AQUATICA T H E O N - L I N E J O U R N A L O F T H E B R O O K L Y N A Q U A R I U M S O C I E T Y VOL. 31 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2017 No. 2 Bolivian Ram Mikrogeophagus altispinosus 1 106 YEARS OF E DUCATING A QUARISTS AQUATICA VOL. 31 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2017 NO. 2 C ONTENTS PAGE 2 THE AQUATICA STAFF. PAGE 21 WHITE WORMS. How to set up and breed white worns as food for your fish. PAGE 3 CALENDAR OF EVENTS. JOHN TODARO -BAS BAS Events for the years 2017 - 2018 PAGE 22 MEET THE STONY CORALS: PAGE 4 UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL PART 5. PLATE CORAL/DISK CORAL FUNGIA HYDROGEN (pH). An easy to scale understand ex- SPECIES. Keeping plate corals plation of the pH in the aquarium. TONY KROEGER -BAS RYAN CURTIS - BAS PAGE 26 COKE BOTTLE USED AS KILLIE FISH PAGE 5 BREEDING MICROGEOPHAGUS HATCHERY. How to use plastic Coke soda bottles as ALTISPINOSA, THE BOLIVIAN RAM. This artilce hatchies for killiefish. outlines the breeding of the Bolivian Ram in detail. LARRY FELTS - NHAS EDWARD D. BURRESS -PVAS PAGE 28 BAS TAKES A DAY TRIP TO PAGE 10 CICHLISOMA FESTAE - THE RED ABSOLUTELY FISH. Our trip to Absolutely fish TERROR. The breeding of this big cichlid. and a special trip to their marine breeding facility. JOSEPH GRAFFAGNINO CHARLEY GRIMES -YATFS -BAS PAGE 32 CORYDORAS NAPOENSIS. PAGE 12 CORAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS A report on the breeding of this medium. size AIDED BY COMPUTER SIMULATION. Computer cory from northeastern Ecuador. simulation allows us to answer questions about coral DAN SIMANEK -GPAS biology that can not be answered in the field. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PAGE 35 GET TO KNOW OUR SPONSORS. PAGE 14 A POCKETFUL OF PENCILS. An PAGE 37 SPONSORS ADS. overview of some popular pencilfish. TONY KROEGER -BAS PAGE 40 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. PAGE 18 JUST “BUY” A NOSE; PETER’S ELEPHANT NOSE. The life style of the Gnathonemus petersii, the elephant nose. 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