants Section by Robert Paul Hudson, of Salem Oregon. Robert
sells a wide variety of plants and equipment by mail order (US only), through his very
informative web site about aquatic plants: Aquabotanic.com
- With permission from Dave Wade, President of the Regina Aquarium Club (Canada), added six
articles to the Plants section, by authors Twyla Lindstrom-Peters and Shara-Lee
Schneider, and twelve articles mainly to the Breeding section, again by Twyla Lindstrom-Peters, and
also by Jacklyn McNaughton and Greg Mallet.
- More from India! After reading my series of articles about "The
Aquarists of Bangalore" in the
People Section, S. Naga Siddharth contributed a nicely illustrated
original article, with an Indian flavour, about another Bangalore fishkeeper, lawyer Mr. Vasudevan.
March 2003: 440 articles now available.- Three more articles
contributed by Gerald Jennings: Spawning the (saltwater) cloudy damselfish by Gerald, Badis
badis by M.J. Parry, and
A Show Tank in the Home? by Dick
Mills.
- Raj Kumar, of Bangalore India,
wrote about an idea he had for tank decoration: Imaginative
Ideas for Your Aquarium.
- Encouraged by the reprinting of two of his club's
articles, Ed Katuska forwarded nine more from the Norwalk Aquarium Society, of Connecticut. They are mostly
in Fish
Breeding/Keeping, but include Ed's How to Write an Article, which
encourages club members to write about their fish, and gives step by step instructions.
- John Fichtl of Australia submitted a perhaps controversial article
about his experiences with various filter systems.
- Added three more breeding articles from the
Hamilton and District Aquarium
Society.
- Re. the recent policy change in Aquarticles, editor Howard Norfolk presents some
tips for editors and webmasters: How to Choose Articles for
Aquarium Club Newsletters and Web Sites.
- Bill "Pegasus NZ' is
moderator for several aquarium related forums. Here is his advice about how to deal with
problems tactfully: So You Wanna be a Moderator...
- Added an article by Nischint Sohal
of Bombay, India - the saga of the troubles he went through as a beginning aquarist: Starting
an Aquarium. The Hard Way.
- Ever since we installed the SEARCH
AQUARTICLES feature it had
problems. It worked for some people but not others. I had another look at this, and
believe the problem is now solved. So if the SEARCH didn't work for you in the past,
Reload/Refresh and try now!
February 2003: 417 articles now available.
- Added four articles to the People section, about the aquarists I met during my
recent holiday in New Zealand: Sid Smithies, Colin Clarke, Ivan Mockford, Gordon
McKay and Sean Canovan. To see what I found out about the hobby
in New Zealand, with lots of photos of fish rooms, start with People/Sid
Smithies.
- Gerald Jennings, of London,
England, is involved in a fascinating new project: Aquarists Reunited,
which is a World-wide listing of Aquarists, Fish Clubs and Aquarium Societies of the past
70 years, with the aim of re-uniting past members of aquarium clubs that may no longer be
in existence. If you would like to get in touch with old friends again, contact Aquarists Reunited to add
your reminiscences. Gerald submitted an article about an unusual fish, the Reed
Fish (a.k.a. Snakefish, Ropefish).
- Seven more articles from Bill "Pegasus NZ" including one
describing a 4' x 4' x 4' (1750 litres) wood tank he built some years ago for a display in his shop.
- Added a series of four excellent articles about Goldfish by Jennifer Wilkinson of the Calgary Aquarium Society.
- A nice reference to Aquarticles
in Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine - the March 2003 issue's theme is the
Amazon, and Richard Sexton in his column "Fish Net"
recommends reading Olga Betts' article about aquatic plant collecting:
My Trip to the Amazon.
- Corresponded with Jesse B. Hunt
of Mississippi, who used some Aquarticles articles on his own
informative web site, Aquarium Information Source.
Jesse contributed an article for beginners: Setting up a New Aquarium.
