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We have found a few links that may interest you once you venture into the wonderful world of freshwater fish

About.com: Freshwater Aquariums - Species, beginner, do it yourself, and general information.

AC Tropical Fish - Features articles, forum, calculators, and a free freshwater aquarium E-book.

Aquarium Database - Aquarium guide with access to plant and fish database and forums.

Aquariums and More - Contains information about fish, plants, and caring for your aquatics.

Aquarium-starter - Details on starting up an aquarium.

Aquatic Fanatic - Offers information about UK based store as well as routine maintenance, diseases, water chemistry, and plants.

Aquaworld - Basic fishkeeping, fish profiles, plant listings, disease section, tips and tricks.

Auspet.com: Fish - Provides a glossary, compatibility chart, disease information, conversion chart, and beginners guide.

Badmans Tropical Fish - Contains fish profiles, diseases, and photos.

Bala Shark Bay Aquariums - Tips for beginners, information on the treatment of a few diseases, and information about the Bala Shark.

Beginner Aquarist - Discusses the care of a tropical fish tank or Betta bowl. Also offers information on water quality and diseases.

Beginners Tropical Aquarium - Information for beginners discusses water, feeding, breeding, and plants.

DaFishDude - Offers information and pictures to assist with tropical fish questions.

Dr. Bogger's Fish Keeping - Information about fish keeping, including how to maintain a healthy aquarium, and prevent the fish from dying.

e-Aquarium - Information on planning and keeping an aquarium. Includes choosing the live inhabitants and products to keep them alive and healthy.

Eco-Quariums - Tips and hints for successful fishkeeping.

First Tank Guide - Beginner's guide to setting up a new aquarium. Form allows you to send questions to an experienced aquarist.

Fish Junkies - Help articles for fish hobbyists including diseases and medications, spawning and raising fry, and other Betta and aquarium-related documents.

Fish Tank Tutor - Offers tropical fish tank advice in simple terms. Includes set up, equipment, maintenance, aquatic plant and fish care information.

The FishBowl - Includes a care page for Bettas and a page about cycling. Forum and chat room.

Fishyou: Alternative Fishkeeping - Information on setting up an aquarium and maintaining it, with an emphasis on alternative methods of fishkeeping and water control.

Fresh Fish - Tank volume calculator.

Freshwater Aquarium Fish - Articles on setting up a new tank, stocking, maintenance and water chemistry, and a forum.

Freshwater Tropical Aquarium Fish - Discusses tanks, equipment, set up, bio cycle, selecting fish, maintenance, and feeding.

Herefish - Articles on how to set up and maintain an aquarium, information on species and plants, and a glossary of aquarium terms.

Lisa's Lair - Profiles and spawning reports for various species including cichlids, Rainbowfish, livebearers, and catfish. Also includes some aquarium plant profiles.

My Fish Help Page - Articles and information aimed at novice fishkeepers.

Neeky Tropical Fish Aquarium - Information on fishkeeping for both new and experienced enthusiasts.

Our Simple Joys: Freshwater Aquaria - Articles on many beginner and advanced topics, tutorials, and digital photos.

Petfish - Articles, FAQs, gallery, messageboard, tank of the month contest and links.

Seriously Fish - A resource with tropical fish species profiles, articles and weblog posts, as well as an active community including a forum and club database.

The Skeptical Aquarist - Includes in-depth articles on fish species, communities, feeding, plants, water, aquaria setup, aquascaping, algae, health and disease.

TheAquariologist.com - Features articles aimed at the serious aquariologist, including a weblog providing semi-scientific fish news, and videos.

Tropical Fish Centre - Information on tropical fish species, intended to help beginners identify and care for their fish.

Tropical Fish Focus - Beginners guide to setting up a tank, and filtration.

Tropical Freshwater Aquarium Fish - Species profiles, the essentials of water chemistry and nutrition, and a guide to fish health.

The Tropical Tank - Information and photos of fish, including some uncommon species, forum, library, and photos of tank setups.

Xoles' Fishies - Aimed at novice fishkeepers, articles include setting up, maintenance, common problems, medications, product reviews and a forum.

Your Fish Tank's Friend - General fish-keeping articles, gallery, and tools.

Your Freshwater Fish Tank Source - Provides general information on freshwater fish tank care.

SomethingsPhishy - Unique Collection of Discus, Plecos, Exotic Tropical Fish and Supplies Online Store

Fish2U.com - Live Freshwater and Saltwater Tropical Fish, Goldfish and Aquatic Plants Shipped Directly to Your Door.

Aquascape Online - Rare or hard to get (and very interesting) freshwater fish for sale (Pirahnas).
Tilapia Fish - Information about Tilapia Cichlids and their care in aquariums.

