Key Web Sites

The following links are particularly useful. This is not to say that others aren't also very good, but definitely check these out.

 

• Cichlid Room Companion by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
• Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi by Michael K. Oliver
• Google Earth 3.0

Interesting Aquatic Articles

The following links go directly to interesting documents on aquatic topics.

• Cichlid Press Reference Service
• Public Aquaria
• Male or Female? How to Sex Cichlids by Gary Krakochvil
• Ichthyology Web Resources Information Server
• Aquarium sizes and weights by All-Glass Aquarium

Indexes to Publications

• Aquarium Fish Magazine index from December 1988 - current

Cichlid Websites

By Category

New World Cichlids (South and Central American)

• Angelbook: Breeding the Angelfish
• Angelfish Breeding FAQ by Bill Dawes
• Angelfish ETC John Hayes
• Apistogramma and Dwarfs by David Soares
• AquaMojo by Morell Devlin
• Beginner's Discus Page
• Cichlasoma.com by Kevin Plazak
• Cichliden Galerie by Joerg Albering (in German)
• Cichlid Power by Alf Stalsberg (Norway)
• Cichlid Scene by Chris
• Cichlids.dk (in Danish)
• Cichlids of Central America by Robert Kuijs
• Cichlids of the Southeast by Danny Vaughan and John Burba
• Convict Cichlid Breeding by Pauline Wilson
• Discus Breeders' Web Site
• Discus Resource Page
• Doug's Cichlid Page
• Grupo del Sur (Uruguay)
• Jurupari Project by Pat Chefalo
• Mostly Cichlids (particularly pikes) by Vinny Kutty
• OscarFish by Ryan Yadsko
• Oscar Study Page by Mark A.Stone
• South American Cichlidae by Sven Kullander
• Tropical X-Generation Strikers by Lijian
• Z-MAN's Apisto's & Dwarf Cichlids by Don Zilliox

Old World Cichlids (African & Madagascar)

• African Cichlid Aquatics
• African Cichlids of the Great Rift Lakes by Kurt Bonnet
• African Cichlid Lagoon by Scott L. Frost
• African Cichlid Lover's Page
• Alain's Mbunasite
• Alan's Fish on the Net
• Canadian Rift Lake Cichlid Association (CRLCA)
• Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi (Michael Oliver)
• Cyphotilapia frontosa by Jonas Vannar
• Dan's African Cichlid Page by Dan
• Dannys African Cichlid Site by Danny
• Desktop Cichlids: The Shell-dweller Recipe by Matt Pedersen
• Destination Tanganyika lake by Benoit Jonas (in French)
• Lake Tanganyika Fisheries Research
• Lake Victoria -- Les Kaufman
• Liquid Granite Ron Anderson
• Malawi Cichlid Homepage
• Malawi Verslaving (Malawi Addiction by Walter Deproost
• Mbuna Cichlid Aquarium by Jonas Vannar
• Our Malawi Cichlids Johan and Thimo Groffen
• Stan and Rae's African Cichlid Primer
• Steve's Fishy Website by Steve Gunn
• Tanganyika Cichlids by Eric Genevelle (in French)
• Tanganyika Cichlids (in Polish)
• Tropheus Basics by Jessica Miller