- Editor's note: Policy change! I
have observed that some Aquarticles articles have been
reproduced on other web sites, mostly without my permission. Some articles have even been
translated into other languages, mostly with my permission. We are all in the
"business" of providing information, so I believe authors would find it
acceptable if their articles are reproduced on other non-commercial web
sites as well as in printed newsletters. A link to the original web site will be provided
when articles are used. I believe authors would be interested to know when their articles
are reproduced, so when informed I shall add details to the "Article
Information" for each article.
Aquarium clubs and non-profit organisations may therefore use these articles
in their own journals or web sites, provided they:
1. Credit Aquarticles, the author and the original publication or web
site (if applicable).
2. Link to Aquarticles, and if applicable, to the original web site.
3. Advise Aquarticles of an article's use.
This is the stated policy on many aquarium club web sites. If any authors/editors do not
agree with this change in policy, please advise, and this preference will be stated in the
Article Information for each article.
January 2003: 401 articles now available.
-January 15th: I'm back from a month's holiday
in New Zealand, and am in the process of adding some articles that were submitted while I
was away. I met a number of World-class aquarists in New Zealand and will soon be writing
about them in the People section....But first - some water changes!
- Don Zilliox ("Z Man") contributed an article about a new pike
cichlid, Crenicichla
sp."Pacaya"
- Added three articles sent in by New Zealand aquarist Bill "Pegasus NZ",
about custom building all glass fish tanks, how to raise brine shrimp, and an article about fish health and the
usefulness of microscopes.
Bill commented: "Excellent stuff, really professionally presented, and lots of
familiar names. I have articles printed elsewhere, but yours is by far the best
presentation." ...Thanks Bill!
- Gerald Jennings of London, England, who has contributed some articles
to Aquarticles, wrote to advise of The Calypso
Organization's Ichthyological
Photo Library Online. This is an archive of over 9000 images available for free use by
educational institutions and non-profit organisations such as aquarium clubs (or for
commercial use with a small fee). If you need a photo for your article try here!
Gerald is also webmaster for the International Federation of Online Clubs and Aquatic
Societies, IFOCAS. Is your club a member?
- David Marshall, of the
Ryedale Aquarist Society in England, sent articles about two unusual fish: Mogurnda
mogurnda, an Australasian goby, and
the "Bruin Skreeuber", an African Synodontis catfish.
December 2002: 397 articles now available.
- Dec. 15th: I'm off on my annual holiday, this time to New Zealand and Western Samoa. I
hope to meet some New Zealand aquarists, and will update this site on my return in mid
January.
- Added a new article by British aquarists David Marshall and Majid
Ali, about three loach species that eat algae and can be kept in a cold water (room temperature)
aquarium.
- Added nine articles from the London
Aquaria Society, of Ontario, Canada, courtesy of Mark Ruddick.
Articles include three in the Aquatic Plants section by Lynn McMullen and by Dorothy
Reimer, Building a Fishroom by Richard Rice, Betta splendens by Karl Baumgarten, and a thoughtful
article by Tony Dawe about keeping fish in their optimum
environment.
- Added five articles by Craig Morfitt
of Bermuda, who commented: "Having been an editor of our local newsletter for ten
years, I am all too familiar with the challenges that are faced trying to find good
articles. Your site appears to be addressing that need." Craig has travelled
widely in search of fish, and writes about collecting in Peru and Mexico, and fishkeeping in Bermuda. Also added
is his award winning article about Lake
Tanganyika cichlids, and one about
breeding the Lake Malawi cichlid Labeotropheus trewavasae. More of
Craig's writings can be found on his personal web site
Morefish.com .
November
2002: 375 articles now available.
- Ong, of Flowerfish.com in
Penang, Malaysia, sent an article about "Flower Horn Fish" a colourful new cichlasoma hybrid that is
gaining popularity in South-East Asia, because its markings resemble Chinese characters
and it is believed to bring luck. A new fish for selective breeding enthusiasts?
