Invertebrates again

An interesting page to get information on invertebrates that live in our aquarium and recognize them...


the page name is Summary of the Domain of Ampullariidae but also deals with other species with information available in English, French and Spanish.

Aristocratama

I do not like to advertise commercial sites unless they have something useful / interesting to offer.

Aristocratama is a freshwater invertebrates web shop with a list of species so big to justify to be mentioned.

Aquaexperience

Aquaexperience is an italian portal for aquarium hobbyists and like other portals it has it's own forum, news, articles, photo galleries and so on...


It is distinguished from other sites for the quality of the articles, which improves every day and points strongly to the top.

Mini again

Three other links for fans of mini-aquariums:
The first Nano-Fish is an Italian site dedicated to nano-aquarium with a multitude of infos on fish suitable for this size of tanks ...


elated to the site is a portal (Nanofish.it) and a forum that with their content, satisfy the most demanding people....



Last there is a link to a Japanese blog (mini Aqua garden blog), also dedicated to extra small size fish and aquariums, with great pictures ...

Crabs and shrimps

Two nice sites on invertebrates that live in our aquarium:

The first www.invertebrati.info is an italian site about shrimp, crabs, snails and other invertebrates can populate our aquariums.



It contains many in-depth articles (very good that on shrimp's anatomy), cards for the recognition of animals, and some magnificent pictures galleries.

Second one Crusta 10 is a German site (also in English), mainly dedicated to crabs, shrimps and crayfish.

It has a more scientific approach and less amateur than the previous. Lists many articles and publications on these animals and even here there are cards for identification / classification and photo galleries.

The two sites are complementary with no overlap and are very definitely two links to keep handy for fans.

Aquaportal

Aquaportal in Italy it's know as the italian aquarium portal and this is what is it.


It's a very complete site with a lot of articles, datasheets, pictures, links and all what You need on aquarium... but it's also full of advertising and for that very huge. Banners and other forms of advertising are always in and the whole is unpleasant... it's, really, saved only from it's contents.

Acquariofilia Consapevole

Acquariofilia Consapevole is an italian site devoted to explayn the correct way in aquarium hobby.
At the first time it seems poor and messy: articles sometimes seem to be scattered over pages and difficult to reach...


For those who has patience enaugh to stop for a while the site shows its best side: the information are reliable and informations sources well reported. Each topic has one or more specific link to other web pages and there are a lot of interesting pictures ....
so take Your time and a good translator...

Italian Live-food

Every now and then our aquariums guest must eat ... and, without detracting the excellent feed that are in the market, nothing is better than a little 'of live food.
Italian speaking people can find at Italian Live-food instructions on how to raise/find this kind of live-food and how to fed their fishes ...

GAEM

GAEM web site is one of first italian sites that I met on the web when I started looking for news on aquariums.



I think everibody in Italy knows it but You must have in in your bookmarks.
It contains articles that I consider fundamental. Some have a some years of life but are like if they were written yesterday.

Overall I would like to highlight "Come far crescere bene le piante d'acquario" ("How to grow good plants aquarium") by Dr. Walter Peris and "Le piante e la luce" ("Plants and the light") by Maurizio Vendramini ...

Little signs of life

I think that every aquarium keeper has happened, sooner or later, to see, at least once, small signs of life moving in water without being able to identify him. I have found at least 3 web sites that can help you find out what you face ...

The first iis a section of Microscopy UK. Here we can find a section named "Pond Life Identification Kit" . From a drawings menu you are driven link by link to specific articles on the identified specie .


The second is a personal site of an Italian hobbyist named Luciana Bartolini. The section "Insetti e larve d'acqua" ("Water Insects and larvae ") contains some detailed pictures of various kinds of these animals.



The third site is a small collection of pictures at http://pot.potorti.it/acquari/animaletti/.
Only few photos, but very useful ...

Discus and Angelfish

This time the links for two Italian sites dedicated to most remarkable freshwater aquarium fishes: Discus and Angelfish.

On Italian Angelfish web site you can find everything you might need to identify and breed your Angelfish. The site is monothematic and fairly complete.




Mondo Discus is a wider site translated into several languages and with sections on other species in addition to the discus. There are also some articles more general, but still valid, on aquariums, and aquatic plants.

APC (Aquatic Plant Central)

This week a link to forum: APC


I think it is one of the largest, English language, forums dedicated to aquarium plants. It is certainly one of the best known.

I want to highlight two sections: "Lybrary", with the aquariums of the month, and DIY section where you can find beautiful articles on all aquarium ware. Sticky, here, a discussion on yeast CO2, that is nothing off exhaustive, and a long discussion on Drop Checkers.

Aquarticles

A name states it all... Aquarticles.com , as in it's author words is "An international collection of articles about fish and aquariums..."

The site aesthetics is minimalist but the contents are ecellent. Is not updated often but is open to contributions.

Fishbase

As from its name Fishbase is a database containing the data of over 31,000 species of fish accompanied, in most cases, the relevant photos.
The home page interface is, at least, essential:not more than a form to enter search parameters:

simple and effective.

It 'available in all major languages of the world and is definitely an essential tool for anyone breeding fishes.
Unfortunately, the main server is often unavaillable for network overload and I suggest to bookmark all mirrors addresses to find most available one.