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The following articles are in PDF format and can be downloaded for printing or reference use.   Pictures are provided by permission of the original photographers.  Please note that the first article, Proper Fish Quarantine Procedures has been modified to indicate proper salt dosing levels for fish-keeping, and that the article on Effective Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters has been changed to reflect "nitrite" levels, rather than "nitrate" levels as previously reported.

Proper Fish Quarantine Procedures.pdf

Constructing a Full Size Biological Filter.pdf

Effective Monitoring of Water Quality Parameters.pdf

Homemade Goldfish Food Revisited.pdf

More Tips for Beginners.pdf

Aquarium Maintenance.pdf

The following articles deal with KHV and Goldfish herpes virus, respectively.  The first article is taken from a lecture delivered by Dr. Myron Kebus, DVM, at the Northern Midwest ZNA meeting held on April 8, 2006 at the Shedd Aquarium, and is included by permission of Dr. Kebus.

Articles/KHV Lecture by Dr.pdf

The second article was prepared by Dave Mandley, who has personally spent his own money to perform research of the Goldfish herpes virus, and has received advice from Dr. Joe Smartt in Great Britain on this disease.  The following article is reprinted with permission of Dave Mandley, and is in the January/February issue of The Goldfish Report, as well.

Articles/GOLDFISH HERPES UPDATE.pdf

Articles/Green Water.pdf

Articles/fish disease alert.pdf

Articles/Basic Goldfish Care.pdf