- Have you watched all those animal shows on TV and wondered what it would be like to go
to Africa to see the animals in real life? I finally went "on safari" to Kenya
and brought back lots and lots of photos, which make up the "slide shows" in
this series of three. Go to: My African Safari, Part I: Amboseli and the
Maasai People by Howard Norfolk.
***Note: There aren't many fish here, but I'm hoping that if you like fish you like other
animals as well!
- David Marshall of the Ryedale
Aquarist Society in Yorkshire, England, contributed another interesting article - his tinfoil barbs, said to be
"impossible to breed," spawned in a community tank (but the eggs were eaten by
catfish). He would like to hear from anyone with a similar experience.
October 28, 2002:
Aquarticles is now
eighteen months old. It is now visited by an average 568 people each day, making an
average 3177 hits each day, and is growing month by month.
- Visits come from (in order): USA, Canada, US Educational, Australia, UK, Singapore,
Netherlands, US Military, Greece, Spain, South Africa, Malaysia, Turkey, New Zealand, and
many other countries.
- The most common ways to find this site this month by searching the Internet have been:
fish breeding, salt water aquariums, fish cartoons, cichlids, albino frogs, aquarium
stores, pipe fish, breeding discus.
- The most popular articles read this month have been: Balog/African Butterfly Fish,
Aquarian/Gold Fish Care, Ziegler/Saltwater, Greco/Lighting,
Norfolk/Indian Aquarium Stores, Blumhagen/First Reef Tank, Persson/Large
Aquarium, Leggitt/Making Rocks, Pia/Fish Cartoons, Norfolk/Hong
Kong Aquarium Stores.
- Thank you to all visitors. I have some new articles to post soon!
October 2002:
372 articles now available.
- Re-designed the Home Page as you now see it. Moved the Site Diary to this position.
- Added four articles to the Saltwater Section, by Jason Kim of San Diego. Jason is "an avid
reef aquarist" who set up his own company AquaC
in 1998, which makes protein skimmers. His article Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Protein Skimming is especially authoritative.
- Sherry Kruszka submitted a nice original illustrated article One Pond
is Never Enough! about the three ponds
she has built on her farm in Wisconsin.
- Added eight articles from the Youngstown Aquarist, newsletter of the Youngstown (Ohio) Area Tropical Fish Society, courtesy of Cheryl
Miller. Articles include Cheryl's comprehensive overview of Breeding
Fish, and three articles by Curt
Smith about breeding killifish, in the Fish Breeding,
Keeping section.
- David Marshall of the Ryedale Aquarist Society in Yorkshire,
England, contributed three articles, two in the Travel section about his visits to public aquariums in England
and Switzerland, and one about an unusual labyrinth fish, the Climbing Perch. David
promises more articles to come.(Oct. 30 - two more articles, including one by Majid
Ali, The Use of Bogwood in Aquaria).
- I've had a few enquiries from aquarists in India, responding to some of
the articles I have written about my travels in that country. Indian aquarists may be
interested to learn of my friend Raj Kumar's new Yahoo group "Aquarists of India,"
which may be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/a-s-k
September 2002:
352 articles now available.
- Added five articles by Lee Newman, of Vancouver, Canada. Lee is a
professional aquarist, and is Curator of Tropical Waters at the Vancouver Aquarium and
Marine Science Centre. He keeps cichlids at home as a hobby, and his writings on
cichlids are excellent examples of how articles about keeping and breeding fish should be
written. A list of Lee's articles may be found at the bottom of the feature on Lee and Lisa Newman in Aquarticles' People
Section. More of Lee's articles may be found on the web site The Cichlid Room Companion
- Added four articles by members of the Gold Coast
Aquarium Society, of Queensland Australia, courtesy of Aqua Scoop editor George
Herrman. Check out Steve Thompson's article In
My African Dream - an account of a
memorable holiday snorkelling and photographing cichlids in Lake Malawi.
