Websites fishkeepers should have bookmarked

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Oh! And then there's also just....keeping your eyes peeled as well. I'm willing to assume that for those of us with large fish, they probably buy bulk seafood as opposed to little blister packs. I just watched this YT video, and it gives a fairly good lay explanation on flash freezing and ice nucleation.

 
ichthyogeek said:
Absolutely nothing. I'm a horrible magician. The only relatively applicable bookmarks I have are for liveaquaria diver den's request forms, and premium aquatics (they sell LRS online). Here's what I've got in my brain though:

Reef2Reef (I started moving most of my online forum time to there from ReefCentral, and a couple of tizzies aside, it's been a delight)
PlantedTank (is still alive, and while not exactly kicking, there're still a couple of devoted people on the forum to help out the newbies that join us)
PlanetCatfish (I should really log back on...)
Scapeclub (still unsure if I'm moving to LA or not...)


https://www.reef2rainforest.com/201...ptive-bred-marine-fish-species-list-for-2019/ (this is the 2019 list of all captive bred saltwater fish. I can't find the 2020 version....)

humble.fish (for saltwater disease, an amazing resource for how to treat a lot of common parasites/diseases; I wish Humble would do a freshwater writeup....)

fusedjaw.com (is defunct, but you can still use the waybackmachine to access parts of the site. Tami wrote a bunch of really good articles on seahorses, ranging from tankmates to frozen mysis)

aqualandpetsplus.com (also defunct/they did a complete site revamp, but using the waybackmachine to sometime like 2015 or so gets you to the site. They have a couple of monster fish profiles which may or may not be accurate)

ventralfins.com (yet another defunct website. It's somewhere in the waybackmachine. The dude had a really good kreisel tutorial, as well as some bomb brine shrimp instructions.)

livefoodcultures.com (may or may not sell live food cultures at this point? Still has some pretty good info on a lot of live foods!)

drumandcroaker.org/pastissues.html (more of a science journal than a magazine, but worth the read)

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishfood/wormculture.php (combining culture of red worms with grindal worms; one culture fits all! I always forget about this nifty little article, but it was mind blowing when I first read it around 6 or so years ago)

Coral Magazine ( During around April 2020 or so, they released a username/password so that people could get through the pandemic by reading all the back issues available. I forgot what it was, but I'm fairly certain it's somewhere on the web; whether it's still valid or not is up for debate...)

WetWebMedia (Bob recently passed away (RIP), but he gave me some good advice when I reached out to him. Some of the articles are outdated, but it's fairly easy to parse through which ones are and which ones aren't)

reefs.com (look up the "breeder's net", it does a great job of detailing how to culture a lot of things you'd need for saltwater aquaculture)

YouTube: Oh dear. If I get into any debates about monster fish keepers on youtube. it'll probably end up with me getting banned. But if information is what you seek, BulkReefSupply (saltwater) and Aquarium Co-Op (freshwater) are fairly good at covering a lot of stuff. I might start a YT channel just to get my accummulated knowledge out there? IDK.

Scholar.Google.com . If you're a college student, it's a wonderful resource, since your university probably has access to at least some journals. I've gotten a lot of good information by just being curious and typing in stuff like "Tigriopus culture" to see what pops up.

Books! If you can, get your hands on books! The Plankton Culture Manual, How to Raise and Train your Peppermint Shrimp, and The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes are all amazing.
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Thanks for this, all added in. Apart from the forums (unsure of the rules around those), YouTube and for now the books. May add a book section soon, will give it a thought.
I am not including YouTube videos, that's a whole different Kettle of Fish and a bit more subject to bias and opinion than typed or printed media

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The h3ll is this? https://coconuts.co/jakarta/news/in...ries-expensive-arowana-pet-fish-for-lunch/??? That is kind of funny, but sad.
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You can put the 'e' in it, we won't smite you. Yeah that would be a bit of a shock!
 
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Nice! This should be a sticky
 
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Oh, there's also this:

River-Tank Manifold Design — Loaches Online

An article describing the design concept and Do It Yourself construction details of a River-Tank water manifold.
www.loaches.com www.loaches.com

It's a design for creating a river like environment for small tanks designed for riverine fish like hillstream loaches.
 
