Useful and informative links

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SwissTropicals LLC and its owner are not responsible for and have no influence on the content of any of the linked websites. They are provided for informational purposes only. Any explicit or implied liability for the information provided herein is hereby declined.

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Catfish

• Planet Catfish the ultimate catfish information website. Period!
• IG BSSW the International Barb, Tetra, Loach, and Catfish association.
• All Catfish Species Inventory presents the NSF project to describe all living catfish species.
• Aspidoras information about the genus Aspidoras (in German).
• Jonathan W. Armbruster studies Loricariidae systematics.
• L-Welse deals with various aspects of L-numbers (in German).
• Scotcat.
• Catfish Study Group.
• CorydorasWorld best website about Corydoradinae.
• Welse.net another good website dealing with catfish (in German).

Plants

• VDA AK Wasserpflanzen the German waterplant association (in German).
• Aquatic Gardeners Association
• The Crypts pages
• Cryptocoryne-Lagenandra (in German).
• Las Lucanas a waterplant nursery on the Canary Islands.
• Tropica
• Dennerle  (in German).
• Out of Africa specializes in succulent plants from Africa and Madagascar.
• Florida Aquatic Nurseries

Livebearers & Killifish

• American Livebearer Association
• VDA AK Lebendgebärende Aquarienfische German Livebearer Working Group (in German).
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Lebendgebärende Zahnkarpfen the German Livebearer Association (in German).
• Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center
• Deutsche Guppy Föderation the German Guppy Federation (in German).
• Goodeids
• American Killifish Association
• Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft the German Killifish Association (in German).
• International Killifish Association

Rainbowfish

• Australia New Guinea Fishes Association
• Home of the Rainbowfish
• Internationale Gemeinschaft für Regenbogenfische (in German).

Gouramies

• International Betta Congress
• IBC Species Maintenance Program
• Parosphromenus-Project
• Internationale Gemeinschaft für Labyrinthfische (in German).

Tetras, Barbs & Loaches

• Loaches online follows these bottom dwellers.
• Schmerlen.de is another loach site (in German).
• Danios and Devarios popular cyprinids.
• David Parichy studies molecular evolution and development of the Danionins.

Shrimp, Crayfish, and Snails

• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wirbellose Tiere great information on inverts (in German).
• Global Crayfish Resources Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Garnelenforum inverts forum (in German).
• ShrimpNow invert forum.
• crystalred.de about the famous shrimp (in German).
• Crystal Red shrimp were first bred by Hisayasu Suzuki, Nagoya, Japan.
• 1a-wirbellose offers various shrimps and crayfish.
• Apple Snails

Cichlids

• American Cichlid Association
• Ohio Cichlid Association
• Greater Chicago Cichlid Association
• German Cichlid Association Deutsche Cichliden Gesellschaft (in German).
• The Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi
• Cichlid Research Home Page
• The Cichlid Room Companion

Other fish groups

• North American Native Fishes Association
• Fishes of South Florida
• Fishes of Georgia
• Fishes of Minnesota
• Fishes of Virginia
• Fishes of Ohio
• Fishes of Tennessee
• Potamotrygon (in German)
• Fishes of Australia
• Zhao’s Fancies Goldfish

Scientific Societies & Institutions

• Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research at the National University of Singapore.
• Ichthyology database of the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
• Fish Ecology & Evolution University of Berne, Switzerland.
• EAWAG, Switzerland.
• American Museum of Natural History.
• ASIH American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
• World Aquaculture Society.
• Aquaculture Program by the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
• OCAD Ohio Center for Aquaculture Development.
• IFAS Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida.
• Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, University of Florida.
  
• San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy.
• The Academy of Natural Sciences, Ichthyology Collection.

Scientists

• Thomas Meinelt, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.
• Joerg Freyhof, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.
• Axel Kwet (in German).
• Gerald Urquhart, Michigan State University.

Hobby related associations

• Minnesota Aquarium Society.
• Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts.
• Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies.
• Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society.
• Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, Inc.
• Potomac Valley Aquarium Society.
• Greater Portland Aquarium Society.
• Circle City Aquarium Club.
• Raleigh Aquarium Society.
• Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs.
• Federation of American Aquarium Societies.
• Aquaristics Scene Switzerland (in German).
• VDA Federation of German vivarium clubs (in German).
• ZZF German Pet Trade & Industry Association.
• International Federation of Online Clubs and Aquatic Societies.
• Ornamental Fish International.
• Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.

