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A Long Way To Go
I am not a technical person. My concept of DIY is to make a phone call to somebody who can do it for me. I got ten thumbs when it comes to the simplest possible craft and I habitually use my trusted manicure file to screw lose screws back in pl ...
Another Aquarist of Bangalore: Mr.Vasudevan
After reading the above series, Naga kindly contributed this article about another Indian aquarist. Many photos, with an Indian flavour.
Aquarium Photography
Aquarium photography presents almost all the problems normally encountered in other aspects of photography, such as small subjects, low light levels, moving subjects, camera-shy subjects, troublesome ba ...
Catfish Study Group (UK) Convention, 2006
Sometimes, looking back at things, I wonder how I managed to do anything in my life. Always late, always in a hurry, always having a million and one excellent reasons why I can’t do what I want to. But this was not an occasion to be misse ...
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: BILL STONE
As an Army Officer, Bill took his numerous aquariums with him wherever he was stationed. Now retired, he specializes in killifish.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: KARL and RENATE BUSCHHAUS
Karl and Renate had time on their hands after taking over a storage business, so they converted part of their warehouse into a commercial fish breeding operation.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: LEE AND LISA NEWMAN
Lee works as the Curator of Tropical Waters at the Vancouver Public Aquarium. At home, his main interest is South American cichlids.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: MATT HENNIG
Matt is a hobbyist with a large detached fish house containing 500 custom made tanks. His main interest is guppies.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: MY PONDS
Two ponds: a naturalistic ornamental outdoor pond containing a variety of coldwater and native fish, and an indoor pond holding mostly livebearers.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: BART VAN DIJK
Bart is a retired water engineer who spends his time experimenting with a variety of fish and plant keeping projects.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: GEORGE HENDERSON
George is a municipal worker who is crazy about pets. On his hobby farm he keeps a wide variety of animals, including fish.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: GERALD BORCHERT
Gerald is a stockbroker who maintains two ornamental ponds connected by a stream. He keeps trout and specimen koi.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: GERALD BORCHERT
Gerald is a stockbroker who maintains two ornamental ponds connected by a stream. He keeps trout and specimen koi.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: JAMAICA
Robin finds the facilities on his parents' cattle farm to be ideal for breeding and raising lots of fish.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: JAMAICA , Part I: Noel Swaby
Noel started as a hobbyist fishkeeper, in the tropical city of Kingston Jamaica. He now has a retail store, hundreds of breeding tanks around his house, and a 16 acre fish farm.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: JAMAICA , Part III: Ralph Holding
Ralph started his fish farm only three years ago, but already has hundreds of tanks and tubs and has plans for more. He hopes to begin exporting fish soon.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: JASON SHAW
Jay's ambition is to make a living from his aquarium hobby. He breeds angelfish in large quantities, and has several other projects on the go.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: NEW ZEALAND
Sid devotes most of his time to his aquariums - breeding fish and making his own equipment. He says it "Plays like a job but pays like a hobby"!
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: NEW ZEALAND , Part Four: Sean Canovan
Sean wants one of every fish...but a pair is even better, and if that pair turns into a hundred that is better still!
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: NEW ZEALAND , Part Three. Gordon McKay
Gordon always had aquariums at home, then four years ago he retired from business to work full-time in the family pet store, which contains an elaborate quarantine facility for importing fish. He also makes tanks and stands for sale.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: NEW ZEALAND , Part Two: Colin Clarke and Ivan Mockford
Colin has aquariums spread all around his house. His ambition is to breed clown loaches. He introduced his friend Ivan to the hobby.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: OLGA BETTS
Olga is a sophisticated lady who keeps immaculate planted tanks in the three main rooms of her house.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: RICKY GRANGE. JEFF MANDRUSIAK.
Both Ricky and Jeff work in pet stores. Despite their youth, they have plenty of fish keeping experience and can advise their customers well.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: THE AQUARISTS OF BANGALORE , PART FOUR: THE AQUARISTS SOCIETY OF KARNATAKA
The A.S.K. is more than just an aquarium club. It brings together hobbyists, breeders, tradespeople and professionals with the aim of developing both hobby and business interests in aquaria.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: THE AQUARISTS OF BANGALORE , PART ONE: RAJENDRA KUMAR
In tropical Bangalore, India, Raj keeps tropical fish and aquatic plants outside in a pond and on his patio.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: THE AQUARISTS OF BANGALORE , PART THREE: ADIP SAJJAN RAJ
Adip is an electrical engineering student in Bangalore, India, who somehow finds time to maintain three large display tanks as well as breed fish in his own fish house.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: THE AQUARISTS OF BANGALORE , PART TWO: MADAN SUBRAMANIAN
Madan sails as Chief Engineer on a 300,000 ton oil tanker for six month tours. Then he goes home to landlocked Bangalore, India, and takes care of a magnificent planted aquarium.
MEET AN AQUARIST SERIES: WING CHOW
Wing is a high school teacher who breeds African cichlids in every room of his house and even at school.
Using Mendel's Laws in our Tanks
My initial intention was to keep this article as simple as possible but, as I was working on it, it became evident that even simplicity has some limits which, if ignored, will lead to misunderstanding. Thus, I decided to add some defi ...
Whilst at business college, Sean earned money in his spare time by setting up and maintaining aquari
Whilst at business college, Sean earned money in his spare time by setting up and maintaining aquariums. After graduating, he decided to turn this into a full-time professional career.