Greater Cincinnati Killifish Association Public Library (2004 Archive)

Th older website went offline in January 2004 and the content was recovered. You can see the preserved site here: https://web.archive.org/web/20040106154747/http://www.intellweb.com/gcka/fishroom.htm

There is a newer website, cinicikillies.org that replaced the old site and was updated through 2006. It went offline in January 2012
https://web.archive.org/web/20120106221705/http://www.cincikillies.org/

A collection of articles, tips, and information about tropical fishkeeping in general, and killi-keeping in particular, from the pages of the G.C.K.A. Newsletter and other sources. All material is copyright © G.C.K.A. or Donna M. Recktenwalt, unless otherwise noted. Reproduction is permitted for non-commercial purposes only (i.e., club bulletins). We do request that you provide source credit, and send us a copy of the publication in which the article appears. Please forward to G.C.K.A., c/o Recktenwalt, 4337 Ridgepath Drive, Dayton, OH 45424.

Thank you to Tyrone Genade for resurfacing this.

cincikillies.org (400 articles)
(each link contains table on contents and all articles)

• 31 Articles on Plants and Related Topics — 1996-2005
• 65 General Articles on Fishkeeping, with an Emphasis on Killifish (2001-2005)
• 83 General Articles on Fishkeeping, with an Emphasis on Killifish (1996-2000)
• 30 Articles on Foods (live and otherwise) and Feeding Killifish (2001-2005)
• 32 Articles on Foods (live and otherwise) and Feeding Killifish (1996-2000)
• 30 Articles on Fish Species and Related Topics — (1996-2005)
• 14 Articles on Conservation and Species Maintenance — 1996-2005
• 51 Articles on Breeding Killifish, Incubating and Hatching Eggs, and Raising Fry (2001 – 2005)
• 32 Articles on Breeding Killifish, Incubating and Hatching Eggs, and Raising Fry (1996-2000)
• 32 Articles on Breeding Killifish, Incubating and Hatching Eggs, and Raising Fry (1996-2000)
• 32 uncategorized articles in 2006 (last year for articles) 

Old GCKA Site (158 articles)

Breeding Fish: 29
Conservation and Species Maintenance: 10 
Fishes: 29 
Foods and Feeding: 23 
General Articles: 65 
Plants: 2 

Breeding Fish: 29 articles, old site

• Breeding Fish – A few misconceptions about handling annual eggs
• Breeding Fish – A Few Techniques for Hatching Eggs
• Breeding Fish – Breeding Tanks: The European Method Worth a Try?
• Breeding Fish – Breeding the Diapteron Subgenus
• Breeding Fish – Diapause in Annual Killifish Eggs … some observations
• Breeding Fish – Finding and Storing the Eggs
• Breeding Fish – Fry the Easy Way  – (with apologies to Julia Child)
• Breeding Fish – Handling Eggs – Now What? When water incubated eggs are problematic.
• Breeding Fish – How Big Are They, Anyway? – Egg sizes of some representative species.
• Breeding Fish – How I Do It – one breeder’s method
• Breeding Fish – Inbreeding in Killifish – An Overview
• Breeding Fish – Incubating and Hatching Eggs – How I Do It …
• Breeding Fish – Incubating and Hatching Eggs, an overview
• Breeding Fish – Incubating Eggs … A Judgement Call – a few tips on development and hatching
• Breeding Fish – Incubating Eggs on Peat
• Breeding Fish – Killie Soup – Yum! – a new “recipe” for handling those semi-annual eggs.
• Breeding Fish – Lunar Effects on Egg Production?
• Breeding Fish – More on Greensand – more on this alternate spawning medium for annuals.
• Breeding Fish – Recalcitrant Breeders? A Few Tricks to Induce Spawning
• Breeding Fish – Selecting the Spawning Media – spawning media for annual fishes.
• Breeding Fish – Sex Ratios in Aphyosemion zygaima – one aquarist’s experience.
• Breeding Fish – Skewed Sex Ratios – Again – more on this topic.
• Breeding Fish – Skewed Sex Ratios – Not Just an Interesting Question – more on the various influences that influence the result.
• Breeding Fish – Skewed Sex Ratios – what happened? and possible solutions.
• Breeding Fish – Starting ’em out right – A Guide to Raising Fry
• Breeding Fish – Storing Eggs – various methods.
• Breeding Fish – The Case for “Benign Neglect”
• Breeding Fish – To Cull or Not to Cull … It’s an Important Question
• Breeding Fish – Vacation Care – A Trick for Fry

