Jen's Odds and Ends

Care Info

• Culture of Whiteworms
• Raising Terrestrial Juvenile Cynops
• Breeding Newts

Vivarium Building Projects

• Tank Design and Engineering for Newts
• Tank with Permanent Sand Substrate
• Tank with Permanent Pebble Substrate
• Indoor Pond Project
• Divided Tank Project

Misc.

• Plants I Like in Aquariums and Terrariums
• Top 10 Mistakes Made by New Newt Owners
• The Pet Shop Firebelly Newt Tragedy

Links

These don't seem to fit anywhere else. I want to have them here for my own convenience, and hey, who knows, maybe someone else will find them useful too.

• My favorite Metric/English Units Converter.
• The Krib's list of "Blacklisted Plants". Plants you shouldn't use in an aquarium.
• Standard Aquarium Sizes. Info from All-Glass (Aqueon) aquariums.
• Common Fish Tank Sizes. Includes weights.
• Standard Tank Sizes. Melisssa Kaplan site. Gives gallons, liters, inches, and centimeters.
• Aquarium Arithmetic. How to calculate volume based on tank size.
• Calculating Aquarium Volume. How to calculate volume based on tank size.
• How to disinfect aquarium plants. Article on AquaJake planted tank website.
• How to Reseal Your Glass Aquarium. Article on Aquamaniacs.net.
• Caudata.org Forum Archive. Feb 2001 - April 2007.
• European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes: Species-Specific Proposals for Amphibians. Presented by the Expert Group on Amphibians and Reptiles. [PDF] A great article on husbandry and diseases.
• Sand for the Aquarium. Choosing the type of sand, and how to switch over to sand.
• Worms do not feel pain.
• Effects of gloves on tadpoles [PDF].
• Suitability of Rocks in the Aquarium: A Practical Guide. on cichlid-forum.com
• Aquarium Plants, uptake of ammonium versus nitrate.
• Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained. Ellen Beltz's etymology site

And finally...

• The End of the Internet

Last edited November 2008.