Dream Blue Velvet ShrimpThe first (successful) try at raising shrimp of a fish-only hobbyist By Don Kinyon First off, let me say that the miniature shrimp coming into the aquarium h...
Creating A Living Will For Your FishBy Raychel Upright As aquarists, we spend considerable amounts of time with our fish and inverts. Many of us have special bonds with certain “wet pets”. Some...
Laetacara Araguaiae: Breeding the “Purple Smiler”By Don Kinyon This hobbyist has always had a weakness for the Laetacara species, probably because Aequidens curviceps (now Laetacara curviceps) was the first...
Corydoras CW114: A Color Variety of C. sipaliwiniBy Don Kinyon An attractive Corydoras from the rivers of Suriname and Guyana, CW114 has been proven to be a color variety of Corydoras sipaliwini (Hoedeman, ...
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 shrimp. Materials are ...
Aquarium Use of Potassium PermanganateBy Frank Cowherd, Michael Barber, and Ben Chou (extracted from PVAS forum thread) You can buy KMnO4 = potassium permanganate at a lot of local hardware store...
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 15 years ago. It wo...
Nannastomus Mortenthaleri -- the “Coral Red” Pencil FishBy Don Kinyon A very colorful small characin from the Rio Nanay basin in Peru, the “coral red pencil fish” or Nannostomus mortenthaleri may just be the perfe...
Boraras Urophthalmoides -- the “Exclamation Point Rasbora”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 home. Sometimes it jus...
Euthanizing FishBy Patchin Curtis (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) After enjoying Sherry's delightful presentation on ways to kill goldfish (very informative, thank you ...
Using Alum to Control SnailsBy 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 to use alum. Alum is...
Using Fenbendazole to Control HydraBy 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 buy a $25 bottle of...
Use of ProForm-C to Control ParasitesBy Patchin Curtis (extracted from a PVAS forum thread) Barbie Fiorentino gave a fascinating talk on Loricariidae in which she described her protocols for tre...
Apistogramma urteagai: Collecting, Keeping and Breeding a wild ApistoBy 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 a nag; If you have t...
Apistogramma Tucurui: The Apisto in the Pin-Striped SuitBy Don Kinyon The number of Apistogramma species that goes on my “need” list seems to increase exponentially for some reason, but this one, A. tucurui, has b...
DIY Repashy Gel Food HolderBy 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 tank. Since most of 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 vacation a few days a...
Uses For A TDS MeterBy Frank Cowherd A TDS meter is a great tool for any fish room. TDS is total dissolved salts. Basically, it measures metal ions like sodium, potassium, calci...
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 "pop" from the 55 gallon...
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 manner, I opted to fab...