- Added Copper in your Water? by Bart van Dijk, who points out that
water standing in copper house pipes can be toxic to fish. And also
Building a Fish Room by Jason
Shaw.
- Tihomir Popovic is translating some Aquarticles
articles into the Croatian language for his impressive hraquatica club web site in Zagreb, Croatia.
My article Travel/Tung Choi Street is the first one he has chosen. See it in Croatian!
August 2002:
339 articles now available.
- Added ten articles by Don Zilliox, who commented "You have a very
excellent idea here and I am going to send your URL to our editor because he is always
looking for articles." Don is known by aquarists throughout North-East
USA as "Zman." He writes about a wide variety of
subjects, but his main interest is breeding dwarf New World cichlids, as may be seen
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- Corresponded with Rab
Dingwall of the Ilford and District
Aquarists Society, England, and added an interesting article by Ron Ruth,
about his observations of fish during six months in Vietnam: The Fish Scene
in Vietnam, plus a humourous poem by Rowley Collier, and an article giving
a British angle on table shows.
- Endre Paller of Hungary has
started translating some articles from Aquarticles into the
Hungarian language, where they may be seen on his web site Edesvizi Akvrisztika. So far he has done a good job on
my Hong Kong article (Travel Section), and also Sean Furney's
"Deformities in Tank Raised Fish." He plans to translate many more - and we the
authors feel honoured by this attention!
- The Colorado Aquarium Society Newsletter
and Aquarist is a publication that uses articles from Aquarticles.
Editor Kevin Thurston recently wrote an interesting article about why
local US aquarium stores now have a smaller selection of fish varieties than they did in
the 1970's: The Commercial Aquarium Fish Supply
Chain.
- With permission from Vice-President Nancy
Johnson and the Board, added nineteen interesting articles on a variety of
topics, from Delta Tale, Potomac Valley Aquarium
Society.
- Have added a selection of articles by Vinod (Vinny) Kutty. Vinny was
born in India, grew up partly in Nigeria, and now lives in California. He has collected
fish in four continents, and some of his collecting articles may be seen in the Travel Section. His main interest is Pike Cichlids, for which see Fish Breeding,
Keeping/Cichlids, New World. There is
lots more about Pike Cichlids on Vinny's own web site Mostly Cichlids
July 2002:
288 articles now available.
- Visited keen aquarist Jason Shaw, whose ambition is to make a living
from his aquarium hobby. He breeds angelfish on a commercial basis and has several other
projects on the go, including selling fish and specialised fish foods through his web site
anythingfishy.ca. See my new
article about Jason in the People
section.
- Jay has written a series of four articles about setting up an aquarium
maintenance business. They may be found
in the Aquarium Management section.
- Added three articles: The 'Common' Goldfish .... Brackish Water Aquariums....All the Fun of the Fair, by Les Pearce of the Isle of Wight Aquarists' Society, England. Les is Public
Relations Officer for the Federation of British Aquatic
Societies, and has linked Aquarticles to the FBAS web site.
- Added ten articles from the New South Wales
Cichlid Society, of Australia, courtesy of club president Sabine Wilkins
and her committee. Articles include Building
a Fishroom by Peter Gallagher,
and Fluidised Bed Filters by Tony Wilkins. It is nice to include some
articles from Australia, since many Australians visit Aquarticles.
If anyone else in Australia has articles, please let me know.
- Added a very nice series of fish cartoons by Susan Schauer, of the Lorain County Aquarium Society.
See Fish Schtick, in the Humour Section. Ken McGill,
President of the LCAS, wishes to inform Ohio residents about the Ohio Area Aquarium Clubs' Information
Page, which contains a calendar of events in and around Ohio.
June 2002:
269 articles now available.
- Four articles added to the Ponds section, with permission from Sue
Speichert, editor of Water Gardening:
The Magazine for Pondkeepers.
