Miscellaneous Topics

Furthering the hobby by the dissemination of information and advice

Creating A Living Will For Your Fish

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

Simple And Cheap DIY Brine Shrimp Hatchery

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

Aquarium Use of Potassium Permanganate

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

DIY Fluidized Sand Bed (Biological Filter)

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...

Euthanizing Fish

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

Using Alum to Control Snails

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...

Using Fenbendazole to Control Hydra

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...

Use of ProForm-C to Control Parasites

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

DIY Repashy Gel Food Holder

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...

Maintain An Ice-Free Hole In The Ice On Your Pond

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...

Quick, Effective (and Ugly) Tank Brace

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...

Egg Scatterer Breeding Baskets

By Patchin Curtis (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) Wanting to breed Purple Emperor Tetras (Inpaichthys kerri) in a more intensive...

Chesapeake Bay Quiz

by George White The magnificent Chesapeake Bay stretching for a length of 193 miles between Maryland and Virginia ranks as one of...

Corydoras in Paradise

by Gene Moy I’ve been fortunate to have a job that sends me to different parts of the country and the world. Over the years, I have...

The Colors of Corydoras

by Don Kinyon There are a few "new" imports of Corydoras catfish coming in from South America lately that some Cory cat nuts, such as...

Beef Tips

by Tom Biery I first read fish food recipes that included beef heart and liver about 20 years ago. Several years ago I decided to try...

Summer on a Jungle River (Part 2)

by Alex Townsend, PVAS The Spider and the Wasp This probably sounds like the title of a fable or parable, but it’s actually a description...

Natural Aquatic Environments

by George White Now is a fine time to plan your yard and garden. Taking care of the yard can be one of life’s biggest pleasures — if you...

The Native Tank

by Tom Pallas The natural water systems of Virginia and Maryland offer an abundance of water life suitable for the aquarium I have...

Book Review: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist

by Andrew Blumhagen The Conscientious Marine Aquarist By Robert Fenner Microcosm Ltd. ISBN 1-890087-02-5 Has this ever happened to you?...