FreshwaterAngelfish.com - 20 varities of Truely Old Fashioned Angelfish, nationwide shipping, shipping to limited area.

Discus Fish from Breeders at Discus Farm Exporter Thailand - Takrit Aquarium, a discus breeder and exporter provides quality and healthy discus fish breed in breeding program at Thailand discus farm.

Master Index of Freshwater Fishes. Gigantic database containing the largest list of freshwater fish that we've seen. If your looking for a specific fish and know the scientific name, check here first.

Practical Fishkeeping Magazine - The UK website of the popular magazine.

Fishdomain - The definitive source for the marine aquarium hobbyist.

Fish Index - An aquarium site with photos, information, a chat room, and message board.

Fishlink Central - Links to every conceivable aquarium related site.

Freshwater Aquariums at About.Com. Good place to find links on freshwater fish care and maintenance.

Malawi Cichlids a growing database and a lot of great pictures of over 400 species and varieties.

Loaches On Line -Taxonomic information source for loach species, as well as some care information.

Pufferfish Forum - Mainly freshwater puffer information, but also applicable to marine puffers.

Planet Catfish - "The catfish is plenty good enough fish for anyone." - Mark Twain

Cichlid - articles on cichlid-related issues such as care, food, breeding, disease, aquariums. Great pictures.

Betta Fish - Informative site on various Betta fish topics.

Aqua Puppies - Fish information

Fish-MedOnline.com - Fish disease diagnosis

ADA- Aqua Design Amano-Internet site of the famous plant aquarist Takashi Amano

Algae Control in the Planted Aquaria-Detailed study on how to control algae in the freshwater aquarium

Aquatic Concepts-George Booth's very comprehensive and informative aquatic plant web site

Aquatic Gardeners Association-A great organization for anyone who has an interest in the subject. Lots of information and links.

Aquatic Library-New site, just up and running! All kinds of info on water quality, substrate materials, a huge resource of great information on everything aquatic!

Aquatic Plants Mailing List -Home page of the free list (Aquatic Plants Digest) that is responsible for getting me into this! A must read everyday, subscribe and you will benefit from the many people who frequent this list!

Aquatic Plant Forum -Monthly updates for Planted tank information

Aquarium and Pond Plants-Another very informative site on aquatic plants. Articles on algae control, CO2 injection, heating cables etc.

AquaPlant-Really EXCELLENT plant resource page. Great search engine and all kinds of useful information!!! Check it out

AquaServe-Resources for Aquarium Professionals and Hobbyists

Artificial Lighting for Indoor Aquaria-Great reading about the ins and outs of this subject!

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants - University Of Florida Web site with lots of information on aquatic plants

The Crypts-In depth information for those interested in raising Cryptocoryne in their aquarium

DIY Co2 instructions from the Krib -A good way to start CO2 supplementation for your plants, for little money

DIY Surface Extractor from the Krib-Thanks to Ivo Busko for posting instructions and pictures for this neat looking solution to surface film!

e-aquaria.com Freshwater Aquaristik In Focus-Interesting site-a non-profit, hobbyist run resource dedicated to providing in-depth, concentrated information for the established aquarist. Information on plants and fish here.

Freshwater Macrophytes of Singapore/Malayasia -Great reference page on freshwater plants with lots of pictures!

Internet Plant Search Page - Soren ' Disky ' Reinke has created the web's first search utility for aquatic plants. You can type a specification and click search and a list of plants fitting your spec will appear. Double click on an item listed and it brings up the appropriate page from the Tropica aquatic plant web page!

Lee Finley Aquatic Books -A great source of rare and not so rare aquatic books. Lee specializes in planted aquarium books, but has much more tooffer. No web site ( that I am aware of) so just click on the link and email him what you are looking for.

Nutrient Deficiency Chart-An excellent forum with help identifying what a plant needs to thrive fron the Krib

Ole Pedersen - Associate Professor At The Freshwater Biological Laboratory- technical writings on plant physiology

Planted Aquaria Magazine -Dave Gomberg has created a magazine dedicated to the art of raising freshwater aquarium plants. This promises to be a very good magazine with articles for everyone from the novice to the advanced plant hobbyist. Very nice full color pictures of the nicest planted tanks you'll see. Visit this page and subscribe today..........you'll really like this!

Plant Pruning by Karen Randall: Part One

Plant Pruning Part Two

PMDD information from The Krib -Sears and Conlin formula and instructions to make your own freshwater plant supplement. More information on this subject done in the Krib's usually thorough manner!

