Articles

  • Posted on: 4 August 2017
  • By: cdasadmin
Many articles have been written or shared by CDAS members over the years. They are a treasure trove of information and history, and are available for download grouped by year below.

 1981
  • Feeding – Foods and Fish by David Rentz
  • Mysterious Fish Deaths by Jim Atkinson
  • White Spot – Treating White Spot by Denis James

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 1986
  • Aquarium Water Puzzle by Rene Jez
  • Collecting Fish for Taronga Zoo and Aquarium by Dave Wilson
  • Corydorus barbatus – Spawning and Rearing by Andy Wattam
  • Infusoria – Let's Take a Look at Infusoria by Bob Eastlow
  • Tateurndina ocellicauda – The Peacock Gudgeon Saga by Rodney and Deborah Ralph

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 1987
  • Hemigrammus ocellifer falsus -Head and Tail Light Tetra by Rene Jez
  • How to Build a Fish Room by Rene Jez
  • Nannostomus marginatus - Dwarf Pencil Tetra by Rene Jez
  • Nematobrycon amphiloxus – The Rainbow Emporer Tetra by Rene Jez
  • Raising General Hardness – Adjusting the Hardness of Canberra Water by Joe Schill
  • Scientific Names Part 2 – What's in a Name? by David Rentz
  • Water Snails - are they friends or foe?

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 1988
  • Algae: Part 1 – All About Algae – Part 1 by Mike Owen
  • Carassius auratus – Spawning Goldfish by Andrew Boyd
  • Cleithracara maronii / Aequidens maronii – Breeding Keyholes by Deborah and Rodney Ralph
  • Collecting in the Kimberleys, WA by David Wilson
  • Corydoras pygmaeus by Deborah Ralph
  • Geophagus brasiliensis – Breeding by Toni Kinnae
  • Gymnocorymbus ternetzi – Breeding the Black Widow Tetra by Deborah Ralph
  • Artemia – Hatching Brine Shrimp Better Than Before by Deborah Ralph
  • Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus – Long-finned Halfbeaks by Deborah and Rodney Ralph
  • Melanochromis auratus – Breeding by Andrew Boyd
  • Microworms by Deborah Ralph
  • Nutrition – What You Feed is Important by Deborah Ralph
  • Understanding pH – pH Without Tears Part 1 by Barry Moore
  • pH – pH Without Tears Part 2 by Barry Moore
  • pH Part 3 – pH Without tears – Part 3: Management in the Aquarium by Barry Moore
  • Poecilia reticulata – Breeding the Guppy by Andrew Boyd
  • Ponds - Notes on Outdoor Fish Ponds by Joe Schill
  • Puntius nigrofasciatus / Pethia nigrofasciata – The Black Ruby Barb by David Rentz
  • Capoeta/Puntius titteya – Spawning the Cherry Barb by Deborah Ralph
  • Rhodeus – Breeding the Bitterling by Joe Schill
  • Symphysodon aequifasciata – Breeding the Powder-Blue Discus by Deborah Ralph
  • Thayeria boehlkei – Breeding the Hockey-Stick or Penguin Tetra by Rene Jez
  • Thayeria boehlkei – A Penguin Tetra Triumph by Deborah Raph

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 1989
  • Corydorus trilineatus – The Trials of Breeding Corydorus trilineatus by Deborah Ralph
  • Difficulty Breeding Tetras - Tetra Tears by Mike Owens
  • Hemigrammus rhodostomus – Breeding the Beautiful Rummy-nose Tetra by Deborah Ralf
  • Laetacara dorsigera / Aequidens dorsigerus – Breeding by Deborah Ralph
  • Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi – Good Times and Bad with Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi by Andrew Boyd
  • Neolamprologus pulcher by Deborah Ralph
  • Pelvicachromis pulcher – Breeding the Kribensis by Ben Gunn
  • pH Adjustment – How to Handle pH Problems by Rene Jez
  • Syngnathus sp. - Pipefish – A Pipe Dream by Deborah Ralph
  • Thorichthys meeki / Cichlasoma meeki – Breeding the Firemouth Cichlid by Karl Puse
  • Water Quality – Notes on Water Quality for General Fish Breeding by Joe Schill

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 1990
  • Biological Filters- Facts and Problems Part 1 –by Rene Jez
  • Brochis splendens – Breeding by Andrew Boyd
  • Cichlasoma spilurum – Breeding by Andrew Boyd
  • Collecting at Scotts Creek Northern Territory by David Wilson
  • First Steps with Tropicals – Tanks for the Memories by Deborah Ralf
  • Habitat Survey of Nelligen by Andrew Boyd
  • Parachromis dovii / Cichlasoma dovii – Breeding by Andrew Boyd
  • Pseudotropheus zebra – Breeding by Toni Kinnane
  • Systems and Aquaponics – Towards a Sustainable Aquarium Polyculture by Andrew Boyd
  • The Heat Sink in the Fishroom by Joe Schill

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 1992
  • Aequidens portalegrensis – The Brown Acrara or Port Cichlid by Phil Pratt
  • Cichlasoma tetracanthus – The Cuban Cichlid by Phil Pratt
  • Julidochromis marlieri – Spawning the Checkerboard Cichlid by Paul Tyerman
  • Melanochromis johani (Spawning) by James O'Meil
  • Melanochromis trifasciata by Carol and Milton Lewis
  • Micralestes interruptus – Breeding the Congo Tetra by Rene Jez
  • Nothobranchius foerschi – Rediscovering an Annual Killifish by Paul Garrett
  • Papiliochromis altispinosa – The Bolivian Butterfly Cichlid by A Foster
  • Toxotes jaculatrix– Keeping the Archer Fish by Ben Gunn

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 1994
  • Beginning With Killifish by Greg McCall
  • Tropheus moorii by Howard Schmidt

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 1995
  • Lates calcarifer – Bazz the Barramundi by Belinda Carriage
  • Melanotaenia affinis (Pagwi Variety) by Alan Ford
  • Simpsonichthys whitei / Cynolebias whitei – Breeding by Andrew Boyd

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     1996
    • Algae and Snails by George Booth
    • Anomalochromis thomasi (Profile)
    • Apistogramma agassizi (Profile)
    • Apistogramma pertense (Profile)
    • Aquarium Filtration – A usenet FAQ
    • Aquatic Plant Q&A
    • Aulonocara hansbaenschi (Profile)
    • Beginning Saltwater Aquaria
    • Cichlasoma manguense (Profile)
    • CO2 in the Aquarium
    • Common Plant Listing
    • Conservation and Procrastination by Andrew Boyd
    • Fish Diseases Part 1
    • Good and Bad Beginner Fish by Dean Hougan
    • Hemichromis bimaculatus (Profile)
    • Lighting
    • Plant Survival
    • Pterophyllum scalare (Profile)
    • Fish Diseases Part 2
    • Steatocranus casuarius (Profile)
    • Substrate Heating Cables

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     2013
    • A Pinch of Salt
    • Apistogramma
    • Aquarium Load Engineering
    • Hamburg Matten Filters by Paul Garrett
    • Shrimp
    • Water Chemistry by Chris Clark

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     2014
    • Aquarium Basics
    • Morphology
    • The School Biotope Aquarium
    • Small Water Features

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