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Subject: AQUARIA FAQ: Read Me First -- Contents
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This FAQ available on the WWW via http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~aquaria/Faq/
The Aquaria FAQs
The Aquaria FAQs are continually-evolving documents, so we would
appreciate hearing of any inaccuracies, suggestions for improvements,
or other general comments. Comments can be sent as e-mail to either
the entire group or individual authors of a FAQ or section (see the
AUTHOR LIST for the most current addresses). Please, though, don't
send us mail asking for help on your algae problem, just comments on
the FAQ. Thanks!
Copyright
The FAQs owe their existence to the contributors of the net, and as
such it belongs to the readers of rec.aquaria and alt.aquaria.
Articles with attributions are copyrighted by their original authors.
Copies of the FAQs can be made freely, as long as it is distributed at
no charge, and the disclaimers and the copyright notice are included.
Introductory and Newsgroup FAQs (intro)
* Welcome to Rec.aquaria.*: (posted weekly to rec.aquaria.*)
The FAQs, Archives and Web Pages, Etiquette for Posting, Acronyms
and Terms, and Common newsgroup Q&A.
* Tables of Conversion Factors and other Random Data (*)
* How to FTP (ftp-guide, The Long Version)
Your First Freshwater Aquarium (beginner)
* Contents and Foreword
* Introduction
* Before You Buy...
Equipment -- What's Essential, and Finding Good Fish Stores.
* Setting Up Your Tank...
Preparing your Water, The Nitrogen Cycle, Basic Water Chemistry,
and Useful Test Kits.
* Adding Your Fish...
About Fish Stress, Adding and Feeding the Fish, and Partial Water
Changes.
* Long Term Success...
Combatting Algae and Snails, What to do About Vacation and Moving,
How to Properly Euthanize a Fish, and Breeding Fish.
Beginning Saltwater Aquaria (sw-begin)
* Introduction
* Setup
* The Fish
* Long Term Success
Live Plants (plants)
* Basic Questions and Answers
* Quick Introductary Article
* Listing of Common Plants
* Lighting
* CO2 Fertilization
* Heating Cables
* Resources for Aquatic Plants
Disease, Algae and Snails (disease)
* Common Freshwater Diseases
* Table of Saltwater Diseases Diseases
* Algae
* Snails
More Detail, Please...
* Good (and Bad) Beginner Fish (firstfish)
* Fish Breeding (posted with firstfish)
* Filtration (filter)
* Live Food (food)
Other Resources (resource)
* Books
* Magazines
* Societies and Organizations
* Mail-order Supply Houses
The FAQ Annex
This is a collection of detailed articles that are either _too_
detailed to be considered FAQs, or are older versions of material
covered in the main FAQ. The Annex is available via WWW or FTP only,
sorry.
The FAQ Team
FAQ: Major Revision History
August 1997
Much expanded live food FAQ, including addition of vinegar eel
section. Corrected 6 months of links and club address changes.
Spring 1997
Plant Q&A cleanups, etc.
February 1997
Major plant resource cleanup
July 1996
Some minor nits, resource additions.
April 1996
New breeding article. Updated first fish. Updated turf FAQ and
changed posting rules for the newsgroup split.
March 1996
Updates to the Setup and Longterm section of Saltwater FAQ.
February 1996
New section on GAC and Sterilization in Filtration FAQ.
December 1995
Updated aquarium society listing.
August 1995
Expansion of the live food FAQ by Don Wilson
May 1995
First release of the ``new'' FAQ.
July 1994
Work begins on the ``new'' FAQ.
Up: Return to Main Map
FAQ: Authors
The FAQ Team
Much of the material for this new FAQ comes from the FAQ Working
Group. We have spent nearly a year putting this collection of
documents together, and hope you find them useful in your aquaria
endevours. Since the FAQ is (we hope) an evolving document, we'd
appreciate any and all suggestions for material we may have left out,
factual changes, or just comments in general. Mail your comments on
the FAQs to faq@marge.phys.washington.edu (please use this address for
FAQ development-related topics _only_; pleas for help in diagnosing
your sick fish will be cheerfully ignored or redirected to the
newsgroups). Thank you.
Erik Olson, editor
List of contributers (in alphabetical order)
These are the tireless souls that have written articles, provided
material, or proofread. Feel free to shower them with praise and/or
gifts. :)
Shaji Bhaskar
bhaskar@bnr.ca
Gary Bishop
gb@cs.unc.edu
George Booth
booth@hplvec.lvld.hp.com
Rick Clark
rclark@bnr.ca
Neil Frank
nfrank@nando.net
Bruce Hallman
deadfish@netcom.com, bruce@hallman.org
http://www.hallman.org/~bruce/
Dean Hougen
hougen@cs.umn.edu
http://www.cs.umn.edu/~hougen/index.html
Oleg Kiselev
oleg@veritas.com
Dustin Laurence
laurence@cco.caltech.edu
Dustin maintains the aquaria archive at
ftp://ftp.cco.caltech.edu/pub/aquaria
Matt McCabe
mbmccabe@bronze.coil.com
Davin Milun
milun@cs.Buffalo.EDU
http://www.cs.buffalo.edu/~milun/
Davin maintains the Cory search engine at
http://aquaria.cs.buffalo.edu
Thomas Narten
narten@VNET.IBM.COM
Erik Olson
eriko@wrq.com
Erik maintains The Krib at
http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~aquaria/Krib/
Jeff Pfohl
pfohl@nucmar.physics.fsu.edu
http://nucalf.physics.fsu.edu/pfohl
Howard Rebel
howardr@col.hp.com
Howard is writing a set of goldfish pages at
ftp://hpcsos.col.hp.com/html/howardr/goldfish/goldfish.html
Mark A. Rosenstein
mar@actwin.com
Mark maintains F.I.N.S at http://www.actwin.com/fish/
Thomas Sasala
sasala@pop.dn.net
http://home.dn.net/~sasala
Anne Hull Seales
workingsw@aol.com
Elaine Thompson
eethomp@connectnet.com
http://home.connectnet.com/eethomp/
Betsy Wilson
betsy@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
Don Wilson
wilsond@istar.ca
Todd Zebert
tmz@interport.net
Todd keeps the Reef Trader's Outpost at http://www.rtop.com/