The Nature Aquarium -The Aqua Journal Web site

Tropica Aquarium Plants -Commercial site, amazing information and pictures, does not export into the USA

All Aquatic plants -Dan S. Quackenbush's web site with just about everything you need to know to get your planted tank up and running. Dan passed away in February 1999 but his daughter Laurie and Butch Nash are getting a new site together to continue Dan's love of the hobby. Please check out this site!

Anchor Bay Aquarium-On line plant and fish store

Aqua Botanic -Robert Paul H. specializes in freshwater plants, a great place to buy plants for your aquarium. Lots of good aquatic info, great plants and prices, you MUST VISIT Paul's site!!!

Aquarium Center-The Plant Connection-A place to buy freshwater aquarium plants on line, also a retail store located in Randallstown Maryland

Aquarium Driftwood-Freshwater plants and a nice selection of driftwood for sale

AquariumFish.net-New site offering freshwater plants for sale, and a large selection of fish

Aquarium Gardening-Plants for sale -New site from Maryland Aquatic Nurseries. Lots of aquatic plants and equipment!

Aquatic Greenhouse- A promising site. It appears that have been selling plants, but as of 8/2/99 it says "When we resume shipping you'll be the first to know"

Arizona Aquatic Gardens-Commercial aquatic plant grower with large selection of plants available

Fish 2 U-On line aquatic plant ordering page

Fish-Vet Inc.-One of the newest on line mail order plant vendors on the web

Florida Driftwood-Plants and driftwood available from here

HydroLogix Planted Aquarium Technologies-Lots of driftwood, planted and plain, Java Fern, Fava Moss and "Living Riccia Stones" are available. They advertise real SAE's also...check it out

KenCo Fish-Pond and Aquarium Plants

Mangroves Unlimited-Not an aquarium plant...but popular with some aquatic gardeners. The roots grow in water and these have been used as the filter in a truly natural filter. There are links to the care and cultivation of these plants also here.

Pet Warehouse Live Plants-The giant on line suppliers live plant page

South Miami Tropical Fish and Wildlife-No plants for sale......yet.....but it's up and coming ( they sell fish mailorder now)

Trilby Tropicals-Live Aquatic Plants-No plants for sale as of 3/17/00-hopefully they will be selling plants soon!

True Aquarium Plants-Freshwater aquarium and pond plants and supplies

The Water Garden Shop-This is where you can buy Frogbit and Duckweed and a few other sometimes to find to find plants. Mostly geared towards pond plants and supplies, but a few goodies for aquarists.

Westerleigh Aquarium-Mail order freshwater aquarium plants from New York. Mark from Westerleigh e-mailed me to to let everyone know "Westerleigh Aquarium has been growing and shipping Aquatic Plants since 1954 and have always had a "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED" policy." Very inexpensive shipping charges! They must be doing something right to be in business that long. Give them a try!

World Wide Pet Supply-Plants-On line freshwater plant supplier

Aquarium Tonndorf-Great closeup pictures of Cardina Japonica-German site

Crystal Red Bee Shrimp-New site I found with more info on a freshwater shrimp

Everything About Cardina Japonica-Web Page dedicated to the raising and breeding of the infamous "Amano Shrimp"

Freshwater Shrimp in the Aquarium- THE definitive web source for these critters. Now hosted at the "Krib" site, thanks to Erik Olson and company for getting this page up!

Joe's Aquatic Lounge-Freshwater Shrimp in the Aquarium- Same info as the link above...but ....may be updated more frequently

Robyn's Crustacean Page-Information on all kinds of freshwater shrimp, crayfish and crabs

Shrimp Crabs and Crayfish-CraveD's page with all kinds of useful information on keeping and breeding these freshwater crustaceans

Spawning the Algae Eating Shrimp

Takashi Amano Shrimp

Uncle Ned's Fish Factory-This is where I buy my Cardina Japonica and Flower shrimp

Aqua Corner-New, up and coming site with nice pictures and good information

Aquarium Plants-Good info on establishing a planted, freshwater tank. Some good pictures and plant descriptions here

Bruce Hallman's Aquatic Plant page- Bruce participated in the rewrite of the Aquaria FAQ at the Caltech/Krib site

Chuck's Planted Aquarium Pages-Fellow hobbyist with lots of nice pictures and information on planted tanks

Disky's Freshwater Aquaria Homepage -features a "Tank Of The Month" in pictures !

Erin Cashier Denton's Freshwater Aquarium Site-Nice site Erin! Excellent summary of the steps to get started and the trials and tribulations of a fellow hobbyist

FOXN'S AQUATIC Homepage-Great site dedicated to having a great "Dutch" style planted aquarium

Hoa G. Nguyen's low-cost/low-tech Freshwater Planted Aquarium -Excellent pictures and good information on DIY CO2, flourescent lights and plants

Steve's Aquatic Page -A long time aquatic plant grower-lot's of good information-a must read!

