CA Archives

Conscientious Aquarist Archives:

Volume 1:

	Issue 1:	Welcome To CA, by Bob Fenner Editor's Comments: Adam Cesnales, Scott Fellman Family Microdesmidae, Worm and Dartfishes by Robert M. Fenner and Anthony Calfo Killifishes: Part 1 by Dr. Robert J. Goldstein Green Spotted Puppies, er... Puffers by Jeni C Tyrell Equipment Protein Skimmer Impressions by Steven Pro Marine Invertebrates Sea Mat: An Ocean of Color for the Aquarium by Blane Perun Do It Yourself The Indoor Pond by Anthony Calfo
	Issue 2:	Plants + Discus = Wow! by Alesia Benedict Common Shrimps for the Marine Aquarium by James W. Fatherree, M.Sc. Power Filter Impressions by Steven Pro Killifishes, Part II- The Nothobranchius Family by Robert J. Goldstein, Ph.D. Keeping Lionfishes and their Scorpaeniform Kin, Part 1 by Anthony Calfo and Robert Fenner Seems Fishy To Me: The Painted Glassfish by Spencer Glass
	Issue 3:	Editor's Comments: Aquarium Conferences and Trade Shows By Adam Cesnales Selection and Placement of Tridacnid Clams By Barry Neigut Feeding a Reef Tank: A Progressive Food Recipe By Adam Blundell Techniques for Eliminating Aiptasia Anemones By Steven Pro The Cutting Edge: Zeolite Filters By Jens Kallmeyer Lionfishes and their Scorpaeniform Kin, Part II By Anthony Calfo and Robert Fenner New Products: The ZEOvit System: A New Concept in Reefkeeping by Alexander Girz
	Issue 4:	Marine Invertebrates An Introduction to the Echinoderms: The Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, Sea Cucumbers and More By James W. Fatherree, M.Sc. Freshwater Invertebrates Forget Crawfish Pie, Let's Make a Crawfish Tank! By Gage Harford Impressions: Power Heads by Steven Pro Lighting Basics; Spectral Qualities of Various Fluorescent Lamps By Dana Riddle Planted Aquariums: Plants and Discus: What They Need To Thrive By Alesia Benedict Freshwater Fishes: Seems Fishy To Me: The Bubble Eye Goldfish By Spencer Glass

Volume 2:

	Issue 1:	Freshwater Fishes Anabantoids: Ctenopoma and Microctenopoma By Robert J. Goldstein, Ph.D. Equipment Canister Filters By Steven Pro Marine Invertebrates 'Pods, Delicious and Nutritious By Adelaide Rhodes, Ph.D. Marine Fishes Pufferfish Dentistry By Kelly Jedlicki and Anthony Calfo Planted Aquariums Getting to the Bottom of Things: Substrates for Planted Aquaria By Alesia Benedict
	Issue 2:	Discus Divas Glitz, Glam, and Lots of Demands By: Alesia Benedict Aquariums in Education An Education Submerged: Part I: Cultivating Veneration By: Ryan Bowen Aquarium Photography A Wonderful Offshoot By: Adam Blundell and Shane Silcox From Water to Words Writing for the Ornamental Aquatics Industry By: Steven Pro Aquatic Feature of the Month An Expression of Technology By: Scott Sigman
	Issue 3:	Editors' Notes By: Scott Fellman (Not quite Shakespeare, but close!) Cardinal Tetras A School of Beauty By: Alesia Benedict Live Rock Everything You Wanted to Know, but Were Afraid to Ask! By: James W. Fatherree The Outdoor Garden Pond Tips and Hints. By: Anthony Calfo Heater Impressions By: Steven Pro GloFish Beautiful creation or Aquatic Frankenstein? By: Spencer Glass
	Issue 4:	Cardinal Tetras A School of Beauty Part 2 By: Alesia Benedict Oh No! Building an aquarists first aid kit By: Tim Hayes Marine Fish Nutrition An easily overlooked aspect of husbandry By: Aaron Lobada Automatic Feeder Impressions Another Great Set of Reviews! By: Steven Pro Reverse Osmosis A Multipurpose tool By: Mark E. Evans
	Issue 5:	Seahorse Feature Feeding Stations By: Pete Giwojna Atlantic Lionfish The Implications of this Non-Native Introduction By: Anthony Calfo Dendronephthya Beautiful, but poorly suited for captivity By: Adam Blundell Wavemaker Impressions Put Some Motion in Your Ocean! By: Steven Pro Marine Filtration What Works and Why By: Adam Cesnales
	Issue 6:	"Join the Club" By Scott Fellman Adventures in Aquascaping The establishment of an amazing planted tank By Timothy S. Gross Reef Ramblings Random thoughts and musings By Tim Hayes Freshwater Biotopes Establishing region specific displays By Alesia Benedict Alone But Not Lonely Keeping Puffers Solo By Damien Wagaman Air Pump Impressions More Great Reviews! By Steven Pro

