A Fishkeeper’s Guide to South American Catfishes
by Gene Moy Tetra Press publishes several "Fishkeeper’s Guides" devoted to specialty groups of aquarium fishes. As with other books in...
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Book Review: North American Native Fishes for the Home Aquarium
published by Barron’s, 1998, 170 pages, 119 color photos Review by Nancy Johnson I ordered this book from a seller on eBay because I’m...
The Albuquerque Aquarium: Small But Spectacular
by Nancy Johnson My husband recently had a business trip to New Mexico, so I joined him for the weekend. It’s a long way to go for a...
A Few Great Deals I′ve Found
by Nancy Johnson Get a very accurate electronic pH pen for less than $50 at In The Swim’s web site. They sell pool supplies. I’ve had...
Dormancy in Brine Shrimp Embryos
by Tony A. Fitz The scientific literature recently provided information that may be useful for aquarists who hatch brine shrimp...
Advice for a New Planted Tank
by Bill Pabst Author’s note: This "article" evolved from an email I wrote to a fellow hobbyist about her new planted tank. I don’t...
My First Reef Aquarium
by Andrew Blumhagen What do you think of when you imagine a captive coral reef? Certainly the beautiful colors, variety of shapes and...
Peruvian Amazonia
by Eugene T. Aldridge, Jr. Saturday: I started out at noon on June 27, 1987 on one of the greatest adventures of my life, going to the...
Venezuela Collecting Diary
by R. Shane Linder On Sunday, November 19, 2000 I headed southwest from Caracas to the Rio Guarico. I had collected this place before but...
Musings of a Fish Addict
by Nancy Johnson I have good addictions, and bad ones. The prize for the worst definitely goes to smoking. Bad, bad, bad, bad. My kids...
Field Trip to Maryland Aquatic Nurseries
by Alysoun Laughlin Several PVAS members participated in a recent field trip sponsored by the Greater Washington Aquatic Plants...
Fish Tuberculosis
by Leslie Keefer At the ripe old age of nine, I won my first fish at a carnival. My hobby had begun, much to my mother’s dismay. She was...
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