Conservation and Species Maintenance: 10 articles, old site

• Conservation and Species Maintenance – A Few Guidelines for Keeping Genetic Diversity in a Strain – by Rui Carneiro-Martins.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Ash Meadows Conservation Trip – report on BAKA’s bi-annual conservation effort.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Genetic Diversity in Captive Breeding – by Dr. Harry Specht. How to maintain genetic diversity in fairly small breeding populations.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Is There a Place for the Hobbyist In Captive Breeding Programs? – species maintenance and the individual killikeeper/breeder.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Keeping Populations Pure – by Roger Langton. Why it’s important to maintain the purity of strains.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Nevada Conservation Trip Results – spring 1998 trip surveys natives, removes introduced species.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Species Maintenance – It’s Not Just for Killifish – others are worried, too.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Spring Nevada TFE/BAKA Conservation Trip Report – by Peter Unmack.
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – The Nature Conservancy Buys a Mexican Oasis
• Conservation and Species Maintenance – Why are Names and Location Codes Important?

Fishes: 29 articles, old site

• Fishes – A Few Good Starter Fish – some killies that are proven winners for beginners.
• Fishes – A Tentative List of the Epiplatys – compiled by Richard Sexton
• Fishes – An Attractive Native – Adinia xenica – the Diamond Killifish.
• Fishes – An Overview of Pachypanchax – by Roger Langton.
• Fishes – Aphyosemion cauveti – a new species from Guinea, West Africa.
• Fishes – Aplocheilus lineatus – a new color variation of an old favorite is in the hobby.
• Fishes – Community Killies – an overview for beginners.
• Fishes – Cynolebias antenori (Hypsolebias antenori)
• Fishes – Cynolebias Check List 1 – a list of the family, compiled by the late Dale Weber.
• Fishes – Cynolebias Check List 2 – a list compiled by Richard Sexton.
• Fishes – Epiplatys chaperi
• Fishes – Fundulus cingulatus – an attractive American native.
• Fishes – Fundulus heteroclitus – the mummichog
• Fishes – Identification in the Field – a few observations about Nothos.
• Fishes – Jordanella floridae – the Florida Flagfish.
• Fishes – List of Known Rivulus – thanks to Richard Sexton.
• Fishes – Mate Selection and Sexual Dimorphism in Nothobranchius
• Fishes – N. eggersi – a clarification – a few fish that have been confused with this species.
• Fishes – New Cynolebias Found – several new Cynolebias species found in Uruguay.
• Fishes – Nothobranchius palmqvisti – a matter of some confusion
• Fishes – Nothobranchius sp. Kisaki and Kwaraza – two fairly new species.
• Fishes – Nothobranchius Species from Uganda … – abstract of Wildekamp’s article, 1994.
• Fishes – Nothos from Uganda – An Overview – by Brian R. Watters. A review of those species presently in the hobby.
• Fishes – Renova oscari – a “new” species appears in the hobby.
• Fishes – Rivulus cylindraceus
• Fishes – Simsonichythys marginatus – new species described.
• Fishes – The Coahuilan Pupfish – Cyprinodon atrorus – an endangered Mexican species.
• Fishes – The Fishes Formerly Known as Roloffia – list compiled by Richard Sexton.
• Fishes – The Fundulus Family – olivaceus, notatus, euryzonus – An overview.

