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Administrator — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:26:28 +0000

The only way the mission statement "Saving our Planet one Fish at a Time" slogan is going to mean anything ..... is when it's true meaning and purpose is understood as a universal call to mankind to conserve nature ... Aquariums embody the essence of the futile failures and attempts by mankind to replace nature with substitute inventions or artificially create nature while destroying it at the same time ..... the problem is that humans won't succeed in replacing something that preceded mankind and took billions of years to evolve .... Man creates justification and false knowledge that is merely a figment of mankind's imagination .... while nature is grounded in the truth and reality of touch and feel and smell and see and hear ... a fox and a rabbit ... a worm and a bird ... a flower and a bee ...... PURE Mankind hears no evil, sees no evil and does no evil ... we are (at least in our minds) above all life and we create rational fiction such as religion to justify our sins and overpopulation and we create communism to deny the hard truth of limited resources and we create capitalism to justify a totally irrational and destructive methodology dedicated and addicted to consumption and resulting in self-destruction instead of the preservation of life and the natural resources that ALL life depends on to live. The human family not unlike fish families are made up of species know to us as "races" ... human species as all living things by natures design .... reproduce ... except that like an alien species of fish imported to a habitat with no natural predators that will destroy that habitat ....... mankind's only natural predator is mankind and while either consuming or attempting to kill each other for consumption related resources ... mankind destroys all surrounding life ..... mankind is in fact genetically murderous and suicidal ... and definitely not an original part of natures flawless design .... or is mankind a flaw of nature? .... More likely mankind is some organism .... alien to the planet that was introduced on a meteorite billions of years ago. Much like a fish introduced to a pond half way around the planet from whence it evolved. An aquarium teaches us what we don't know and what we can't overcome .. and much more about preservation and conservation and environment and ecology ...... aquarium keeping is the purest form of "religious" worship... .. it is worshiping nature and it's spiritual reward is a better understanding of life and the mysteries that remain to be solved to preserve life on our planet and in a bowl. Heavy stuff? Too heavy for you? Well get real and accept it ..... it's the truth, it's actual even tho not satisfactual more to follow ... "Saving our Planet one Fish at a Time"

Heaven

Administrator — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:14:37 +0000

What is heaven for an aquarium enthusiast?

For me it's 4,000 square feet to play in ..... and I'm looking for a select group of hobbyists to help charter a private aquarium club within this space. The location is Morris county exit 44n/45s off of interstate 287 .... to do it right I expect that club dues etc will average upwards of $100 per month ... but a lot depends on the number of members ... the fewer the members the more costly the club overhead per member .... in the beginning it will probably be a few hundred a month .... although there could be a lower cost category for out of area members with a subscription to the club newsletter and some purchasing benefits etc I expect to give 24/7 swipe card access and have a security system installed ..... charter members would be carefully screened prior to acceptance ..... charter members would also get the benefit of any substantial increase in non-charter members dues down the road for taking the brunt of the start-up costs on their backs and helping to launch the club. As a reward for charter members I imagine a locked in dues structure or a even a lowering of dues if the club becomes popular. Some of what I want to do includes a wet bar, pool table, card table, library, research lab, wireless computer network, HDTV etc etc and the ability for members to host a limited number of small private gathering such as a birthday party..... the space would contain livestock for members breeding projects as well as biotope displays ..... but it should be a place to relax and socialize and read or whatever ... Also as a perk members would have access to club maintained equipment ..... such as probes, diatom filters and other expensive space consuming apparatus. Livestock and equipment & supplies would be available at wholesale cost to members via the business side of my operation. That's a brief overview and there's some more information posted on theFisharium.com news blog. it's conceptual at this point and I would expect members to contribute ideas and suggestions as to what the club ultimately becomes .... heaven on earth

Three Simple rules aquaria success

Administrator — Mon, 22 May 2006 16:23:55 +0000

3 simple ingredients for success in aquaria 1 fish need clean water ....... read "lots & lots of clean water!" 2 fish need nutritious food ....... read "lots of various nutritious foods" 3 fish need a stable environmet ....... read "stable light, temperature & Ph" Throw these ingredients in a very large tank and mix with proper water movement, complimentary plants & periodic water changes. Then READ A LOT and wait for your fish to reproduce. Once they do ... you have succeeded.

Captive breeding; Diversity vs volume

Administrator — Wed, 17 May 2006 18:01:01 +0000

Taking a page out of the annals of early efforts to breed freshwater fishes ..... many advanced hobbyists are now breeding a wide variety of marine fishes ..... and many of these are not yet commercially viable or available in quantity if at all .... this begs the question: Do we need a million clownfishes or 25,000 each of 40 other species? The answer is self evident .... since it's doubtful that an even smaller number of clownfish survives in captivity more that a year or two at most....... WHY? ... unfortunately ... aquariums do not take care of themselves ... they do not meow or bite your ankle when neglected ... they do not piss & shit on the rug when not attended too properly .... and when they die from neglect it's conspicuous and in most cases even illegal! but aquariums are often a precursor to a sewage dump .... the victim of ignorance and the mass merchandising approach of the aquarium industry .... after all ... you can't sell more of them if they live too long .... The effort to develope commercial methods of production are misguided ..... more importantly a diversity of captive bred species should be produced in smaller numbers and sold at higher prices to acheive the status of an expensive pedigree dog or cat in the eyes of the aquarium owner ... only then will true advances be made in captive marine breeding techniques and prices will drop at the same time diversity is increased .... preserving otherwise soon to be extinct species due to the plunder & destruction of mankind. the same applies to a number of threatened freshwater species. Are lab created hybrids a replacement? No. Techniques for the husbandry of marine specimens by individuals should be disseminated to encourage hobbyist driven advances in the field of marine ornamental aquaculture. Commercial production techniques can follow in these footsteps. .... this will enlighten a larger number of mankind and educate them on the secrets of maintaining ecological & environmental balance and the conservation of nature. There's no money to be made without consumption ... and no growth in consumption without waste ...... so here we all are creating garbage to make money and money to make garbage .... but if we replace consumption with conservation we are improving the quality of life. So what is more important? All living things on our our planet? or each of us individually? "Saving our Planet one Fish (or aquarium) at a Time"

AquariumVille a new DEAL for DEALers

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:51:25 +0000

AquariumVille is a theme brand that is licensed to participating dealers free of charge. AquariumVille is devoted to the distribution, promotion and sale of ecologically sound and environmentally correct aquacultured ornamental marine livestock (fishes & invertebrates). AquariumVille products consist of captive bred saltwater & freshwater livestock and AquariumVille's own proprietary line of marine aquariums and equipment sold exclusively through AquariumVille licensed dealers. AquariumVille is offering an introductory NO COST Saltwater Sales Kiosk to select qualifying dealers including all livestock , fixtures & equipment. AquariumVille's turnkey system splits profits down the middle with the dealer and includes a dealer advertisement in "Tropical Fish Hobbyist' (TFH), "Freshwater & Marine Aquarium" (FAMA), and "Aquarium Fish Monthly" (AFM) magazines. In addition AquariumVille's 200+ web sites will direct customers to AquariumVille products and licensed dealers. For more information contact Carl Leitz at 973-331-9000.