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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Chesapeake Bay Quizby George White The magnificent Chesapeake Bay stretching for a length of 193 miles between Maryland and Virginia ranks as one of America’s most important na...
Corydoras in Paradiseby 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 visited Hawaii a number o...
The Colors of Corydorasby Don Kinyon There are a few "new" imports of Corydoras catfish coming in from South America lately that some Cory cat nuts, such as myself, are excited abo...
Beef Tipsby 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 preparing my own fish f...
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 of an event I witne...
Natural Aquatic Environmentsby 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 know how to go about...
The Native Tankby Tom Pallas The natural water systems of Virginia and Maryland offer an abundance of water life suitable for the aquarium I have collected various fishes, ...
Book Review: The Conscientious Marine Aquaristby Andrew Blumhagen The Conscientious Marine Aquarist By Robert Fenner Microcosm Ltd. ISBN 1-890087-02-5 Has this ever happened to you? You’re in your favori...