- Added seventeen articles on a wide variety of topics, from president Ed
Katuska and members of the Norwalk
(Connecticut) Aquarium Society.
- Added seven articles by Rick Bolger of the North Jersey Aquarium
Society, including his award winning Things to Know Before You Show, an article about classifying
Central American Cichlids, and some
inspiring stories in the Humour/Anecdotes
section. Rick has a family website, Life Machine,
which contains these articles plus writings about other subjects.
May 2002:
235 articles now available.
- Added a nice collection of eighteen articles from the Monthly Bulletin of the Hamilton and District Aquarium
Society, of Ontario, Canada, courtesy of Paul McFarlane.
28 April 2002:
Aquarticles is one year
old!
The site statistics are interesting:-
- Aquarticles now averages 190 visits per day, with 1218
hits, and these figures are increasing by about 20% each month.
- This month the visits came from (in order) U.S.A., Canada, U.K., Singapore, Australia,
Denmark, Indonesia, Netherlands, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland,
Mexico, Hong Kong, India, and twenty eight other countries.
- The most popular articles this month were, in order:- Aquarian Goldfish Care,
Pia Fish Cartoons, Sanderman Waterfalls, Ziegler Setting Up a Reef
Tank, Kick Breeding Bettas, Leggitt Home Made Rocks, Shaw
Breeding White Clouds, Shaw Breeding Rainbowfish, Norfolk Indian
Aquarium Stores, Grange Breeding Discus, Wilkinson Labyrinth Fish, Fenner
Koi Breeding, Greco Lighting Salt Water.
- People who found this site by searching, asked for, in order:- fish
cartoons*, cory cats, waterfalls, neon rainbow fish, breeding gouramis, seaweed nutrition,
American flag fish, breeding bettas, beef heart recipe, setting up a reef tank, white
cloud minnows, cold water fish, kalkwasser, marine fishkeeping, aquatic flowers, dwarf
seahorses.
*If anyone knows of any more fish cartoons I'd be pleased to hear about them!
- Articles have been reprinted in about thirty different newsletters around the World.
Some use our articles in every issue. I'm still looking for more articles - if you
want your work to be widely read and perhaps reprinted, please submit articles here.
April 2002:
213 articles now available.
- Added a major series of five authoritative articles Cichlids of the
New World by Dr. Dean Hougen,
first published by the Minnesota Aquarium Society in 1994. Dean is now a Professor at the
School of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma, and takes an academic approach to
fishkeeping.
- I've travelled a lot, and brought back many souvenirs in the shape of fish. To see what
other cultures make when they think "Fish," see My Fish Souvenirs Part Two: Rest
of the World
- Added nine articles, all in 'Fish Breeding,
Keeping,' from the Milwaukee Aquarium
Society, courtesy of Naomi Gettler, "Splash" editor.
March 2002:
- Bill MacIndewar, President of the Boston Aquarium Society, gave
permission to add ten articles from "The Daphnian".
- When you travel do you tend to buy souvenirs in the shape of fish? I do, and
thought I would share with you my collection of fish ornaments from India and Sri Lanka.
- Courtesy of Jim Lancaster, added three
articles by Kathy and Marvin England, from "Cichlid
Tails", newsletter of the Texas
Cichlid Association.
- Added ten articles from The Greater Akron
Aquarium Society's "Tank Topics" with permission from editor Dave
Williamson and his Committee. Five of these articles are about goldfish.
- Added four articles by members of the Minnesota Aquarium Society - one by Robby
Lucken on Tropheus moorii, and three by Robin Engelking including a unique
article about keeping native North American freshwater
mussels.
February 2002:
172 articles now available.
- Added a new category of articles - Aquarium
Club Affairs. Distributed some of the old "Ideas" articles into
other sections.
- Auction coming up? - see the article How to
Bring Your Fish to the Club Auction.
- Added eleven useful articles from the Tri-State Aquarium Society, of Huntington W.V., and
authors
Tom Bell, Ralph Johnson and Terry Ranson.