Exemplary Websites

• Weichwasserfische by Michael Schlüter (in German & English).
• Aquaristik – Homepage Michael Taxacher (in German).
• Adventures in Aquascaping by Tim Gross details a beautiful tank setup.
• Aquarienbastelei by Gerd Arndt, fantastic website on useful gadgets (in German).
• PecesCriollos by Stefan Körber fishes of Argentina (in English, German, & Spanish).
• All about live foods by Christian Westhäuser (in German).
• Hamburg Mattenfilter by Olaf Deters (in German).
• Brian W. Coad’s Personal Website.
• It Rains Fishes by Frans Vermeulen.
• Ron Shimek.
• Tropenhaus Frutigen AG.

Databases

• Wikipedia.
• PubMed.
• Seriously Fish.
• Fishbase.
• Catalog of Fishes by the California Academy of Sciences.
• Freshwater Ecoregions of the World.
• BOLD Barcode of Life Data Systems.
• ZFIN zebrafish model organism database.
• Zebrafish Genome Resources at NCBI.
• International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
• Dams in Amazonia.
• USDA Plants Database.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information Systems.
• World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
• NatureServe.
• Aquaculture Network.
• Household Products Database.
• Hippocampus is a commercial picture archive.
• WorldClimate for records of world climate data.
• Wasser-Wissen (in German).

Legal Topics

• US Fish & Wildlife Service.
• The Lacey Act.
• US Department of Agriculture.
• US Food and Drug Administration.
• CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
• Aquatic Animal Imports Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Nutrition

• Extreme Aquatic Foods. This is the staple diet in my hatchery!
• Repashy Superfoods. They are super in any respect.
• OmegaSea.
• INVE Aquaculture.
• BrineShrimpDirect.
• Artemia International.
• Cyclop-eeze.
• Argent.
• Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative.
• Utah Division of Wildlife Resources manages brine shrimp.
• Artemia Reference Center University of Ghent, Belgium.
• Hikari.
• Mazuri Aquatic Diets.
• Zeigler Feed.
• Sera.
• Tetra USA, part of United Pet Group.
• JBL.
• New Life International.
• Ocean Nutrition.
• HBH.
• OSI.
• Aquadine.
• Skretting.
• San Francisco Bay Brand.
• Aquatic Foods sells blackworms.
• Eastern Aquatics sells blackworms.
• Beneficial Insectary.
• Reed Mariculture.
• DT’s Plankton Innovative Marine Aquaculture.

Fish diseases

• National Fish Pharmaceuticals.
• Fish diseases University of Florida.
• Aquatic Animal Health Research USDA.
• Aquatic Diagnostics Ltd UK.
• Composition of Common Medications (in German).
• FISHMAN CHEMICAL, LLC.
• Aquarium Münster.

Publishers & Magazines

• Reef to Rainforest Media. Publisher of AMAZONAS and CORAL.
• Natur und Tier Verlag (in German).
• DATZ.
• Cichlid Press.
• Tetra Verlag (in German).
• Chimaira Buchhandels GmbH.
• Dähne Verlag (in German).
• Herpeton.
• Mergus.
• Ulmer.
• Aqualog.
• Animalbook.
• Practical Fishkeeping.
• Steven Simpson Books.
• Natural history bookstore.
• Seahorses aquatic book shop.
• FishBookStore.com.
• Tropical Fish Hobbyist, part of Central Garden & Pet.
• Pet Product News International.

