Nov
07
November 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our November monthly meeting will be held on Monday, November 18 at 7:30PM. For this month only, we will
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Archive
Nov
01
President's Message November 2024
Thanks to all who came out to our October auction--it was a resounding success! In particular, I wanted to share
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Aug
30
BAS October 2024 Fall Auction
Join us for our largest auction of the year on October 27, 2024.
We will hold the auction at the
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Aug
06
September 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, September 16, 2024. BAS will be having Brian Martineau as a speaker.
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May
13
July 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our July monthly meeting will be held on Monday, July 15, 2024. BAS will be having Rick Rego as a
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May
13
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY COULD SAVE ENDANGERED VICTORIA CICHLIDS
(Published Todays Aquarist 1989: Vol. 2 No. 12)
Written by: Russell McAndrews
The Victoria basin in comprised of a group
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Apr
15
May 2024 Monthly Meeting
Please Read: Our scheduled speaker Rick Burt can not make it for tonight's meeting. We will still have
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Mar
17
June 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be held on Monday, June 17, 2024. BAS will be having Tony Pinto as a
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Mar
17
April 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be our Spring Auction on Monday, April 15, 2024. This day is a legal holiday
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Nov
12
November 27th 2023 Monthly Meeting: Annual Auction
Our next monthly meeting will be Monday, November 27, 2023. NOTE Change in meeting DATE!
We will be having our
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Oct
17
March 2024 Monthly Meeting
March 18th, 2024 meeting will be A talk on Vernal Pools
Chuck Fittz will be giving a talk on vernal
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Oct
13
January 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be Monday, January 15, 2024, which is the MLK holiday.
BAS will be having our
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Jun
22
September 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, September 18, 2023. BAS will be having Tony Pinto as a speaker.
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Jun
16
October 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, October 16, 2023. BAS will be having Karen Randall as a speaker.
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Jun
16
August 2024 Monthly Meeting
There will be no meeting this month: See you at our next meeting on September 16!
May
29
July 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our July meeting will be held on Monday, July 17, 2023. The BAS will be having a Summer Auction, with
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May
27
June 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, June 19, 2023. BAS will be having Mike Liu as a speaker.
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Apr
16
MAY 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, May 15, 2023. BAS will be having Jason Lowery of Aquarium Club
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Mar
13
April 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, April 17, 2023. BAS will be having Edward Ducharme as a speaker.
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Feb
23
March 2023 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, March 20, 2023. BAS will be having a Quarterly Auction 75/25
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Feb
22
Awesome Fishroom Tour
Chuck's fish room was recently featured on YouTube--watch this video to learn more about how to efficiently breed
Jan
19
Announcing the BAS Monthly Photo Competition
Do you have aquariums or fish you’d like to show off? Do you enjoy seeing what other members of
Nov
20
February 2023 Monthly Meeting
February’s 20, 2023 meeting will be the Al Faul Memorial NEAq Tour
Unlike our regular meetings, this meeting is
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Nov
12
Jan 2023 Meeting Update (and photos from our December Home Show!)
January 2023 Monthly Meeting - CANCELLED
Due to the "Project Piaba" trip, we will not have a January
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Nov
12
December 2022 Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be Monday, December 19th.
This month's program will be our "Holiday Party&
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Sep
21
November 2022 Gala Auction
Our next monthly meeting will be Monday, November 21, 2022.
We will be having our annual gala auction at this
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Sep
10
PROJECT PIABA - YouTube Link
For more information ahead of next week’s talk (September 19), check out Project Piaba’s YouTube channel.
Along with
Aug
30
October 2022 Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be Monday, October 17th.
This month’s program will be our very own Tony Pinto,
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Aug
30
September 2022 Monthly Meeting
For more information ahead of next week’s talk, check out Project Piaba’s YouTube channel.
Along with important information
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Jul
28
August 2022 Monthly Meeting
Our next monthly meeting will be Monday August 15th.
This month’s program will be our very own Chuck Fittz,
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Jul
07
July 2022 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, July 18th. BAS will have the voting for
the 2022-2023 Board of
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Jun
02
June 2022 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, June 20th. Our speaker will be Brian Flanagan.
Topic: In The Kitchen
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May
01
May 2022 Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting will be held on Monday, May 16th. Speaker will be Rick Rego.
Topic: Amphibians of New England
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Jan
01
Next BAS Monthly Meeting
(Tentative) February 2023 Monthly Meeting
February’s 20, 2023 meeting hopefully, we will be able to resume the Al Faul’
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Oct
03
The Three Rules of Fishkeeping
Written by Russell McAndrews
It really should be the 3 million rules of fish keeping but I can’t remember
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May
25
The Boston Society
Published in Aquatic Life Magazine 1916-1917
Following a preliminary gathering in October, the Boston Aquarium Society held
its first regular
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May
25
Victoria Species Survival Plan
Written by Russell McAndrews
At present the Victoria Species Survival Plan maintains approximately thirty “species” at numerous sites across the
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May
25
Victorian Cichlids
Written by Russell McAndrews
Victorian cichlids are much the same as other East African cichlids, that is to
say their
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May
25
Specimen Preservation Procedure
Written by Russell McAndrews
1. Fix specimen by submerging in a 10% buffered formalin* solution for 48
hours.
