They Said

" I think your website is a very good asset to the internet and lots of visitors will enjoy it" Tom Bailey, AquariumFish.net, http://www.AquariumFish.net

"Thanks for your authorization. I think the section aquarium around the world must be very interesting. I take the description of your aquarium in your site and before use it I send to you the result and after you decide if you want to put it online. I was fine and happy to make a link between your website and the french version. Patricia Spinelli give me her authorizarion I appreciate her works."
Thanks. Stefani Pascal (French aquarist).

"Hi. my name is Beth Bianculli and I am the photo editor for www.petplace.com I saw the photo of your loach on your site and was wondering if we could use it to go with a story we are doing on loaches. please email me as soon as it is possible."

i found the site: http://www.rddiagnostics.com/aquarium/index.html very interesting, it contains a lot of useful information, thanks !!! I would to ask a question about fertilization of a 500 litres mbuna planted tank, the tank is quite big and i don't want spend too much in fertilization, what is a good fertilizer with a low monthly cost ?
thanks in advance for your time. Bye, Domenico Ruggeri

I was ecstatic to hear that you are a pharmacist and immunologist! I work at a pharmacy and my co-workers aren't sure of some of the validity of the medications and their effectiveness on fish. Boy are they going to be surprised lol!

Yasou,
A great job, George. Thanks for doing my article. Your home page is one of the best. Very informative. Stay in touch. If you need any other info, email me. It's time you visited Canada and the States. There is plenty to see in tropical fish.
Peter Orphanos, Ontario, Canada

On the topic of spawning I must say that your last month's article on "Raising the Fry" is a first class piece of reading. It's the best by far including talks I've listened to on fry and techniques to follow. Since it came out I've increased my feedings to 4-5 times a day and water changes to every 2 days at up to 50%. The increased spurt in growth is readily visible. Thanks for a great article and I look forward to more valuable insight articles on your site. Without a doubt your site is the most informative that I've been able to track down on the web. You people putting it together deserve all and any awards that are available for such terrific work. Please continue to find the time to continue to make your site the best on the web. Dale Pautler, Canada

I have visited your joint homepage several times, and it just gets better each time!! It's a great idea which I intend to try here in Denmark if any interest... I have a homepage, which is only in danish, but in due time there will be text in english as well.

But as you know, it takes a lot of time!! Take a look if you like, and tell me what you think, you won't understand the text of course. http://home.worldonline.dk/~221248fh

Congratulations your site has won the 123spot Animal Site Award! You have put a lot of work into your site and it is very informative and helpful, keep up the great work!

You explained the process of medication very clearly and you should be proud that you can share this information with the aquarium world, it should be a help to many who do not fully understand the medication process. I know that you reiterated in my mind what I knew but really didn't think about it. Best Fishes, Mr. Fish

I live in Bilbao, in the Basque Country in the north of Spain.
I'm a member of a e-group ( funtropheus ) and will share your great information to all the members. Every of us thanks you in advance. Very interesting web page, one of the best I could find in the net . Aitor

I have been reading your webpage for a few hours now, and I was pleased to find that I can increase the hardness of the water for my cichlids by adding bi-carb - something which I didn't know. My ph is currently 7.4, and I would like to raise it. My tank is 300 litres, so from what I read I would need to add 2 tablespoons. How do I go about this? Gradually or in one hit? Should I dissolve it first? Should i add it when I do a water change rather than just adding to the current water? What is the best way to do this without stressing the fish out? I would appreciate any infomation on this. Something else which I found really helpful was the disease page. I have recently lost 2 fish, with a third showing the symptoms of bloating which killed the other two. Even though I am still not 100% sure of whats wrong, and neither is the aquarium shop, I am treating the tank with Melafix. From what I read its a bacterial infection of some description. I think the sick fish is doing better, but I will be watching closely over the next couple of days. Thanks for putting together such a comprehensive page on cichilds.
Lisa Jeffery

With your permission, we would like to offer you both Complimentary Founding member status in the Association. This is based on your tremendous support for the hobby, the high regard in which we hold your website and your interest in the fishes of the Rift Lakes. Dr. Glenn Marshall, President, Canadian Rift Lake Cichlid Association

Hi George,
Nice site you have. I joined the list to learn about Africans because I want to add them to my collection. So far have learned a lot and found some nice sites. I have added you to my fishlinks page. If you can could you add my link to your website, I would appreciate it :). Debra, FINS N FUR PET SUPPLIES
http://www.finsnfurpetsupplies.com

Hi just visited your site..really love it. I have about 100 cichlids and love each one.I have a 90 gallon tank..a 55 gallon..and because i love them so much am gonna go get a 125 so they can have more room to swim.I have had sucess with my colbalt blues reproducing...and my auratus.I was in the local pet store the other day and noticed a really beautiful fish...looked like the female auratus..no one could tell me what it was...well after visiting your page i now know..I have a female chipokae..so to make a long story short.. now I need a male. And a female electric blue johanni ..can you help me find them or do you have some for sale...I like to have mates for my fish.. not so much so they can breed just so they have there own kind to hang around with..silly right...hey I know but i care...thanks Jerry

Dear George,
First off I would like to thank you very much for your helpful comments. I found your site (I think) by looking through the Age of the Aquariums awards section and just happened to click on your site. Boy was I impressed.
Fender

Dear George, Thank you for the update, I have added you to the winners page already. :) Http://www.geocities.com/~grlover/winners.html Please keep up all the hard work and I look forward to many more return trips to your wonderful site. :)

The site you gave is wonderful. Thanks again, George, for all you do here on this list and with your "collective" web site (Patrizia, Francesco and Frank). Melissa

RAM magazine, January 2001. "Since we are talking about the web, I will list some interesting sites I visited lately. Always appealing, even to those who do not keep fish, the website on aquariums and exotic fish at www.rddiagnostics.com/aquaria.html "

Having been involved in fish keeping for just a short period of time, starting as I am sure many people do, with just a small tank and the regular species that are available to us on the hobby level, I discovered the joys of watching our friends swimming in my living room. It didn't take me long to realise that bright plastic plants and an un-educated assortment of fish, kept in a tank with no regard for their individual requirements, was not going to keep me happy for long.

I have in the last year or so found myself being drawn more and more to the African cichlids for reasons not yet completely clear to me, behaviour patterns, coloring, form of the fish and the parenting behaviour are what springs to mind. I knew that I would want to make a tank as natural as possible but being in America and considering to reproduce an eco-system from Africa seemed impossible.

Tonight I found your fabulous collection at www.malawicichlidhomepage.com I am sincerely dumbfounded, absolutely awestruck. I wanted to say thank you, just in the short period of time that I have been able to browse the site I have had some of my questions answered. For example Labidochromis caeruleus in the same tank as my melanochromis auratus? I had just recently decided not, since the auratus just seemed to be so overpowering, but now I realise it is my mistake for not giving the correct environment.

I will be a frequent visitor, that much I can guarantee. I want to say thank you, a wonderful inspiring site.