What Was New, May 2001 to August 2003

WHAT WAS NEW
SITE DIARY CONTINUED FROM HOME PAGE
May 2001 to June 2005

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 Windel�v 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.

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.

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: Newsletters 2.jpg (14979 bytes)
- 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.
- I’m 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 club’s 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 on his own web site "ZMAN."

- 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). aa2.jpg (19851 bytes)
- 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 of this site.