Contained within these articles is a wealth of knowlege, representing decades of experience, to help you be successful in your fish keeping endevours.

Before launching into the articles, you may want to familiarize yourself with some of the site lingo.

• What do all of these abbreviations and acronyms mean?

If you are new to aquariums in general, you may want to familiarize yourself with the definitions of some frequently used terms in the hobby.

• What do all of these words mean? Terms commonly used in the Hobby

All About Oscar Fish, Oscar Tanks, Types of Oscars

• New Oscar Owner Information Packet
• Setting Up Your New Oscar Fish Tank
• What Size Tank Do I need For My Oscar Fish?
• What Filtration do I Need for My Oscar Fish Tank?
• What Decorations are Apropriate for an Oscar Fish Tank?
• Oscar Varieties, A Photographic Record of Different Types of Oscar Fish
• What are the differences between an Albino and Lutino Oscar Fish?
• Breeding Oscars
• What is the best way to breed oscars?
• Do Oscars Have Teeth?
• What Test Results are Suitable for Oscar Fish?
• What are the names of the various parts of an Oscar Fish?
• How can I tell the sex of my Oscar Fish?
• What are the best Oscar Fish Tank Mates?
• Oscar Fish Compatible Species, A View from Forum Members
• What is Hole in the Head Disease (HITH, LLE), and how can I treat it?
• Oscar Fish Diet - Feeding Oscar Fish 
• Feeding Live Foods
• Types of Oscars - Tiger Oscar Origins and Profile
• Types of Oscars - Common Oscar (aka Wild Type Oscar)

• Types of Oscars - Red Oscar Origins and Profile
• Types of Oscars - What Are Albino and Lutino Oscars?

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Biology 

• Autotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria and Their Practical Application in Freshwater Aquariums
• Heterotrophic Bacteria and Their Practical Application in a Freshwater Tank
• Autotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria Population Influences
• Myths of pH Shock
• Realities of pH Shock
• Controlling Aquarium Algae In Fish Only Tanks
• What is the Nitrogen Cycle and how do I do it to my tank?
• What Temperature Should I Keep My Tank?
• How can I tell if my tank is overstocked?
• Is Nitrate Toxic? A Study of Nitrate Toxicity
• Nitrates and Oscars, Article and Discussion
• How Do I Perform a Fishless Cycle?
• Diatoms. What are they and how can I get rid of them?
• How should I reduce the ammonia and nitrites in my tank water?
• Carbon Filtration In Freshwater Aquariums
• Water Testing FAQ 

Other Aquarium Fish 

• Converting from Freshwater to Saltwater - Everything you need to know
• Which fish do I have? Green Terror ("Aequidens" sp. goldsaum) vs. Blue Acara (Aequidens pulcher)
• Which fish do I have? Red Terror Cichlid (Amphilophus festae) vs Midas Cichlid (Cichlasoma uropthlamus)
• Which fish do I have? Texas Cichlid ~ Herichthys cyanoguttatus vs Herichthys carpintis
• Which fish do I have? Red Devil Cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus) vs Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus)
• Species Profile - Texas Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatum)
• Species Profile - Red Terror Cichlid (Cichlasoma festae)
• Species Profile - Green Terror Cichlid (Aequidens sp. Goldsaum)
• Species Profile - Kissing Gourami (Helostoma temminckii)
• Species Profile - Red Tailed Black Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor)
• Species Profile - Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)
• Cichlids and Sunfish: A Comparison
• Hybrid Fish - Right or Wrong
• Giants Among Us: Part 1
• Giants Among Us: Part 2
• Giants Among Us: Part 3
• Mixing Aggressive Cichlids
• How to breed guppys and In 6 easy setup steps!
• Keeping Bullhead Catfish
• Keeping and Breeding the Fathead minnow (rosy red)
• Pleco Dietary Needs
• Keeping Sunfish
• Convict FAQ
• LABIDOCHROMIS CAERULEUS (Yellow Lab)
• Dividing a Tank – What and When
• Moving large cichlids: how to make it as painless as possible.
• Going on Vacation? How to prepare your tank

Aquarium Equipment

• How much and what type of filtration will I need?
• Preparing For And Surviving a Power Outage 
• Magnum 350 Simple Modifications
• Fluval 304 and 404
• Biowheels on an AC110
• Water Damage Decontamination, Lessons Learned.
• Gravel vs. Sand
• Rinsing Substrate, One Aquarist's Example of Why Patience is a Virtue
• Buyer BeAware: SeaChem Excel

Tropical Fish Health and Disease, Oscar Health 

• John Satisfaction Syndrome, Aeromonas Bacterial Pitting
• Kmuda's Bacterial Pitting Treatment
• ICH, links to in-depth articles and effective treatments/eradication
• Fish Bloat, Diagnoses and Treatment
• The Essential Aquarists Medkit
• Salt in the Freshwater Aquarium
• What are all of these tiny white worms swimming in my tank?
• Euthanasia (What is the most humane way to put a dying fish out of its misery?)

Aquarium DIY Articles

• Baby Brine Shrimp - DIY Hatchery and Hatching Instructions
• DIY 310 gallon Fishtank
• Shipping Fish For Dummies
• DIY Aquarium Stand
• How to Make a DIY Python-type Water Changer

Miscellaneous

• How can I get more people to respond to my questions?
• What do all of these abbreviations and acronyms mean?
• How Do I Change IE8 ompatibility Mode?
• An Introduction to Poison Dart Frogs
• What do all of these words mean? Terms commonly used in the Hobby.
• Mrs. Fish, A Memorial