Fish as Pets Index

This Index Categorizes the Fish as Pats articles as best possible, with a few articles being place in more than on category (in particular the first category).

Some minor articles/posts with low readership are only found in the left column in chronological order of posting.



CATEGORIES

MOST POPULAR

• Aquarium Planaria; Wiggly Detritus Worms, in Tank Water, on Glass
  Information about Detritus Worms which are most often misdiagnosed as Planaria, with sometimes disastrous results such as treating with poisons to kill the what could be dangerous planaria when in fact Detritus Worms are harmless and in fact beneficial when not over populated


• Common Aquarium Keeping Myths
  This article includes these myths: *The Myths of Biotope Aquarium/Fish Keeping (Exact Parameters), *The Myth of Betta Tail Biting, *The Myth of an Acrylic Aquarium versus Glass Aquarium, *The Myth of UV Sterilization being only for Aquarium/Pond Clarification, *The Myth of PAR as a definitive measurement of LED Light energy for planted or reef aquariums, *The Myth of using Community Driven Reviews as a way to determine product quality


• EcoTech Radion Versus TMC Aqua Ray HO LED Aquarium Lights
  Comparison of two excellent but still differing quality Reef Aquarium LED Lights as well as information about some popular but VERY INFERIOR planted freshwater LED lights such as the Finnex and Fluval?


• Melafix Dangers; Betta, Labyrinth Fish, Pencil Fish
  Corrections to the extreme misinformation about Melafix, which is not really much more than an antiseptic, yet is used for all sorts of more serious aquarium diseases then gets the blame for killing their fish when in actuality was the disease.
  Also aquarium pH, KH, * GH plays a big role in any possible toxicity there is with Melafix


• Wonder Shells, Mineral Supplement; Aquarium Forums Hall of Shame
  Refutations based on science to an aquarium forum thread discussing a product they clearly have no understanding of.
  References are given to the science behind these products and the general science behind aquariumRedox, GH, KH, PH, and essential electrolytes


• Aquarium Moon Lights Review; Is Moonlite truly Blue
  Information about what really makes up lunar light. This includes correction to moon light NOT being blue and the lunar cycle being different than a solar cycle as most aquarium timers are set to


• Aquatronics, now AAP Spectrogram Aquarium Treatments
  Corrections about the company "Aquatronics" products now sold by AAP


• PUR or RQE, YouTube Video Fail- Guide to lighting a planted tank
  Discussion of a YouTube video about lighting basics where the author makes some good points, but also makes many incorrect assumptions, most notably that there is no quality of light


• "Red Pest", Invented Fish Disease, Actually Septicemia
  Here is another Aquarium Forum "Hall of Shame" where by the usual culprits "cut & paste" made up information, often to the aquarium keepers detriment.

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FISH DISEASE OR RELATED NEWS ARTICLES

• Columnaris Disease in Fish, Aquariums, Ponds
  The treatment and prevention of the Aquarium (& pond) disease "Columnaris" seems to be one of the subjects of more inaccuracies than most diseases commonly confronted by aquarists


• Monogenean Parasites, Marine Fish
  Coral reef fish harbor an unexpectedly high biodiversity of parasites In the same way as the tropical rainforest, the coral reefs of warm seas are among the richest ecosystems of the world.


• Reef Clams with Foreign Disease Sold for Reef Aquariums
  Popular Giant Blue Clams (Tridacnids) imported from Vietnam have been found to carry to carry a disease (Perkinsus olseni)


• Melafix Dangers; Betta, Labyrinth Fish, Pencil Fish
  See popular post section for a description


• "Red Pest", Invented Fish Disease, Actually Septicemia
  Here is another Aquarium Forum "Hall of Shame" where by the usual culprits (such as Yahoo Answers, Aquatic Community) cut & paste made up information, often to the aquarium keepers detriment.


• Aquatronics, now AAP Spectrogram Aquarium Treatments
  Corrections about the company "Aquatronics" products now sold by AAP


• Fish doctors make a splash News story from the "Columbian News Service"

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INTERESTING NEWS, AQUATIC STORIES, PLACES

• Buying Aquarium Products via Amazon
  A factual look at why purchasing your aquarium product via Amazon may not be your best choice


• Bahooka Restaurant
  Article about a popular restaurant that Carl Strohmeyer had a hand in their original set up


• Moon Jellyfish
  Moon jellyfish lived through the Ice Age and subsequent warming of the seas. What makes these translucent creatures so resilient


• Celestial Pearl Danio, Galaxy Rasboras
  See popular post section for a description


• Zebra Fish for Cancer Research


• Piranha- caught by fisherman
  News story about what was assumed to be a Piranha, but in the end was identified as a Pacu


• Asian Bonytongue, Arowana News


• Unusual Fish-Discoveries


• Three separate fish are actually the same


• Chloramines in local water supply


• Aquarium Filter Innovations

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AQUARIUM LIGHTING NEWS, CORRECTIONS

• EcoTech Radion Versus TMC Aqua Ray HO LED Aquarium Lights
  Comparison of two excellent Reef Aquarium LED Lights as well as information about some popular but VERY INFERIOR planted freshwater LED lights such as the Finnex and Fluval?


