Monthly welcome, FAQ pointer, and links
 

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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