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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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