American Killifish Association -Dedicated to the preservation and expansion of Killifish keeping

Amazonia International-On line fish sales

Aqua Land Aquatic Society -A local (to me) tropical fish club located in Bristol Connecticut

AquaServe-Resources for Aquarium Professionals and Hobbyists-Lots of great information for the beginner and advanced hobbyist, check it out!

Aquaria Central-Another site, not just fish, with lots of pictures and info on the hobby. An excellent BBS type forum for questions and answers on anything aquatic!

Aquariculturists Supply Center -Lots of various supplies available-commercial mail order comapny

AquariumCare-On line mail order supplies at rock bottom prices. Not a large selection but they have great prices on what they carry. You can buy Substrate Gold laterite here!

AquariumFish.net-A huge selection of fish to sell on line! Check this one out soon.

Aquarium Science Home Page-New, up and coming site dedicated to the "scientific" aspects of aquarium keeping

Aquatic Book Shop-Nice on line site if your looking for books about aquariums or pets in general!

AquaWeb Fish Resources -another site with lots of information

Beginner's Fishkeeping FAQ-Great site to get answers to questions about fish keeping

DaFishDude-Another good site, good info for the beginning fish enthusiast

Discus and the art of fish keeping according to the mad Dr.Stone -Title pretty much says it all. Lots of good info here!

Discus As Hobby -Over 600 pictures on Discus and loads of information. Home of the "Discus Hatchery Web Cam".

Endler's Livebearer-This link is included here because these fish are supposed to be good algae eaters. Can't say from personal experience as I've never seen them in any LFS .

Exotic Tropical Fish-Excellent site with hundreds of pictures of tropical fish!

Fish Base-Great site to help identify fish using common and scientific names

Fish Link Central -Title says it all!

Fish 2 U -On line mailorder company that sell lots of fish and plants.

Gwynnbrook Farm-Discus hatchery offering some great looking fish. Will mailorder!

High Prairie Farms -A California based company specializing in Killifish and Betas. A great place to get live fish and eggs. I have bought Killifish from them with excellent results!

Jones Biomedicals & Laboratory, Inc. -Live freshwater fish food kits and more! Wingless fruitfly kits, mealworms, Daphnia-you get the idea. All available through the mail

Jack Wattley-Discus -THE premier King of the Discus. Buy mailorder from him

KenCo Fish Company -Offers Piranah (if they are legal where you are!), Cichlids, Plecos, Koi and pond and aquarium plants. Available mailorder

Killi Net.Com -More great information on the raising and propagation of Killifish

Killifish Showcase -Some good pictures and information on killifish

The Krib FAQ page -Page with a world of information on all aspects of aquarium management

Loaches On Line-All kinds of information and pictures about these fine fish!

Master Index of Freshwater Fishes-Over 30,000 references to the over 60 aquarium books and selected issues of 6 magazines.

Mike Edwardes Tropicals-In depth information on aquarium catfish andcichlids with information on breeding and feeding

Native fish Conservancy-A federal nonprofit organization dedicated to the study, conservation and preservation of native fishes.

Nautilus Aquarium Shop-On line ordering of plants and fish. Great fish listing with availability, quantity discounts and special orders. Lots of Rainbowfish listed, give them a try. Very good rating from a DVM who swears by their customer service, honesty and selection

Nestor's Home - Resources for Freshwater Aquaria-Great resource for freshwater aquarium information. excellent info on water chemistry

Oodles of Angels-On line source for Angelfish and all kinds of supplies for keeping and breeding. Over 50 different kinds of Angel fish available, breeders and juveniles! This company offers plastic bags for fish and plant transport in bulk!

Petfish.net-An up and coming aquarium web site. Good place to go for general information and there is a message board also.

Rainbowfish On line -One of the few sites I have found about these beautiful fish! E-mail me with more good links!

Rainbowfish Study Group of North America-Nice site, great pictures and information-Thanks to Ron from Ontario for the link!

Mike Reed's Tropical Fish Foods-Former editor of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine, The finest quality frozen and dry foods available mail order

Search Fishbase -A great site to search for information on 21,800 species, 40,000 synonyms, 80,000 common names 16,000 Pictures, 14,000 References, just about any fish you need information on

Tom's Place-Great source for aquatic chat and forums. Just about any subject involving fishkeeping is discussed. Great place to ask questions of other hobbyists

The Angelfish -Viking Angels homepage, this site is dedicated to a gracious and beautiful fish, the Angelfish

Tropical Fish on the 'Net -Reasonable prices on many common freshwater ( has marine also) fish available mail-order

Uncle Ned's Fish Factory-Great place located in Millis Mass. Lots of hard to find fish available mail order and they usually have real SAE's and Amano shrimp. Check out their new site!