Volume 3:

	Issue 1:	Do It Yourself! Pressure Locking Sump Baffles By Joshua McMillen Clowns and Anemones Compatibility By James Gasta Five Favorite Eels The best and worst Eels for the home aquarium By Kirby Adams Water Pump Efficiency An analysis of pump cost and energy efficiency By Steven Pro Change is Good A conscientious approach to providing marine livestock By Jim Adelberg
	Issue 2:	X10 Controllers Affordable and Simple Automation for Your Aquarium System By James Gasta Traveling Aquarist Snorkeling in Culebra, Puerto Rico By Leah Frances Wade External Water Pump Impressions Move Some Serious Water! By Steven Pro Marine Planning Getting Started with a Marine Tank By Adam Blundell, MS
	Issue 3:	There's a Dragon In My Tank! The bizarre and beautiful Dragon Goby By Jeni C. Tyrell The Genus Halophila: Stars, Paddles and Oars for Marine Planted Aquaria By Sarah Lardizabal Fish Anatomy: The Swim Bladder By Mark Evans Salt Mix Impressions More Great Reviews! By Steven Pro Things That My Puffers Have Told Me By Justin Petrey Pier 701: An Exceptional Fish Store and an Exceptional Owner By James Gasta
	Issue 4:	Product Review Marineland Labs/Aquarium Systems Hydrometer, Part 1 By Steven Pro The Traveling Aquarist Adventure Aquarium, Camden Waterfront, NJ By Jennifer SaFranko Fish Biology Pigmentation In Marine Fishes By Mark Evans Husbandry To Quarantine or Not To Quarantine-That's a Good Question! By Bob Goemans Technology Putting on the Brakes: How much is too much? By Tommy Dornhoffer
	Issue 5:	A Dutchman in New York Part I Ron Hessing's Trip to the LIRA Conference By Ron Hessing A Dutchman in New York Part II Ron Hessing's review of Atlantis Marine World By Ron Hessing Being Conscientious Save money and the reefs By Jennifer Smith Ugly Swans Some cute little damsels that grow into ugly terrors By Steven Pro Preparing for Vacation Keeping your tank safe in your absence By Justin Norman
	Issue 6:	Conscientious Aquariology Are You Too Close To The Sun, Wind and Rain? By Laurie Smith Embracing Biodiversity Green Algae By Mark E. Evans Glassfishes: Family Ambassidae An Introduction to the Amazing Glassfishes By Neale Monks Moving Your Fishes Tips For a Trouble-Free Move! By Amy Janecek Trickle Filters, Part I An introduction to trickle filters By Bob Goemans

Volume 4:

	Issue 1:	Color in Hippocampus Part 1, by Pete Giwojna and Ben Giwojna Halfbeaks Species, husbandry and breeding by Neale Monks Sexing the Dwarf Puffer Carinotetraodon travancoricus by Amy Janecek It's a Small World Pico Tanks By Kirby Adams Tunze 9002 DOC Skimmer Product Review by Justin Norman
	Issue 2:	Color in Hippocampus Part II More on the hows and whys of Seahorse coloration by Pete Giwojna Golden Clams Myths and Facts about these freshwater clams by Justin Pierce Makeup water and storage Useful hints for storing and managing top-off water by Justin Norman Brackish Aquariums An introduction to the slightly-salty world by Neale Monks Phosphates in Carbon An analysis of the phosphate content of activated Carbon by Steven Pro Freshwater Moray Eels Not just for marine aquaria! by Marco Lichtenberger
	Issue 3:	Got Tridacna? A beginner's guide to keeping Tridacnid clams by Laurie Smith AS, BSN, MSB The Ultimate Angelfish Aquarium An amazing collection of marine angelfishes by Peter Giwojna Livebearers Guppies, Mollies, Platies and Swordtails by Neale Monks Marine Salts A quick comparison of a few available salt mixes by Steven Pro Spiny Eels Macrognathus panacalus by Marco Lichtenberger
	Issue 4:	Some Swampy Plants for Lazy Gardeners by Daniela Rizz Summer loving: cats in the garden, kittens in the kitchen by Neale Monks Safeguarding their Care: Alloparental Care in Clownfishes by Binu Varghese Hyposalinity or Osmotic Shock Therapy (OST) by Pete Giwojna Saltwater Ray Husbandry by Adam Blundell M.S.

