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Newsletters
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| February Program: "“Breeding Fish for Fun & Profit” by Larry Jinks and Frank Montillo. Articles: Home-made Rocks for the Mbuna Aquarium, Breeding the African Butterfly Cichlid Anomalochromis Thomasi, and Mother's Milk: The role of Brine Shrimp Nauplii for the Fish of Lake Tanganyika |
| January Program: “Dr. Livingston We Presume!” by Dr. Eric Hanneman Articles: Check List for Setting up a Fish Tank, Preparing for a Power Outage in Winter, and Getting Your Pond Ready for Winter . |
Back to top| December Program: Holiday Party Articles: Top 10 Signs Someone is an Aquarium Hobbyist, Another Top 10 Signs That Someone Is An Aquarium Hobbyist, and Some Wacky Fish Laws. |
| November Program: Off To Shanghai! by Walter Wu Articles: Dwarf Neon Rainbow Fish, How to Bring Your Fish to the Club Auction, and What is the Best Way to Cycle a Reef Tank?. |
October Program: Invasive Aquatics and the NCAWCR by Rob Emens. Articles: The Axolotl is Not a Fish - Ambystoma tigrinum, The Bala Shark, and Imaginative Ideas for Your Aquarium. |
| September Program: Larry’s Fantastic Fish Room by Larry Jinks. Articles: My Fish Collecting Trip In Southern Florida, Planktonic Substitutes in the Aquarium, and American Characin Basics. |
| August Program: Aquatic Jeopardy. Articles: Start Right with Tropical Fishkeeping, Setting Up Your First Planted Tank, and Let There Be Light. |
| July Program: Fishes, Fishes Everywhere: Presentation of Breeder Award Program (BAP) reports by Larry Jinks, Frank Montillo, Gerald Pottern. Articles: How to Keep Your Aquarium Cool (or do I need a chiller?) and Saving Livebearers' Fry the Natural Way. |
| June Program: How to make your own dechlorinator by Todd Wenzel and Eric Hanneman. Articles: Shading to Increase Water and Oxygen Circulation in Ponds during the Summer, Catfish: Understanding These Scavengers, and How To Acclimate New Fish To Your Aquarium. |
| May Program: All things Carbon Dioxide (CO2) by Chris Smith. Articles: Your First Cichlid Aquarium, Seaweed Nutrition, and Fish as Postage. |
| April Program: Springtime – The Perfect Time for a Pond by James Mirgoli. Articles: Marine Aquarium Do's and Don'ts for Beginners and Building Liner Ponds. |
| March Program: Rainbowfishes by Peter Unmack. Articles: Traveling With Pet Fish, The Nitrogen Cycle - How Mother Nature cleans house, and Sand Loaches - They Breed by Themselves. |
| February Program: Things you can breed in a marine aquarium by Bill Gately. Articles: Aquarium Sharks, Aquarium Fish Buying Tips, and Requirements for Aquarium Fish – Why Aquarium Plants are Important. |
| January Program: Breeders Award Program by Larry Jinks. Articles: How to Make a Spawning Mop and Seaweed Nutrition. |
| December Program: Annual Christmas Party / Potluck Super. Articles: Seaweed Nutrition and What is Pump "Head-Pressure?" |
November |
October |
| September Program: Native fish of Guatemala by Eric Hanneman. Articles: Cichlid Conservation in Uganda and Sea Water, Natural or Synthetic? |
August |
| July Program: RAS Annual Picnic. Articles: Value of Ponds to a Community and Marine Fishkeeping - The Basics. |
| June Program: Introduction to Dendrobatid Frog Husbandry By Jeff Mette. Articles: Controlling Aquatic Litter and 180 Gallon Reef Build - Diary of a Set-up. |
| May Program: Las Vegas by Becky Hunter and Michael Maieli. Articles: Bristle worms: Friend or Foe? and Prevention and Cleaning a Diseased Fish Tank. |
| January Program: The Beautiful Mantis Shrimp! By Emily Hirtle. Article: Don't Keep: A list of fish and invertebrates that are commonly found in aquarium stores but which do badly in captivity and almost always die prematurely. |
December |
| November Program: Aquatic Jeopardy – Episode 5 Article: Fishy Bits: A random list of little-known facts about fish. |
| October Program: An Evening with the Aquarium Legends Article: Rainbowfish Problems? - Read This . |
| September Program: Water Flow in the Aquarium by Brian Campo. Article: Colt Coral Propagation. |
| August Program: Why Natural Planted Tanks are Better by Diana Walstad. Article: Fertilizer Comparison Chart. |
| June Program: Coral Anatomy and Physiology by Tracy Clement. Article: Lighting for Saltwater and Reef Aquariums. |
| May Program: Why Are My Shrimp Dying? by John Patterson. Article: The Madagascar Rainbow: Bedotia geayi. |
| April Program: Hong Kong's Aquarium District by Walter Wu. Article: Breeding Symphosodon discus. |
| March Program: De-nitrification and calcification in the modern coral reef aquarium by Bill Gately. Article: What is Kalkwasser? And how do I dose it? |
| February Program: Poison Dart Frogs – Their Keeping and Natural Habitat Research by Justin Yeager Article: How to Choose a Pond Pump. |
| January Program: Aquaculture and the future of aquaria by Brian Campo. Article: Twenty Misconceptions About Seahorses. |
| October Program: MACNA XX recap by Carmie and Daniel. Article: Suitable Aquarium Blennies. |
| September Program: Freshwater Aquarium Shrimps by Todd Wenzel. Article: Clown Loaches. |
