Welcome to alt.aquaria and rec.aquaria.freshwater.*, the oldest places
for aquarium info on the internet!
We have an extensive FAQ, located at
http://faq.thekrib.com. The
beginner's section is
http://faq.thekrib.com/begin.html and
http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html explains why new tanks are
hard to start. There is a lot of valuable information there on
everything from starting your first fishtank to fish selection to
growing live plants. Please have a look at the FAQ to see if your
questions are answered there before you post.
If you're wondering where all the posts went, many regulars from the
Usenet aquarium groups have partially or completely moved to:
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium.
There are a number of very valuable internet resources on fish and
aquaria. Here are some of the very best, and you will often see them
mentioned.
Pages by our regulars:
Netmax's site with great general information
http://www.netmax.tk
Richard Sexton's site, with articles and a great photo collection
http://aquaria.net
International Killifish Association
http://killi.net
CanadianCray's Crayfish Addicts Anonymous
http://www.canadiancrayfish.ca
Other great sites:
The Skeptical Aquarist with general information
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com
Monga Bay with biotope and species information
http://www.mongabay.com
Fishbase - very accurate species information
http://www.fishbase.org
The Krib, host of many years of carefully selected rec.aquaria archives
http://www.thekrib.com
FINS - Fish Information Service
http://fins.actwin.com/fish/
Planet Catfish
http://www.planetcatfish.com
Cichlids.com
http://www.cichlids.com
Greater Chicago Cichlids Association
http://www.gcca.net
Betta Talk
http://www.bettatalk.com
Apple Snail.net
http://www.applesnail.net
Loaches.com
http://www.loaches.com
Home of the Rainbowfish
http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/
Thomas Barr's aquatic plant site
http://www.barrreport.com (requires
free registration)
Tropica Aquarium Plants
http://www.tropica.dk
Chuck's Planted Aquarium Pages with the fertilizer calculator
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/
Endlers R Us
http://www.endlersr.us/
General usenet info:
A list of fishy and usenet abbreviations is at
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/acronym.php
Newsreader killfile and troll info can be found at
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
More troll information at
http://members.aol.com/intwg/trolls.htm
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http://faq.thekrib.com