Alphabetical Listing of Cichlid Websites

• Adri Hameeteman's Cichlidenfotos (in Dutch)
• African Cichlid Aquatics
• African Cichlids of the Great Rift Lakes by Kurt Bonnet
• African Cichlid Lagoon by Scott L. Frost
• African Cichlid Lover's Page
• Alain's Mbunasite
• American Cichlid Association
• Angelbook: Breeding the Angelfish
• Angelfish Breeding
• Angelfish ETC John Hayes
• Apistogramma and Dwarfs by David Soares
• Apistogramma Study Group
• ApistoWorld by Jerry Brown
• AquaMojo by Morell Devlin
• AquaNet
• Aquanet - Fresh and Saltwater Aquarium Information Winston Schoenfeld
• Aquatic-Cichlid Connection
• Association Francaise des Cichlidophiles
• Barlow, George
• Beginner's Discus Page
• Big Sky Cichlids by Jason Selong
• Canadian Rift Lake Cichlid Association (CRLCA)
• Cichlid-Forum.com
• Cichlid HomePage (CHOP) back again!
• Cichlido-Philateliste (Cichlids on postage stamps) by Fred Santerre
• Cichlids.com A community project
• Cichlasoma.com by Kevin Plazak
• Cichlasoma Study Group
• CichlidCam.com by Kurt Camealy
• Cichlid City by Andy Fox
• Cichlid Fish
• Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi (Michael Oliver)
• The Cichlid Center
• Cichlid Image Master by David Lerner
• CICHLID-L Archives (Cichlid Systematics Email List)
• Cichlid Madness by Drew Poland and Mark Demers
• Cichlid Notes by Dawn Martin
• Cichlid Power by Alf Stalsberg (in Norway)
• Cichlid Recipe by Matt Pedersen
• Cichlid Research Home Page by Ron Coleman
• Cichlid Passion in french
• Cichlid Research Home Page (translated into Czech) by Jiri Plistil
• Cichlid Room Companion by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas Excellent Site
• Cichlid Scene by Chris
• Cichliden Galerie by Joerg Albering (in German)
• Cichlids.ath.cx
• Cichlids of Central America by Robert Kuijs
• Cichlids Toronto by Sam Yung
• CichlidUniverse.com
• Cindy's Cichlid Place
• Convict Cichlid Breeding by Pauline Wilson
• Convict Cichlids
• Cyber Cichlids
• http://www.cyberpathic.com/Cyphotilapia frontosa by Jonas Vannar
• Cyphotilapia frontosa by D.J. Riebesell
• Dan's African Cichlid Page by Dan
• Desert cichlids
• Desktop Cichlids: The Shell-dweller Recipe by Matt Pedersen
• Deutsche Cichliden - Gesellschaft e.V. Region Niederrhein in German
• Devin's Cichlid Home Page by Devin Montreuil
• Discus Resource Page
• Discus Study Group
• Don Danko's Cichlid Home Page
• Fred's Cichlid Page Fred Potvin
• French Guiana Cichlids (Philippe Geralmatos Home Page)
• Frontosa Page by D.J. Riebesell
• Guapote Round-up Lee Hardy
• International Convicts by Lijian
• Jamie and Annie's Fish Page of Close-up Photography
• Juan Miguel Artigas Azas homepage (Mexican Cichlids and Fishroom archives)
• Jurupari Project by Pat Chefalo
• Kaycy's Fish Farm by Kaycy Ruffer and Darren Hanson
• Klaus Steinhaus, Ajax, Ontario
• Lake Tanganyika Fisheries Research
• Lake Victoria -- Les Kaufman
• Les Pages Web de Pe Point by Philippe Burnel (in French)
• Liquid Granite Ron Anderson
• Malawi Cichlid Homepage
• Mbuna Cichlid Aquarium by Jonas Vannar
• Midden-Amerikaanse Cichliden (Central American Cichlids) by Robert Kuijs (in Dutch)
• Mike's Cichlid Home Page by Mike Wood
• Mike Helford's Cichlid Site 
• Mostly Cichlids (particularly pikes) by Vinny Kutty
• Nederlandse vereniging van cichlidenliefhebbers in Dutch
• Old World Exotics by Laif DeMason
• OscarFish by Ryan Yadsko
• Oscar Study Page by Mark A.Stone
• Oscar World
• Oscars on the Web
• Our Malawi Cichlids Johan and Thimo Groffen
• Real Cichlids Don't Eat Quiche
• South American Cichlidae by Sven Kullander
• South West Cichlids by Steve Hopper and Steve Culpan
• Alf Stalsberg's Home Page
• Stan and Rae's African Cichlid Primer
• Stephen Boulet's Cichlid Page
• Steve's Fishy Website by Steve Gunn
• Tanganyika Cichlids by Eric Genevelle (in French)
• Tanganyika Cichlids (in Polish)
• The Cichlid Aquarium Page by Eric Testroet
• The Cichlid Tank by Frank Badolato
• The Krib by Erik Olson
• Touched by Angels by Michelle Ricketts
• Tropheus Basics by Jessica Miller
• Tropheus HomePage
• Z-MAN's Apisto's & Dwarf Cichlids by Don Zilliox