2. Transfer
May
25
Lamprologous Moorii
Written by Russell McAndrews
While making my usual rounds of the local fish store I cam across five L.
moorii.
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May
25
The South Boston Aquarium, 1916
Written by A. Lowell Pub in The Forgotten Aquariums of Boston 2nd Ed By: Jerry
Ryan
Streaks of green and
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May
25
Display Tactics for Augmenting Research and Fundraising (Haplochromine Cichlids)
Written by Russell McAndrews
I. Introduction
Large display aquaria can reproduce, in miniature, an almost natural habitat
priceless for behavioral
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May
25
A Batch Code
Written by Russell McAndrews
One of the not so minor tasks towards developing a stud book for fishes is that
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May
25
Evolutionarily Significant Observations of the Victoria Extinction
Written by Russell McAndrews
I. INTRODUCTION
II. POLLUTION
- Atmospheric
- Nutrient enhancement
- Euthrophication
- Anoxia/stratification
III. OVERFISHING
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May
25
Great Non-Rift Lakes
Written by Russell McAndrews
Deep in the heart of darkest Africa perhaps 40 million years ago the country
side is
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May
25
Selective Behavior as a Component of Speciation
Written by Russell McAndrews
Selective behavior, facultative behavior or behavior of choice are all phrases
describing the implementation of memory.
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May
25
Africa's Great Lakes
Written by Russell McAndrews
Deep in the heart of darkest Africa, perhaps 30 million years ago the
countryside is being
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May
25
Floating Plant Cover
Written by Russell McAndrews
Vegetative cover, in aquaria, has a great number of beneficial attributes and
very few drawbacks. First,
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May
25
The Glo-Light Danio
Written by Russell McAndrews
Apparently named incorrectly Danio choprae, Hora, 1928 is currently being gender
corrected to C. choprai.
Even
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May
25
Similarities and Differences Among the African Lakes and their Fishes
Written by Russell McAndrews
East Africa is punctuated from the north to the south by the Great Rift Valley.
There
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May
25
Filtration Basics
Written by Russell McAndrews
The most common types of aquarium filtration commercially available can be
placed into one of three
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May
25
Regulating Murder
Written by Russell McAndrews
Cichlids are territorial to one degree or another. Not all are murderous
psychopaths, but all are
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May
25
Helpful Hints: Crowd Control
Written by Russell McAndrews
Somewhere out there is an aquarist or two that have never overcrowded a tank.
Unfortunately, this
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May
25
Helpful Hints: Packing Fish
Written by Russell McAndrews
In the following paragraphs I shall attempt to describe some helpful tips for
packing your fish.
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May
25
Heros Pasionis: An Incidence of Spawning
Written by Russell McAndrews
Heros pasionis (Rivas 1962) is a lovely and timid cichlid of the Thorichthys
subgenus, otherwise known
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May
25
Tanganyika’s Hidden Jewel: Lamprologus Ornatipinnis
Written by Russell McAndrews
Lamprologus ornatipinnis is a shy and lovely little cichlid which prefers to
dwell in empty snail
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May
25
Heros Carpintis
Written by Russell McAndrews
Heros carpintis is an attractive mid- to large-sized cichlid which is widely
spread throughout Mexico’s
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May
25
The Power of Hydrogen
Written by Russell McAndrews
What is pH? Why should I be concerned with it? Technically, pH equals the
negative log
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May
25
Heros Beani: Compliments of the Sonora Desert Museum
Written by Russell McAndrews
While talking to some friends of mine in New Jersey, I found that there were a
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May
25
A Rebuttal to a Rebuttal
Written by Russell McAndrews
Perspective is an important concept. That which is appropriate to one situation
might be completely inappropriate
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May
21
Gene Pool Maintenance
Written by Russell McAndrews
This article is intended to be global in nature. My impetus for writing it
stems from
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May
21
Progress in Breeding Freshwater Fish By: Douglas I. Warmolts (Columbus Zoological Gardens) and Russ
Written by Russell McAndrews
Introduction
Fish (an estimated 21,723 species) represent approximately half of the estimated
43,173 vertebrates
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Mar
31
Managing the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia)
Written by Ryan McAndrews
Introduction
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest coral reef system in the world, a
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Jun
02
A Species Maintenance Program for Your Club
Written by Russell McAndrews
Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies
General Meeting - June 2, 2002
MASTER PLAN
* Introduction - by
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May
01