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Great idea. I have so many references in so many places, it would take time to go through them all; some I posted on now defunct forums and I'd have to google them out again to find the original source. But here just a few of many.
Alf's Aequidens page. Not updated for some time as far as I can tell, but good as a general reference.
http://www.lem.net/alf/aequidens-eng.htm

A history of "green terrors" by Wayne Leibel. Read carefully and it debunks stalsbergi as the one and only "true" green terror.
http://www.tfhdigital.com/tfh/201005/?pg=35#pg35

Alf's version of the story, I think this page may have been updated since I read it last-- as you can see, where you live makes a difference, or who you listen to. Alf Stalsberg is from Norway and says A. rivulatus "arrived at the end of the 70s." Wayne documents rivulatus as the fish "known since the early 70s as the green terror." He talks about white and gold saum rivulatus, as well as a "third" fish, what is now stalsbergi. Add Alf's account of stalsbergi to Wayne's history and you see why there's been confusion over it all. A lot of the confusion originates from the different species some have thought were rivulatus before rivulatus was confirmed and blombergi and stalsbergi classified as not rivulatus.
http://www.lem.net/alf/andinoacara-eng.htm

This guy has done a lot of good filter reviews, along with his method of enhancements, called "Pimp My Filter."
https://www.youtube.com/user/pondguru/videos
 
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I think I've passed the age where I can remember every single page I've ever visited, but this has some good info on larval food cultures:

waynesthisandthat.com - waynesthisandthat Resources and Information.

waynesthisandthat.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, waynesthisandthat.com has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for!
www.waynesthisandthat.com www.waynesthisandthat.com
 
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ichthyogeek said:
Absolutely nothing. I'm a horrible magician. The only relatively applicable bookmarks I have are for liveaquaria diver den's request forms, and premium aquatics (they sell LRS online). Here's what I've got in my brain though:

Reef2Reef (I started moving most of my online forum time to there from ReefCentral, and a couple of tizzies aside, it's been a delight)
PlantedTank (is still alive, and while not exactly kicking, there're still a couple of devoted people on the forum to help out the newbies that join us)
PlanetCatfish (I should really log back on...)
Scapeclub (still unsure if I'm moving to LA or not...)


https://www.reef2rainforest.com/201...ptive-bred-marine-fish-species-list-for-2019/ (this is the 2019 list of all captive bred saltwater fish. I can't find the 2020 version....)

humble.fish (for saltwater disease, an amazing resource for how to treat a lot of common parasites/diseases; I wish Humble would do a freshwater writeup....)

fusedjaw.com (is defunct, but you can still use the waybackmachine to access parts of the site. Tami wrote a bunch of really good articles on seahorses, ranging from tankmates to frozen mysis)

aqualandpetsplus.com (also defunct/they did a complete site revamp, but using the waybackmachine to sometime like 2015 or so gets you to the site. They have a couple of monster fish profiles which may or may not be accurate)

ventralfins.com (yet another defunct website. It's somewhere in the waybackmachine. The dude had a really good kreisel tutorial, as well as some bomb brine shrimp instructions.)

livefoodcultures.com (may or may not sell live food cultures at this point? Still has some pretty good info on a lot of live foods!)

drumandcroaker.org/pastissues.html (more of a science journal than a magazine, but worth the read)

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishfood/wormculture.php (combining culture of red worms with grindal worms; one culture fits all! I always forget about this nifty little article, but it was mind blowing when I first read it around 6 or so years ago)

Coral Magazine ( During around April 2020 or so, they released a username/password so that people could get through the pandemic by reading all the back issues available. I forgot what it was, but I'm fairly certain it's somewhere on the web; whether it's still valid or not is up for debate...)

WetWebMedia (Bob recently passed away (RIP), but he gave me some good advice when I reached out to him. Some of the articles are outdated, but it's fairly easy to parse through which ones are and which ones aren't)

reefs.com (look up the "breeder's net", it does a great job of detailing how to culture a lot of things you'd need for saltwater aquaculture)

YouTube: Oh dear. If I get into any debates about monster fish keepers on youtube. it'll probably end up with me getting banned. But if information is what you seek, BulkReefSupply (saltwater) and Aquarium Co-Op (freshwater) are fairly good at covering a lot of stuff. I might start a YT channel just to get my accummulated knowledge out there? IDK.

Scholar.Google.com . If you're a college student, it's a wonderful resource, since your university probably has access to at least some journals. I've gotten a lot of good information by just being curious and typing in stuff like "Tigriopus culture" to see what pops up.

Books! If you can, get your hands on books! The Plankton Culture Manual, How to Raise and Train your Peppermint Shrimp, and The Complete Illustrated Breeder's Guide to Marine Aquarium Fishes are all amazing.
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So it's been a while, and I want to update on this:

I no longer recommend reef2reef nor bulkreefsupply based off of actions they've taken against a community I am a part of. Y'all're smart. I don't think I need to (or am allowed to) get into it more than that.

Humblefish has a forum now. I'm mostly on it nowadays for saltwater stuff. It's still a bit small, but I greatly enjoy the community there.
 
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