Cichlid Forums

• Australian Cichlid Enthusiasts

Other Aquatic Websites

Top Aquaria Sites

• A Fine Kettle of Fish Cornell Muse Information Project (neotropical fish) (bad link, Dec 28/99)
• Albert Thiel's Reef site
• All Oddball Aquatics Pittsburgh, PA
• All Pets Directory Victoria, B.C.
• The Age of Aquariums by Marcos Avila
• The Apple Snail website by Stijn Ghesquiere
• Aqua Botanic excellent site about aquatic plants
• AquaFind
• Aqualink
• Aquaria Central
• Aquarist.net Ornamental Fishkeeping
• Aquarium-Fans
• Aquatic Community
• Aquatic Technology
• AquaWeb Swedish
• AquaWeb Fish Resources
• AquaWorld Network
• Aqueous Search Engine water-related web search engine
• Australia, New Guinea Fishes Assocation
• Bill's Place by Bill Vannerson
• BioFilter.com includes Aquatic Library
• British Aquatic Resource Center
• Catalog of the SPECIES of Fishes
• Cathy's Homepage of Tropical Fishkeeping
• Desert Springs Action Committee
• DiveIntoFish.com
• Exotic Tropical Fish
• FINS - Fish Information Service by Mark Rosenstein
• FishandTips.com
• FishEdz.com
• FishFriend.com by Leon Huang
• FishWeb by Ron Belliveau
• Fish Index by Kevin
• Fish Link Central
• Fish List List of fishes along the Pacific Coast of North America
• Fishnet
• Fishroom.com
• Fish Room
• Freshwater Life
• Gambusia Control HomePage
• Greater American Freshwater Fishes Resources (GAFFeRs) by D. Martin Moore
• Ichthyology Web Resources
• JAWS (Just Aquaria Web Site)
• Jim's Fishy Pages
• Kings of the Aquarium
• Korean Fish
• The Krib by Erik Olson
• Mantis Shrimp
• Master Index of Freshwater Fishes by Ken Ruzek, Jr.
• NANFA
• Nederlandse Bond 'Aqua-Terra'
• Not Catfish
• Octopus.com
• PetStation
• Pets in the Aquarium
• Piranha.Org Page
• Planet Catfish by Julian Dignall
• PlecoFanatics.com for fans of Loricarids and other catfishes
• Problems with the Release of Exotic Fish
• Pygmy Sunfish Home Page
• Rate My Fish Tank by Javier Colayco (new)
• Smithsonian Museum of Natural History -- Division of Fishes
• The Vault
• Tim's Tropicals
• Tropical Resources
• USGS Nonindigenous fishes within the USA
• WallpaperFishTalk
• Web-Fish Catalog

Aquatic Societies (non-cichlid specific)

• American Fisheries Society
• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Aquatic Gardeners Association
• Aquatic Conservation Network
• Desert Fishes Council
• Fisheries Society of the British Isles

Aquatic Societies (Marine)

• Chicagoland Marine Aquarium Society

Link Sites

• Animal Focus
• Fish Top 50
• Frety.net -- a web directory with homepage thumbnails
• TropicalFishFind

Pets

• Central Pets

Newsgroups, ListServers, Internet Talk Shows

• http://www.petfishtalk.com/ Internet Talk Show
• rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
• Archives of CICHLID-L listserver
• There are a number of yahoo egroups, each devoted to a specific group of cichlids. For any of these, send an empty email to the group name followed by '-subscribe@yahoogroups.com', e.g., centralcichlid-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

  Topic	Yahoo egroup name
  Central American cichlids	centralcichlid
  East African cichlids	eastafricancichlids
  West African cichlids	westafricans
  Madagascar cichlids	madfish
  South American cichlids	sacsg
  Cichlid Expeditions	cichlidexpeditions
  Cichlid Conservation	cichlidconservation

