By Don Kinyon Corydoras atropersonatus has been around the hobby for a long time, but never seemed to be common in pet stores or even in...

The first (successful) try at raising shrimp of a fish-only hobbyist By Don Kinyon First off, let me say that the miniature shrimp coming...

By Raychel Upright As aquarists, we spend considerable amounts of time with our fish and inverts. Many of us have special bonds with...

By Don Kinyon This hobbyist has always had a weakness for the Laetacara species, probably because Aequidens curviceps (now Laetacara...

By Don Kinyon An attractive Corydoras from the rivers of Suriname and Guyana, CW114 has been proven to be a color variety of Corydoras...

By Jim Chitty Threw these pictures together rather quickly so please bear with me. This is the simple setup I have for hatching brine...

By Frank Cowherd, Michael Barber, and Ben Chou (extracted from PVAS forum thread) You can buy KMnO4 = potassium permanganate at a lot of...

By Jim Chitty I ran across a Youtube video on the DIY Fishkeepers (Joey) and remembered I had a commercial version of one of these about...

By Don Kinyon A very colorful small characin from the Rio Nanay basin in Peru, the “coral red pencil fish” or Nannostomus mortenthaleri...

By Don Kinyon A tiny jewel from Thailand Kottelat 1991 It’s always a good rule to know a new fish’s needs before you decide to take it...

By Patchin Curtis (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) After enjoying Sherry's delightful presentation on ways to kill goldfish (very...

By Frank Cowherd (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) One way to treat plants that have insects, hydra or snails that you do not want is...

By Frank Cowherd (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) The easiest way to get rid of hydra is with fenbendazole. Go to a Tractor Store and...

By Patchin Curtis (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) Barbie Fiorentino gave a fascinating talk on Loricariidae in which she described...

By Don Kinyon Habitat and Collection Photos By David Snell I’ve said it many times before, but I’ll repeat myself with the risk of being...

By Don Kinyon The number of Apistogramma species that goes on my “need” list seems to increase exponentially for some reason, but this...

By Jim Chitty (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) Thought I would pass along this little item I made to hold Repashy gel foods in my...

By Frank Cowherd (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) So it is never too late to put a hole in the ice on your pond. We came back from...

By Frank Cowherd A TDS meter is a great tool for any fish room. TDS is total dissolved salts. Basically, it measures metal ions like...

By Don Kinyon (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) After water changes were done last week, I was feeding the fish and heard a load...