- Also an article by Robert Schaarschmidt of the Nassau County Aquarium Society - Giving a Talk or
Writing an Article About Tropical Fish -
a complete check-list of all the facts to consider.
- And (on 10 Feb.), by Wright Huntley of The
Bay Area Killifish Association, two detailed articles - Shipping Killifish
and Eggs, and Jordanella floridae,
the American-Flag Fish
- Added three articles courtesy of John
Susbilla of The Saltwater Enthusiasts
Association of the Bay Area (SEABay) - two by Rex Niedermeyer, in the Salt
Water section, and a scary article that
every aquarist should read, about the diseases that may be transmitted to humans
from contact with fish.- "Some can
be rapidly FATAL"!
- P.S. If you want to see what reefkeeping is all about, check out the wonderfully
presented photographs on John Susbilla's own website, John's Reef Flat.
- Corresponded with Karen Randall, who was editor of "The
Daphnian", Boston Aquarium Society, and who now edits the printed Journal of The Aquatic Gardeners Association. She
will be using some articles from Aquarticles in her Spring
issue, which will be in colour.[May 2002: Two of my articles in
People/The Aquarists of Bangalore, were used]. Karen said "This is a wonderful
service you are doing for the hobby", and contributed two articles, to be found in
the Aquatic Plants section.
- Finally finished Some Photographic Impressions of Aquarium
Stores in South India. During my most recent trip to India
I visited a number of aquarium stores. The aquarium hobby thrives in
India, and these photos will give you an idea of how they do things over there.
- Added four articles by Sean Furney, of Oklahoma City.
Environmentally aware Sean and Ramey Furney sell mainly African Cichlids via theaquariumexchange.com This website
is well worth looking at for its information about individual species of African Cichlids,
and lots of original photos by Sean.
- In Hong Kong last December I visited the aquarium store
district and was amazed at what I found there. Read my photographic essay, Tung Choi. The Amazing Street of Aquarium Stores in Hong Kong.
January 2002:
Nine articles added -147 articles now available.
- I'm back from India, and am in the process of
updating the site with new articles.
In India I met a great bunch of aquarists, and have written four articles about The Aquarists of
Bangalore in the People section.
- Four more articles submitted by Gerald Jennings, of London. More new
articles to come soon.
21 December 2001:
- Note from the editor, Howard Norfolk:
Every winter for the past twenty years I have taken a month or so to travel to various
places throughout the World. This winter I'm taking a brief look at Hong Kong and
some of China, followed by my fifth visit to India, a most fascinating country. I'll be
back on January 20th, and will update the site then.
- Happy Christmas and New Year!
December 2001:
14 articles added. 137 articles now available.
- Allan
James, newsletter editor for the
Greenock and District Aquarist Society in Scotland, remarked that the availability of Aquarticles "should make editors sleep easier at
night."
Allan donated seven nicely representative articles, in Breeding/Catfishes, from his informative specialist catfish website, scotcat.com
- Kristian Adolfsson, of Malmo,
Sweden, gave his fascinating article Dry and Rainy Seasons in the Tank (about how to trigger spawning in difficult tropical rain forest
fish). Kristian also has a website about catfish, corydoras.net
- Several well-crafted articles by Bart van
Dijk, of Vancouver Canada, were added.
November 2001: 123 articles now available.
- Added SEARCH feature to View Articles page.
- Pleased to see a prominent link to Aquarticles in KRAKEN, a radical "new
vibrant and forthright site for the modern fishkeeper", which is still under
development but which aims to direct readers to the "best and worst sites on
the Internet, plus loads of other goodies", including an advice service.
- Four articles donated by Frank Greco, of The New York Aquarium. Frank's Aquarium web site is particularly known for
information about salt water and reef aquariums, and fish health.
- Eleven articles added, including six about reef aquariums, courtesy of Robert
Metelsky. Robert's book Simplified
Reef Keeping is now in its third edition.