| August Program: Aquatic Plant farm and shops of Singapore by Walter Wu Article: Aquatic Flowers. |
July |
| June Program: How Much Flow Does a River Need? by Gerald Pottern. Article: Natural Aquatic Environments. |
| May Program: Q & A the RAS Experts. Article: Driftwood Dos and Don'ts. |
| April Program: Live Foods Article: Fish Food, for Dummies. |
| March Program: The Discus Breeders of Singapore by Walter Wu. Article: The Brackish Water Aquarium. |
| February Program: Conquering Marine Nuisance Algae by Tom Wyatt. Article: The Open Aquarium. |
| January Program: You Say You’ve Got a Sick Fish?! Article: Breeding Corydoras. |
November |
| October Program: Open Discussion by Todd Wenzel and John Patterson. Article: So This Is Your First Aquarium Club Swap Meet. |
| September Program: Mycobacteriosis ("Fish TB") is More Common Than You Think. by Diana Walstad. Article: Macrognathus Siamensis, The Peacock Eel. |
| August Program: Breeding Fish for the Really BIG Farms by Robin Sanderson. Article: The Cape Fear Shiner - One of NC’s Rarest Native Fish. |
| July Program: Annual Picnic Article: Raising a Fruit Fly Culture. |
| June Program: Panel discussion on all things aquatic. Article: A Newcomer to the AKA Convention. |
| May Program: New Developments in Recirculating Aquaculture by Dennis DeLong. Article: Mexican Dwarf Orange Crayfish, Cambarellus patzcuarensis. |
| April Program: Aquatic Jeopardy Article: Laetacara Dorsigera |
| March Program: Project DIBS or the Desirable Invertebrate Breeding Society by Carmilee Scarpitti. Article: 2007 RAS Native Fish Field Trip Report. |
February |
| December Program: Annual Holiday Dinner. Article: Most Everything I know about Pseudepiplatys Annulatus Or The Clown Killifish. |
November |
| October Program: Windows On the Sea Article: The Charlotte Auction. |
| August Program: continuous culture of brine shrimp by Diana Walstad. Article: none |
| June Program: breeding and raising of hypancistrus by Jim McChancy. Article: none |
| April Program: Breeder’s Award Program by Brandon Berry and Todd Wenzel. Articles: Summer Tubbin', Tub & Poond Tricks, and Pond Bog. |
| March Program: Ratfish Romance at the Monterey Bay Aquarium By Gil Van Dykhuizen Article: Curing ugly tank syndrome. |
| February Program: Planning and Understanding Fish Ponds by Dan Phillips and Ed Walker. Article: The Alabammy Whammy |
| January Program: Collecting Tropical Fish on the Rio Negro by Todd Wenzel. Article: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. |
| December Program: Annual Holiday Dinner. Article: Medications that (probably) won’t kill your plants. |
| November Program: Breeding Clownfish, Cardinalfish, Dottybacks, and Royal Gramma in Home Aquaria by Jamie Shern. Article: Breeding Freshwater Cherry Shrimp. |
| October Program: TBD Article: Heterandria formosa, the least killifish. |
| September Program: A trip to the Great Barrier Reef by Wade Lehmann. Articles: The fish and plants that were observed and then released at the Eno River State Park and a summary of a collecting trip. |
| August Program: Baby Fish -- The Cute & The Weird by Gerald Pottern. Article: Building your own CO2 setup using paintball cartridges. |
| July Program: Repairing & Building Fishy Hardware. Article: Some tips on buying fish from Aquabid. |
| June Program: A brief demonstration of the RAS group on yahoo given by Jo Powers and "Life Under Pressure: Secrets of Deep Sea Fishes." by Bob Gillen. Article: none. |
| May Program: Designing and Building Aquarium Stands by Tom Ferone. Article: Landscaping for Africans. |
| April Program: Social dominance and sex change: Fishy sex lives on coral reefs by John Godwin. Article: A Drive to Greensboro. |
| March Program: How Plants and Soil Help Fish in Aquaria By Diana Walstad. Article: Mexican Dwarf Orange Crayfish, Cambarellus zempoalensis |
| January Program: Aquatic Plants and Aquascaping - Round Table Discussion. Article: My Fish. |
December |
November |
| October Program: Cuckoos and Fish -- Fish That Spawn in Other Fishes' Nests by Gerald Pottern. Article: Keeping your picky fish healthy during the winter when growing live food such as daphnia outdoors isn’t possible. |
| August Program: Multi-million dollar revovation to the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores by Stuart May. Article: Collecting Marine Tropicals in NC. |
| July Program: Culturing, Collecting, and Using Live Foods for Fish by Todd Wenzel. Article: Pundamilia Nyererei Python Island. |
| June Program: Color and Behavior in Fish by Gerald Pottern. Article: A. stuartgranti Maulana. |
| May Program: An Advanced Talk on Reef Aquaria by Chad Bryant. Article: Building a Giant Bio-filter for Your Pond or Aquarium Room. |
| April Program: Health maintenance and medical treatment of pond fishes by Dr. Dan Johnson, D.V.M. Article: The Amazing Archerfish. |
| March Program: Deep Sea Fishes by Fritz Rohde Article: Freshwater Rotifer and Protozoa Culture. |
| February Program: Equipment Troubleshooting & Repair Clinic. Article: none |
| January Program: Pygmy Sunfishes by Gerald Pottern. Article: none |