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Links to the informative articles written by Robert T. Ricketts:
http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/The_Salt_of_the_Earth

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Aquarium ... rification

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Consider ... ss_Cycling

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/How_to,_ ... n_Manually

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/New_Tank_Syndrome_-_NTS

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Water_Ch ... w_Often%3F

I was trying to access these and I think that aquafacts.net has changed and the articles aren't there anymore

Aquariumboard keeps timing out. Anyone else experiencing these problems?

Maybe we can get permission to re-post the articles here at TPF?

J-P wrote:Maybe we can get permission to re-post the articles here at TPF?

That would be excellent if we could. I can't access any of those posted, website won't load.

There are a few on The Aquarium Wiki. I'll post back a list of those later.

Many of the articles need updating and other revisions, and are not currently available.

Aquarium Wiki articles. These were frequenty updated when I gave them to Stuart, Some were okay to stand then,I have not checked them lately so I'm not sure. how they are now.

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/The_Salt_of_the_Earth

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Aquarium ... rification

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Consider ... ss_Cycling

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/How_to,_ ... n_Manually

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/New_Tank_Syndrome_-_NTS

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Water_Ch ... w_Often%3F

Robert, I had actually searched around the internet and compiled a list of as many links to your articles as I could a while back, so we could refer people to them easier (lots of requests for the snail and salt articles especially).

Looks like most of them are still active (the ones at Badman's), though some links don't work anymore.. not sure if you want to check them over?

The list is here:


The informative articles written by Robert T. Ricketts, also commonly known around the internet as RTR:

• Introduction to the Freshwater and Brackish Water Puffers
  A Book Devoted to Fresh and Brackish Water Puffers
  First Freshwater Puffer? Try South American
  Figure Eight Puffers - A Great Small Brackish Fish
  Breeding Snails for Food
  Snails, Snails & More Snails
  Oddball: "Freshwater Flounders" - or maybe Soles - Flatfish
  Ghost Shrimp - See-through Inverts for your Tank
  Water Change Math - General
  How To, and Not To, Siphon Manually
  Water Change Math, OTS, and Other Mismatches...
  Water Changes - Why, How Much, How Often
  Salt of the Earth, Salt of the Sea
  Old Tank Syndrome
  New Tank Syndrome
  Filtration Basics, Part 1- Mechanical
  Filtration Basics, Part 2- Chemical
  Filtration Basics, Part 3- Biofiltration
  Filtration Basics, Part 4- Implementation
  Biofiltration-only Canister Filters
  Vegetable Filters
  Aquarium Microbes Part 1: Nitrification
  Aquarium Microbes Part 2: Other small critters
  Considerations in Fishless Cycling
  Using the Python Product "No Spill Clean and Fill"
  Undergravel Filters: Conventional, Reverse Flow
  Quarantine or Isolation Tanks
  Brown Algae, Diatoms in Freshwater Tanks
  Pearling - True or False
  The Bioload Concept: What it is, and What it Means to Hobbiests
  The Relationship Between Filtration and Water Changes

I gave up Badman's. There really should not be any there accessible. I'll have to check on that.

Ah, those links might be going to cached sites then, I'm not sure how that would work.

Look like you'll be looking for a new place to store your articles?

First they need updating. Many are out-of-date to me. My practices have not changed all that much, but they are more streamlined (and easier for me). The older I get, the lazier I am also.

But writing new ones is more fun... and lots more interesting. "Chlorine and chloramines" is about ready!

Looks good! Let me know when we can post it in our Library.

It's on the way..... Da Da Da Dum!