29 October
2001: 103 articles!
- Some British input - eight articles added, courtesy of Gerald Jennings
of London, England, who had some pleasing comments to make about Aquarticles.
Gerald is webmaster for the International Federation of Online
Clubs and Aquatic Societies - IFOCAS (is your club a
member?). He is also a Founder and Director of The Calypso Fish and Aquaria
Club, of Central London.
23 October 2001: Ten
articles added. 95 articles now available.
- Added new category, Literature. Art. Craft Projects. Moved some
existing articles into this category.
- This site had 11,058 hits from 955 visits in September 01, from (in order):
U.S., Canada, U.K., India, Australia, U.S. Educational, Malaysia, Brazil, New Zealand,
Taiwan, Portugal, France, Indonesia, Japan, and twenty other countries.
- It has been pointed out that Aquarticles is
a repository for good and often unique amateur writing which is otherwise quite ephemeral
- one reading by perhaps sixty club members and then the articles are gone and
forgotten! If you would like your efforts preserved on this site,
we would be pleased to hear from you.
- Are you a member of an aquarium club that has a printed newsletter or
magazine? Does your editor use Aquarticles? We would be grateful if you would let him/her know
about us!
- If your club does not have a newsletter please let
your members know about Aquarticles.
Perhaps some of them might like to write for us! General readers and researchers are welcome.
16 September
2001: 85 articles now
available.
- Some very encouraging words from Bob Fenner of San Diego, who allowed
me to choose articles from his most informative site wetwebmedia.com
- Questions about fish and aquariums? - try Bob's popular advice
service.
- Raj Kumar, of The Aquarium Society of Karnataka, Bangalore,
India, contributed three articles, plus some very nice original cartoons by
his daughter Pia (one of
which may be seen below).
- Decided to discontinue the "Club News" section. Thank you to
those clubs which participated. News of general interest, such as
the International Aquascaping Showcase and
Contest may be submitted in the form of an article.
- There is still room for lots more articles on the site, and editors
or independent authors are strongly encouraged to submit them,
via e-mail or by using the form in Submit Articles.
- At this point I should thank the individual
authors who have
contributed articles, some of which are original to Aquarticles.
More articles wanted!
August 2001: 66 articles available.
- Jay Shaw, of the Campbell River Fish Club,
B.C. Canada, submitted four articles.
- Lisa Englander of Brooklyn, Ohio, contributed three
humorous pieces, and one was immediately re-printed : Humour, Anecdotes/ "Top 10
Reasons..." published in the August "Fish Talk", Atlanta Area Aquarium
Association.
- Al Ridley, of the Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society,
Ontario, sent two articles, and his colleague Robert Brown sent another.
- "Kick" made some nice remarks and allowed us to use
articles he has written for Badman's Tropical
Fish.
June 2001: 57 articles now available, including a number sent
in by Terry Little of the Brant
Aquarium Society, Brantford,
Ontario, and also by David Banks of the Tropical
Fish Club of Burlington, Vermont. -First article reprinted: Literature, Art, Craft
Projects/ "What to Do with Your Failures" by Howard Norfolk,
published in the June "Aqua Babble", Aquarium Club of Edmonton, Alberta.
- Future reprints of articles will be listed in the "Article Information"
for each article.
May 2001: Site now contains 45 articles, including a number
from The Calgary Aquarium Society, from which Grant Gussie
said that "general authorship in our club is down....so hopefully seeing some
reprints will encourage people to start writing again."
- Bob Berdoulay of The Diamond State
Aquarium Society, Delaware
City, contributed six articles.
- Richard Londeree of Tampa Bay Live Rock, "The Florida Bay Live Rock Farmers,"
e-mailed Aquarticles giving permission for us (and newsletter editors) to use any of the
material on his site. The interesting articles are perhaps rather long for a newsletter,
but excerpts could be used. Otherwise you might prefer to simply advise your members
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