this paper used the results of a research project entitled biodiversity of inland water fishes of iran which was carried out from 2005 to 2010. some 3500 fish specimens were obtained from different basins of iran by using electrofishing method, cast net, gill net and hook. using criteria such as size, shape and color, some of them are considered suitable to keep in aquarium. due to the results ...

One way I judge how an article has been received is by how many letters or phone calls I get about it. Judging by the number of requests for more information on the Ecosystem Aquarium Filtration method, developed by Leng Sy, that I have received since writing articles in both Aquarium Fish Magazine (November 1997) and SeaScope (Fall 1997), I really struck a nerve. There are probably a number of...

Curators of large aquaria where there is no significant primary production and water changes are impractical have been using biological denitrification to control high nitrate concentrations. The two denitrification systems described in this study operate in different ways: the Living Seas uses a batch system, while the New Jersey State Aquarium uses a flow-through system. The rate of denitrifi...

Enormous data are available on trade, breeding and larval rearing, nutritional and growth studies and aquarium keeping of the ornamental invertebrates from other countries. In India, studies on ornamental invertebrates are not available. The studies related with the biodiversity of ornamental invertebrates are not available from global level. This paper reviewed the research work on marine orna...