Lighting

• Current
• lightbulbs.com
• Atlanta Light Bulbs
• General Electric
• Philips Lighting
• Osram-Sylvania

Suppliers & Manufacturers

• Carolina Biological Supply Company.
• Vernier Software & Technology.
• Drs. Foster & Smith.
• Jehmco.
• Florida Aquatic Nets.
• Aquarium Technology, Inc.
• Lifegard Aquatics.
• AquaFX RO systems.
• Danner Manufacturing Inc.
• Reef Fanatic.
• AquaticEco-Systems.
• Alita air pumps.
• Hiblow USA air pumps.
• Commodity Axis.
• AquaKeramik.
• Plecocaves.
• Southcentralcichlids.
• CaribSea.
• Feller Stone.
• ShirakuraUSA.
• Glasscages.
• Nylon Net Company.
• Aqueon, part of Central Garden & Pet.
• Oceanic Systems, part of Central Garden & Pet.
• Coralife, part of Central Garden & Pet.
• Kent, part of Central Garden & Pet.
• JBJ-USA Aquarium Products.
• Marineland, part of Spectrum Brands.
• Instant Ocean, part of Spectrum Brands.
• Jungle Labs, part of Spectrum Brands.
• AmeriGlas diamond drill bits.
• Specialty Manufacturing Corp. valves.
• Zoo Zajac (in German).
• Steppan Koi (in German).
• Oase Teichtechnik (in German).
• OASE living water.
• BioFilter Systems.
• AS Aquaristik (in German).
• Dohse Aquaristik Hobby and Dupla.
• Juwel Aquarium.
• Eheim.
• Aqua Medic.
• Tunze.
• Schuran.
• Wiegandt.
• Hagen.
• Penn-Plax.
• Seachem.
• API, part of Mars Fishcare.
• Red Sea.
• Kordon.
• H2Odistributors.
• SpectraPure.
• Bestfilters.
• The Filter Guys.
• Matala USA.
• Mid-State Plastics.
• Superior shipping supplies.
• Uline shipping supplies.
• The Container Store.
• US Plastics Corp.
• Global Industrial.
• EZ Tube.
• Brunner Enterprises.
• BuilderDepot.
• DickBlick.

Nature Travel

• GoWildPeru Wildlife exploration in southern Peru.
• AqvaTerra Eco Travel in Uruguay.
• Margarita Tours Eco Travel in Peru.

Amphibian & Reptilian Links

• The reptile database.
• Dendroboard.
• Amphibian Species of the World American Museum of Natural History.
• AmphibiaWeb University of California, Berkeley.
• Understory Enterprises Inc.
• German Society for Herpetology (DGHT; in German).
• Tree Walkers International.
• INIBICO (in Spanish).
• Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center.
• Frog forum
• Caudata.org
• OhioAmphibians.
• Dendrobase (in German).
• dendrobates.org.
• Dendrobates World.
• Froschkeller (in German).
• Reptile Industries.
• Herpcages.com.
• Saurian Enterprises.
• Herpetologic.net.
• Global Gecko Association.
• IG Phelsuma (in German).
• Aluterra (in German).
• LANZO Herb Cages (mostly German).
• E.N.T. Terrarientechnik (in German and English).
• Black Jungle.
• Hollow Creek Farms Bonsai.
• Zilla, part of Central Garden and Pet.
• Exo Terra, part of Hagen.
• Zoo Med Laboratories.
• Rep-Cal Research Labs.
• The Turtle Source.

Shops, Breeders, Importers, Exporters, Wholesalers

• the wet spot, Portland, OR.
• The Cichlid Exchange, Portland, OR.
• All Oddball Aquatics, Eric Bodrock & Regina Spotti.
• CorydorasWorld, Ian Fuller, UK.
• Florida Exotic Fish Sales, Rick & Tamela Biro.
• The aFISHionados, Spencer Jack.
• Frank’s Aquarium, Frank Greco.
• Imperial Tropicals, Mike Drawdy.
• Ruinemans, Arjan de Zwart.
• Mike’s Cichlids.
• Aqua-Global.
• AquaTarium, Jens Gottwald
• Aquarium Glaser.
• Bitter Exotics, Friedrich Bitter.
• Aquarium Dietzenbach.
• Hein Aquarium, Myanmar (Burma).
• Stendker Discus.
• Discus Hans USA.
• Central Ohio Discus.
• Jack Wattley Discus.
• Gwynnbrook Farm, Peter Thode.
• Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association.
• 5-D Tropical Inc.
• Segrest Farms.
• GloFish® a debatable addition to the fish scene.