PBS Broadcast Spotlights Water Pollution Issues
The PBS program “Poisoned Waters” provides evidence of the degree to which human development and other activities threaten our aquatic heritage.
Don't Release Fish Into the Wild!
Specimens of Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus, the vermiculated sailfin pleco, have been collected from South African rivers, so the government of South Africa is considering legislation aimed at controlling invasive organisms, including fish.
Our Hobby Blamed for Reef Damage
The aquarium trade remains in focus as a contributor to reef degradation. The issues, therefore, remain much as they were a decade ago. Rather than being seen as a tool for education about reefs and reef conservation, the aquarium trade is seen as part of the problem.
Is Our Hobby In Trouble?
During tough economic times, does the aquarium industry find itself struggling, or flourishing?
Bringing Back the Rare Logperches
John Tullock introduces us to three species of Logperches, discussing the concept of using a common species as a breeding surrogate to devise propagation techniques prior to working with a related rare or endangered species.
Dani says:
Just discovered today that I am allergic to these buggers. I also have adverse reactions to midge bites, so I'm guessing therein lies the connection. My eyes went red, swelled up and became intensely itchy, and my nose started running. I've never had a skin reaction, but I must have touched my face shortly after feeding bloodworms to my fish today - I know I touched one of the worms with my hand so I must have made accidental contact. Oops. Won't be doing that again.Matt Pedersen says:
Anthony, I'd suggest reaching out to MACNA directly at http://macnaconference.org/2019/contact-us/Anthony Kaczmarek says:
Hi I would like to sign up for a boothCarlos Padilla says:
This picture makes me so angry why don’t they leave these beautiful creatures alone! I’m an aquarist although I love them very much and I know they should be left in their natural habitat, as to why I left the hobby completely because I can’t stand to see these beautiful creatures die in captivity! Please leave them alone!Joe says:
Ha! you all are ridiculous. These fish are not in pain or tortured to get their unique appearance. Essentially this is no different than the veil-tailed phenotype, the balloon-belly phenotype, or even the albino phenotype we see in several other species we keep as pets. Even the multitude of angelfish markings (other than the standard wild silver type) we see in pet stores are freaks of nature, should we boycott all of these fish? Honestly, this is even more humane than breeding the smash-face dog breeds like bull dogs and pugs because the "glo" phenotype, to my knowledge, does not cause health problems unlike what we see with the smash face dog breeds. You all need to chill out. Or if you really want to save the world from these atrocious Frankenstein genetics then you need to attack merchants for every non-wild type fish they carry. And have fun with that because that pretry much every merchant in the country... And that would basically make you PETA.Matt Jones says:
I catch these same "redhorse minnows" (as we call them) in the small canal in front of my parents' house in rural Southern California in the desert. These guys are thick in the canals and definitely can tolerate super hot temperatures as the shallow canals get baked by the 115*F to 120*F weather we get here. I have put them in a 20 gallon tank and just love their active personalities and their colorful flash. I am debating cleaning out my native + oscar 55g tank (I have 3 bluegill and a small largemouth bass that I caught at around 2.5" and he's now almost 6") and selling/giving away the oscar and returning the natives back to the canal so I can catch some more redhorse and do a heavily planted tank with these guys shoaling around.