All-Glass Aquarium Products -A major supplier of tanks, stands and acessories

Algone -A new commercial filter media for the supposed natural reduction of Nitrates. I have not tried or heard from anyone that has used this stuff yet. Anyone care to reply with practical experience with this stuff?

Aquarium Fish Magazine-On line site of the magazine of the same name

Aquarian Subjects-An extensive collection of aquarium and aquatic biology literature is offered for sale

Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc. -Aquaculture Products Online Catalog, hydroponic supplies, acrylic aquariums and lots of equipment for sale

Tropical Fish Store.Com -All kinds of "stuff" for the aquarium \

Aquatic Warehouse -Dozens of fishkeeping products

Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Online -Commercial web site fro this well known company.They have a new line of aquatic plantsupplies called "Leaf Zone" which includes a laterite product

Azoo Aquarium Products -Interesting products, there appears to be no US or Canadian sources for these products yet

Best Value Aquarium Supplies-Canadian On line mail order company

Big Al's Online- Relative newcomer to online aquarium supplies, but they have been in business over 25 years.

Custom Sea Life Inc. -Interesting, high tech lighting products

Dad's Fish Room-Canadian mailorder company. Great price on Tropica Master Grow! Recommended !

Direct Pet Supply-huge on line catalog sales. They have thousands of products, fish and plants available!

Dupla-German manufacturer of high tech aquarium supplies

Eheim- English site -Popular filter manufacturer

Fins N Fur-Canadian mail order pet supplies

Fish Vet Inc.-A company founded by the person responsible for Red Sea Fish Farm. Fish problem diagnosis software.

Flying Fish Aquariums-Very unique, custom built acrylic aquariums. Looking for an unusual shaped tank? These guys can make it!

Home Aquarium-Distributor web site-Excellent source of information and help also!

Innerspace Aquatics -Some good information on many products here. A bit difficult to navigate though!

Jehm Company Aquarium Supplies-Good prices on "bulk" fish food !

Mail Order Pet Shop -Title says it all

Marineland Aquarium Products -Popular filter manufacturer's web page. Parts listing and phone numbers to order replacement parts for their popular "Magnum" series of filters

Perfecto Mfg. -Longtime manufacturer of aquarium products.

Pet Warehouse -One of the "best" on line retailers for pet supplies. I have ordered from them many times. Service is fast and prices and selection are very good!

Petsolutions -The paper version of the catalog makes great reading also!

R C Hagen -Information on all their products including detailed parts lists and instructions for Fluval filters!

Seachem Labs -Their web site with a lot of information on their popular products. Click on the "support" option for information on their plant supplements.

SeaVisions Aquarium Systems-Unbelievable!! Check out these tanks and filtration.........Not for the weak of wallet. They have a filtration system that claims "Uses Actual Human Artificial Kidneys For Aquarium Dialysis" Amazing stuff!!

Tenecor Aquariums-One of the few places I have found that will sell tanks mail order. Sizes from 55 to 300 gallons available, many shapes also.

Tetra Products-One of the most recognized names in food and supplies

T.F.H. Publications -Internet site of the Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine's parent company. One of the best sources for books and magazines on pets of all kinds.

That Pet Place -Amazing selection of quality supplies, they also sell live plants mail order! I wish I lived closer to their retail store.

Trilby Tropicals -New site I found, not fully illustrated and still a work in progress (as of 1/23/00), but shows some promise. They have a $400.00 fish for sale here! Looks like they will be offering plants and accessories. Check it out!

Tropical Fish Store.Com -One of the few places I've seen advertise that actually sells tanks online! The site is not complete ( as of 3/12/00) but it looks very promising as another supplier mail order source!

Uncle Ned's Fish Factory-This is a new link to an updated and expanded site that is a work in progress. I've been to the store (2 1/2 hour ride from my house and worth every minute). Lots of hard to find fish and supplies, fresh and saltwater and they will ship to you. The only place I have found Amano (Cardina Japonica) shrimp. Give them a call they are very friendly and helpful. I give this place 4 stars for their selection and knowledge!

Vortex Products -Manufacturer of a great diatom filter. New site still under construction (as of 2/6/00)

Wet Thumb Aquatics -A fish hatchery and supply shop

World Wide Pet Supply -A retail/mailorder company offering live freshwater plants and supplies on line . The retail location is only about 30 minutes from my house .