Volume 5:

	Issue 1:	Safeguarding their future: Alloparental care in Clownfishes by Binu Varghese Some swampy plants for lazy gardeners by Daniela Rizzo Mbu for you? by Stuart Morse Rift Valley Cichlids: Talking Tanganyikan by Neale Monks Freshwater livestock selection by Bob Fenner
	Issue 2:	Haplochromis burtoni: New From The Past by Daniela Rizzo Malawian Cichlids: The Mbuna and their Allies by Neale Monks Moray eels bite – But are they poisonous? by Marco Lichtenberger Copepod Mania! The Pros and Cons of Copepods for the Home Hobbyist by Dr. Adelaide Rhodes Saltwater Ray Husbandry by Adam Blundell M.S. Advice With A Pinch Of Salt: The Local Fish Shop Guy Versus Hard-Earned Experience! by Alison Pride Another Perspective on Your Pond by J. Maxwell Smith
	Issue 3:	Betta Behavior and Husbandry by Lonnie Lindberg Crayfish Basics by Justin Pierce First Steps in Marine Fishkeeping by Michael Van Bibber Phosphates in Marine Aquarium Systems by Marco Lichtenberger Stocking 5, 10 and 20 gallon freshwater aquaria by Neale Monks Surviving extended power outages: how to keep your aquarium alive! by Mike Maddox and Merritt Adkins

Volume 6:

	Issue 1:	How to make a simple Algae Turf Scrubber by Simon Trippick Central American cichlids by Neale Monks Experimenting with Kreisel Construction by Sara Mavinkurve Surviving Brooklynellosis by Mike Maddox The Blue Followers: the Placidochromis of Lake Malawi by Daniela Rizzo Thiaminase and its role in predatory pet fish (and other piscivores) nutrition by Marco Lichtenberger
	Issue 2:	The Chocolate chip sea star (Protoreaster nodosus) by Marco Lichtenberger A New Look At Loaches By Neale Monks A Saltwater Puffer Primer: Big Pufferfish! By Mike Maddox Making Vegetarian Gel Food for Fish: Five Minutes, Five Easy Steps by Nicole Putnam The Use of Kalkwasser by Russell Schultz Reef Safari! The Multibarred Centropyge By Alexander Thomasser Understanding Bacterial Disease in Aquarium Fish by Myron Roth, Ph.D
	Issue 3:	Editorial: The joy of fish clubs by Neale Monks, Carpet Anemones, big, beautiful and deadly by Mike Maddox Dealing With Algae in Freshwater Aquaria by Neale Monks Refugia: What They're For And How To Build Them by Forest Phillips
	Issue 4:	Editorial: The trade in non-aquatic plants by Neale Monks A closer look at Caulerpa - common aquarium species and their care by Adam Jenkins Pinched Mantle Syndrome in Giant Clams By Dr. David Basti, Deborah Bouchard and Barry Neigut Assassin Snails and Sulawesi Elephant Snails: Keeping Clea and Tylomelania in the aquarium by Neale Monks The Ballet of the Wunderpus by Richard Ross

Volume 7:

Issue 1:

Editorial: Flowerhorn Cichlids by Neale Monks
The Colombian Shark Catfish by Neale Monks
Activated Carbon by Adam Jenkins
Freshwater Deep Sand Beds by Deirdre Kylie
Mudskippers by Gianluca Polgar
Shell Dwellers by Daniela Rizzo

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Pinched Mantle Syndrome in Giant Clams By Dr. David Basti, Deborah Bouchard and Barry Neigut

Assassin Snails and Sulawesi Elephant Snails: Keeping Clea and Tylomelania in the aquarium by Neale Monks

The Ballet of the Wunderpus by Richard Ross