Articles

• AKA Affiliate Clubs Map, Created on Apr 6, 2007 - Updated Apr 7, 2007 is a Google Maps showing the Affiliate Clubs of the AKA with references and information, such as meeting times, dates, directions and a brief description of each club.  The map was created by Barry Cooper and can also be found on the AKA website.  Please note that some facts are outdated, for instance, the ChiKA meeting times and dates.  Please use the times found elsewhere on this site.

• Nuggets from a Plant Talk  Notes by Scott Davis of a Talk given by Robert Steinback on rearing plants.

• Constant Flow Thru Fry Rearing System by George F. Meravi, (19??)
  Hand out notes from a past ChiKA meeting presentation on how to build a fry rearing tank that will increase fry survival rate while reducing maintenance. Note: because this was a hand out, there is no narrative to explain some of the diagrams in detail.  Download Acrobat file FLOWFRY.PDF (101KB)

• Customizable Compact Fluorescent Strip Light by Mike Stoecker, May 10, 2002
  Step-by-step instructions, including a parts and tool list, for building your own energy efficient light hood.

• Do It Yourself Air Pump by George Fryk
  Are you running out of air in your fishroom, going broke buying more air pumps, Tired of looking at all those extension cords and wires for your pumps? Well, here's the way I solved the problem and you can too. (Photo of Smog Air Pump)

• JAKA Breeding Reference by Jim Gaisor
  A summary document compiled by Jim Gaisor, long time WAKO and AKA member, that was his handout accompaning his National Convention 2000 presentation, "Alternatives to Viagra for Killie Breeding,". This reference has two elements. First, indexes listing every JAKA article relevant to breeding killies. The index is organized by genera and then by species. Second, as if this wasn't enough, Jim also created a series of tables that graphically show common elements the authors reported for each species, again organized by genera.

• Orange Lyretail (Aphyosemion australe) Color Inheritance by Bruce J. Turner, October 15, 1997
  A brief explanation of a new study on orange lyretail genetics that may help fish breeders improve the viability of the strain in their fishrooms.

• Plumbed Killie Tank Rack Plans by George F. Meravi, (19??)
  Hand out drawings from a past ChiKA meeting presentation on a wall tank rack with built-in plumbing and wet/dry filtration sump. Note: because this was a hand out, there is no narrative to explain the drawings in detail. 

• Newbie Notes: Shoe Box Tanks & Film Can Filters by Bill Vannerson, 8/1/97
  ChiKA's July feature speaker George Fryk passed on a bunch of tips on how to use gadgets and household utensils in the fishroom. Bill Vannerson details how to make George's shoe box tanks and mini filters. Download Acrobat file NOTE0001.PDF (56KB)

• Phylogenetic (evolutionary) Relationships of the Family Rivulidae by Tomas Hrbek, 9/11/98
  Tomas Hrbek spoke at the September on new data and results he will be publishing on the  relationships of the family Rivulidae (Rivulus) based on molecular (DNA) data. Tomas wrote this short paper as a pre-meeting primer for members attending the meeting.

• Sponge Filters by Mike Stoecker, 5/9/86
  Hand out notes (outline) from a past ChiKA meeting presentation on how to build sponge filters from Urathane foam.
  Note: because this was a hand out, there is no narrative to explain some of the outline points and diagrams in detail.

• Sponge Filters - Revised by Mike Stoecker, 9/26/00
  Mike originally wrote up some notes on this technique back in 1986.  The origial article, SPONGE.HTM, has some rough diagrams that may help you visualize the final product.   Mike is working on providing photos of the tools and filters.  I will add them to this article when they are ready.

• Sponge Filters by Patrick Berggren, 10/10/2000
  Still more tips on how to make homemade sponge filters!

• Success With Killifish by Ed Warner
  The first three chapters of Ed Warner's popular and highly recommended book as an introduction to beginners as well as to provide a taste of Ed's common sense approach to keeping killies.

• Supplimenting Newly Hatched Artemia, By Bill Vannerson with contributions from David Kawahigashi and Eric Lund, August, 1998
  Supplementing newly hatch baby brine shrimp (BBS), Artemia, with vitamins or calcium, to add valuable nutrients to your fish.

• A Tank For The Emperor, A Visitor From Argentina by Scott Davis, January 1998
  A delightful accounting of a Argentine killie keeper's trip to Chicago and how he first got started with killies by assembling a tank of South American annuals for the Emperor Akihito of Japan.  Download Acrobat file ARGVISIT.PDF (10KB)

• Tank Lids for Killies from Ceiling Light Panels by Ken Normandin, May 9, 2002
  How to make inexpensive tank lids from styrene ceiling light panels.