Back to Basics: Learn All You Can
BACK TO BASICS
LEARN ALL YOU CAN
By: Karen Randall (BAS)
Published in The Daphnian, May, 1991
In the first
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Mar
01
Back to Basics: A Look at Filtration, Part 3 - Chemical Filtration and Two Specialty Filters
BACK TO BASICS A LOOK AT FILTRATION
PART THREE - CHEMICAL FILTRATION AND TWO SPECIALTY FILTERS
By: Karen Randall, BAS
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Mar
01
BAS Annual Show - 1900 As Remembered by a Goldfish Person
BAS ANNUAL SHOW - 1900
AS REMEMBERED BY A GOLDFISH PERSON
By: Anita Hovanesian, BAS
Published in The Daphnian, March,
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Feb
01
Goldfish Corner When All Else Fails
GOLD FISH CORNER: WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
By: Anita Hovanesian, BAS, GFSA
Published in The Daphnian, February 1991
More often
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Feb
01
An Amusing Amphibian: The African Clawed Frog Xenopus Laevis
AN AMUSING AMPHIBIAN: THE AFRICAN CLAWED FROG XENOPUS LAEVIS
By: Suzanne Royer, Ph.D., CAS
Published in The Daphnian, February
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Jan
01
Maintaining a Saltwater Aquarium: My Way
Written by Tom Neal - The Daphian, January 1991
There are many ways to set up and maintain a saltwater
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Jan
01
Dragonets
Written by Kathleen Rader, CAS, The Daphian, January 1991
If you are looking for a small fish to put in
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Jan
01
Tanganyikan Pointers
Written by Russell McAndrews
Tanganyikan fishes live in an environment which is spectacularly unique.
Similar to a tropical island like
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Jan
01
Most Common Goldfish Diseases (Part 3)
Anita Hovanesian, BAS, The Daphnian, Jaunary 1991
“ICH”, ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS MULTIFILIS OR WHITE SPOT DISEASE
“Ick” or white spot disease is
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Jan
01
Let's Take a Peek
By: Tom Neal
Published in The Daphnian, January 1991
It’s 3:00 on a Saturday morning. What the devil
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Nov
01
The Genus Rivulus - Aerial Acrobatics
Written by Dan Frase
The Genus Rivulus contains some 65 species living in South and Central America,
on various Caribbean
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Nov
01
Tanganyikan Cichlid Community Aquarium
Written by John DiVenuti
My first success with breeding Tanganyikan cichlids happened when two
Juliodochromis Marleri paired off in an
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Nov
01
Foster Parents are Truly Angels
Written by Anita Hovanesian
I have been housing two breeding pairs of Angel fish in a 29 gallon tank with
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Oct
01
Spawning The Fundulopanchax Gardneri Akure
Written by Denyce K. Trudeau
Fundulopanchax gardneri Akure is a relatively new species of killifish now
available to the tropical
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Oct
01
How to Manage a Multi-tank Fishroom Comfortably
Written by Anita Hovanesian
Aquarists who have a couple of tanks do not really have a serious problem with
proper
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Oct
01
Confessions of a Goldfish Hobbyist
Written by Anita Hovanesian
Ever since, I was knee-high to a grasshopper, I have been a “dedicated” goldfish
keeper. Housing
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Oct
01
Keeping Some of the Different Puffers in the Brackish Community Aquarium
Written by John DiVenuti
I have a number of different puffers in community set-up. It is upsetting to
see the
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Sep
01
The Language of Plants: Part V
Written by Ann Lambrecht
In this column I will try to cover different types of vegetative reproduction of
aquatic plants.
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Sep
01
It's Show Time! Are You Ready?
Written by Anita Hovanesian
Folks spend many months conditioning their beauties for showing, but due to poor
transport preparation, lose
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Sep
01
Back to Basics: a Look at Filtration Part 2, Mechanical Filtration
Written by Karen Randall
In my last column, we took a look at biological filtration. This month, let’s
examine
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Jan
01
An Abridged Interpretation of Stephen Spotte’s Fish and Invertebrate Culture: Water Management in Closed Systems
Written by Russell McAndrews
Included in the following are several passages taken from the book as well as my
interpretation
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Jan
01
See Spot Swim
Written by Karen Randall
When I was young and naïve, (18 months ago) I started my first marine aquarium.
After
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Jan
01
Haplochromine Husbandry: The Captive Maintenance of a Living Resource
Written by Russell McAndrews
ABSTRACT
Habitat preservation, the preferred means of conservation, is not an option for
Lake Victoria at
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Jan
01
The Keeping of a Fish Journal
Written by John G. DiVenuti
In June 1976 I purchased with S&H green stamps my first aquarium a
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Jan
01
Conservation Biology Could Save Endangered Victoria Cichlids
(Published Todays Aquarist 1989: Vol. 2)
The Victoria basin in comprised of a group of low-lying lakes, which at various
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