• PUR or RQE, YouTube Video Fail- Guide to lighting a planted tank
  Discussion of a YouTube video about lighting basics where the author makes some good points, but also makes many incorrect assumptions, most notably that there is no quality of light


• Common Aquarium Keeping Myths
  This article includes these myths: *The Myths of Biotope Aquarium/Fish Keeping (Exact Parameters), *The Myth of Betta Tail Biting, *The Myth of an Acrylic Aquarium versus Glass Aquarium, *The Myth of UV Sterilization being only for Aquarium/Pond Clarification, *The Myth of PAR as a definitive measurement of LED Light energy for planted or reef aquariums, *The Myth of using Community Driven Reviews as a way to determine product quality


• Aquarium Moon Lights Review; Is Moonlite truly Blue
  See popular post section for a description


• Aquarium Lighting & Google Search
  Just how good are your search results for information about Aquarium Lighting when using Google, Bing search or relying on many popular aquarium reef forums?


• LED Aquarium Lights vs Metal Halide


• LED and T2 Aquarium Lights


• SHO Aquarium Lights; Correct Information
  Rebuttal to a totally fact less answer about the use of Aquarium SHO lights, where the person answering clearly "made up" his facts to appear like he knew what he was talking about, despite so many easily obtainable research to the contrary

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REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS NEWS ARTICLES
This is a large category (& sadly mostly negative), since one of the intentions of this website is to inform others of common anecdotal information found via the Internet.

• Planted Tanks Facebook Debates
  Who's really to be believe on the ever so popular website Facebook? Groups with self appointed experts giving advice. What could go wrong?


• Use of Home Softener Water for Bettas, Angels, or Other Fish
  While not a widespread problem, there are still many miss-informed aquarium keepers who use home softener water for their fish; in particular Discus, Bettas, Angels, & Rams Cichlids


• Pet Mountain Review; Parasite Reseller
  The ethics of a parasite retailer is exposed. This company hides behind a fake name while actually selling from a distributor outside of agreements by companies such as SeaChem to sell only to quality retailers.


• Reef Central; Aquarium UV Sterilizer Hall of Shame
  Another in my Hall of Shame series, inspired by a friend to deal with the copious amounts of misinformation and personal attacks such as on myself here when others cannot debate the facts.


• Aquarium Maintenance/ Service Companies
  A listing of aquarium maintenance/service companies. Full time companies are welcome to suggest theirs too.


• Yahoo Answers; Betta Bowl Size, Catx, Boring Sponge
  A 2013 Yahoo Answers thread where unfortunately the so-called "best answer" was clearly gamed with 7 votes coming at the very end of the voting period, and worse this answer and many others were treated as facts when these clearly were opinions and opinions that do not agree with most experts in the field either.


• Wonder Shells, Mineral Supplement; Aquarium Forums Hall of Shame
  Refutations based on science to an aquarium forum thread discussing a product they clearly have no understanding of.
  References are given to the science behind these products and the general science behind aquarium Redox, GH, KH, PH, and essential electrolytes


• Google IS Evil, Content Plagiarism; Water Ionizer Expert
  Google and their advertisers are exposed for their Google Adsense Plagiarism and Refusal to respond to DMCA Complaints.
  While the relation to aquarium keeping may not be readily apparent, this article explains how it can/will be!


• Submariner Internal UV Sterilizer Review, such as Kokos Goldfish; Reviews Part 1
  Review of a product where inaccurate Amazon reviews show why there needs to be more education on the use of a UV Sterilizer and how they work, as well as what makes a good UV.


• Yahoo Answers Hall of Shame, UV Sterilizers
  Inaccurate information from Yahoo Answers about UV Sterilizers is refuted


• UV Sterilizers for Aquariums; Forum/ Blog Hall of Shame -5; About.com, Fish Channel
  Rebuttal to About.com and Fish Channel as to incorrect information given there-in about the proper use of an Aquarium UV Sterilizer


• Yahoo Answers Exposed Further


• Yahoo Answers Part 2


• Yahoo Answers
  The first of three articles as to why Yahoo Answers is a poor place to go for accurate aquatic (pond and aquarium) information


• DMOZ; Forums Hall of Shame
  Article about the Open Directory Project and their choice of "cut and paste" often inaccurate aquatic websites over accurate researched websites.


• Aquarium Cleaning Machine; Review
  While this was not a perfect product, it was certainly not the product inaccurately described in some forums.

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