Online Magazines

• Modern Tropical Fish Bytes

Retailers, Wholesalers, Businesses, Manufacturers, Breeders

• A-Cichlid Network Jeff Sloat and Wendy Trimper, Orlando, Florida
• Acuario Nanay by Jota Melger and Suni
• African Aquatics Pete Hauschner, Massies Mill, Virginia
• African Diving Limited wild cichlids from Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika
• AirFish-Cichlids German importer/exporter/breeder of cichlids from Lake Tanganyika
• All-Glass Aquarum aquarium manufacturers
• direct link to aquarium sizes and weights
• Amazing Aquatics Omaha, Nebraska
• Amazonia International Austin, Texas
• American Aquarium
• Anchor Bay Aquarium New Baltimore, Michigan
• AquaBid.com
• Aqua Botanic aquatic plants
• Aquanetics chillers, heaters, etc; San Diego, California
• Aquaria Group (Marineland, Aquarium Systems, JungleTalk, Perfecto Manufacturing)
• AquariumFish.net San Diego, CA
• Aquarium Center Baltimore, Maryland
• Aquatic Solutions Bruce Bush, Homestead, Florida
• Aquatic Store.com St. Charles, Missouri
• Aquarium Technology Inc. (ATI) makers of Hydro-Sponge, etc
• Aquatic Warehouse San Diego, California
• Aquarium Pharmaceuticals makers of Stress-Coat and Accu-Clear; Chalfont, Pennsylvania
• Armke's Rare Aquarium Fish Keegan and Ken Armke, New Braunfels, Texas
• AZOO food and equipment manufacturer; Taiwan
• Below Water by Oliver Lucanus (new) 
• Big Sky Cichlids by Jason Selong, Bozeman, Montana
• BioFilter.com includes Aquatic Library
• Brian's Fish Farm raises/sells Cyphotilapia frontosa
• Bri Aquatic Cabinets Jacksonville, Florida
• Brine Shrimp Direct supplier of brine shrimp eggs
• California Tropical Fish Farm angelfish, discus; Modesto, California 
• CanadaDiscus Burlington, Ontario, Canada
• Capitol Aquarium Sacramento, California
• Charterhouse Aquatics United Kingdom
• CichlidDomain Specializing in African cichlids; Mark Robinson, Minto, North Dakota
• Cichlid Exchange Steve Lundblad, Portland, Oregon list updated weekly
• Cichlid Feeding Frenzy Robert Hadath, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Cichlid Food Canada Red Deer, Alberta
• Cichlid Lovers Tropical Fish Breeder and Wholesaler of Quality African Cichlids; Alan Bliven, Tucson, Arizona
• Cichlid Press
• Cichlids Toronto Samuel Yung, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• CirclePet.com Long Beach, California
• CJExotics Elmore, Ohio
• clcDiscus Malaysian Discus Breeder and Exporter
• Daytona Aquarium Daytona, Florida
• Don's Discount Cichlids
• Discus By Eddie's Tropical Treasures
• DrsFosterSmith.com Pet Supplies
• Dr Tim's Aquatics (Tim Hovanec)
• Eheim
• Elite Cichlids
• Exotic Aquatics Winnepeg, Canada
• Exotic Tropicals by Gary Kratochvil, San Antonio (lots of photos)
• FishPost.com wholesale, Ron Neilson (Severn, Maryland)
• FishTankStore.com (Cliff Scalco, Chandler, Arizona)
• Hai Feng tropical fish food
• Happy Trails Aquatics, Colin D. Calway, Venus, FL
• Hrdneglcry's Cichlids John Skorupski, Sterling Heights, MI (Updated monthly) 
• InfoBase makers of 'Cichlids on CD'
• Jungle Labs
• Jy Lin Trading Company Ltd., Taiwan, Breeders and wholesale exporters of freshwater tropical ornamental fish, shrimp, and turtles.
• Kerrigan's Aquatics Cichlid and catfish specialists (Pioneer, CA)
• Kingfish Services Ray Lucas
• Kordon (Novalek) Hayward, CA
• LiveAquaria.com
• Mac's Discus Woodinville, WA
• Mainly Cichlids Jim Ellenberger, San Jose, CA
• Marineland Aquarium Products (Aquaria, Inc.)
• Novalek (Kordon,Oasis, AquaVet)
• Oceanic Systems Inc.
• Old World Exotics by Laif DeMason
• OSI Marine Lab
• Petra Aqua European wholesale
• PetsWarehouse
• Python Products
• RareCichlids.com Dove Goldstein (Frederick, Maryland)
• RiftZoneAquatics (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Rolf C. Hagen
• Rudolph's Fish Room New Jersey
• Russ Utsler's Fish Anaheim, California
• San Francisco Bay Brand tropical fish food
• Sanyu Goldfish/Tropical Fish Food
• Seachem Laboratories
• SeaMe.com
• S and S Aquarium (Ron Soucy)
• Tangled Up in Cichlids by Jeff Rapps
• Tetra
• That Fish Place
• The Aquarium Shop Australia
• The Aquatic Shop
• The Cichlid Store Bolingbrook, IL
• The Denver Cichlidarium Aurora, CO
• TNT Cichlids by Tyrone Sizer
• Tom's Place
• Tropica Aquarium Plants
• Tropical Arena Garden City, Kansas
• Tropical Marine Center Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England
• TXHoleyRocks Zak Whiite
• Uncle Ned's Fish Factory near Boston, MA
• Wet Thumb Aquatics
• World Wide Pet Supply

Search Engines for Sites and People

• About.com
• Aqueous Search Engine water-related web search engine
• Altavista
• AskJeeves
• Globdir UNESCO Global Directory of Marine (and Freshwater) Professionals
• Google great
• Google Scholar
• HotBot
• Ichthyology Web Resources: Online Directory of Ichthyologists
• IxQuick
• Looksmart.com
• MetaCrawler good
• MSN
• NBCi
• Netscape
• Open Directory Project
• Who Where Search engine find people on the net
• Yahoo good
• yoy-search.com

BAD LINKS (these used to work, but don't now)

• Fishkeeper's Guide to Pronouncing Scientific Names by Michael W. Vasey
• Underwater Photography by Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
• Aquariums and People with HIV/AIDS by Lee Hardy
• Aquanet: Mentor's database by Winston Schoenfeld
• Cichlid News complete index
• Cichlid YearBook complete index
• Apistogramma Study Group
• ApistoWorld by Jerry Brown
• Cichlasoma Study Group
• Discus Study Group
• Guapote Round-up Lee Hardy
• Juan Miguel Artigas Azas homepage (Mexican Cichlids and Fishroom archives)
• Oscar World by Erryn Godwin
• Oscars on the Web
• Touched by Angels by Michelle Ricketts