Foods and Feeding: 23 articles, old site

• Food and Feeding – Puttin’ Live Food By – a few ways to preserve some of that summer bounty.
• Food and Feeding – Vinegar Eels – culturing this easy live food.
• Food and Feeding – You, Too, Can Feed Live Foods
• Food and Feeding – Yumm … Mosquitoes – they may be a bother when they bite, but killifish love ’em!
• Foods and Feeding – A New Food – Cyclop-Eeze
• Foods and Feeding – An Easy Live Food – Microworms – one of the simplest live foods for your small fish.
• Foods and Feeding – Another Method for Brine Shrimp – one breeder’s method for hatching nauplii.
• Foods and Feeding – Brine Shrimp Nauplii – diminishing supplies of eggs, rising prices.
• Foods and Feeding – Cheap Killie Food – by George Davis. Alternate sources for fishfood.
• Foods and Feeding – Confused Flour Beetles
• Foods and Feeding – Culturing Greenwater – it’s good for daphnia, and it’s good for fry.
• Foods and Feeding – Daphnia – an overview of this always useful live food.
• Foods and Feeding – Decapsulating Brine Shrimp Eggs – a few methods shared.
• Foods and Feeding – Feeding Killies – Dry Food for Killifish
• Foods and Feeding – Feeding Killifish … A Few Useful Recipes
• Foods and Feeding – Feeding Our Fish – some basics about this important aspect of fishkeeping.
• Foods and Feeding – Fruit Flies – a year-round live food.
• Foods and Feeding – Grindal Worms – an old standby.
• Foods and Feeding – Nutritive Additions … Spirulina
• Foods and Feeding – Paste Foods – Another Alternative. Two proven recipes.

General Articles: 65 articles, old site

• General – “Sports” in Killikeeping
• General – A Case for Dirty Water – sometimes less water changes are better.
• General – A few good starter fish
• General – A Few Observations – from the editor – what a club is and what it can do.
• General – A Few Tips on Raising Fry – observations by several experienced aquarium keepers.
• General – A Fish Out of Water … – rivulins and their “amphibious” benavior.
• General – A Genetic Study on Gold AUS – report on scientific study of inheritance in Aphyosemion australe.
• General – A Primer on Peat Moss – types of peat moss and their uses in aquaria.
• General – A Rose is a Rose .. or Must We Use Those Latin Names? – a clarification of nomenclature.
• General – A Variation on Fry Boxes – one breeder’s trick for keeping fry.
• General – Alternate Aquaria – aquarists aren’t limited simply to glass, acrylic, or plastic containers.
• General – Another Viewpoint on Natural Setups
• General – Another Water Source – Dehumidifiers?
• General – Aquatics and the Internet – by Donna and Tom Recktenwalt. An overview of some of the sources available to aquarists on the Internet, and how to find and access them.
• General – Back to Basics – Planning the Fishroom – some things to consider.
• General – Back to Basics – What Filter Do I Need?
• General – Carbonate Hardness – another factor to consider in your water supply.
• General – Cleaning Aquaria – for those times you want to get things really clean.
• General – Cleaning Old Tanks – a few tips for those really dirty old aquaria.
• General – Collection Codes – A Primer – an overview of those strange letter/number suffixes to names.
• General – Color and Intensity in Killifish … a discussion – some of the factors that affect color.
• General – Conditioning Water
• General – Crossbreeding Experiments with Epiplatys sexfasciatus – abstract.
• General – Ecology … of Orinoco basin annual killifish – abstract.
• General – Feeding Habits Studied – the interaction of four fish species studied.
• General – Good Water? Good Question – what is your local water like?
• General – Harmful Water
• General – Hybrids – Intriguing, but Undesirable – ok for scientific study, but not for general distribution.
• General – If They Can Jump … They Will! – why do fish jump?
• General – Judging Killifish – what a judge looks for in show fish.
• General – Just for Fun … – what the biggest, smallest, etc. killifish?
• General – Just How Long Do They Live? – Killifish are short lived; or are they?
• General – Keepin’ Killies – A Primer – some basics about keeping killifish.
• General – Keeping Track … – keeping track of what species/eggs/fish you have.
• General – Lighting for Killifish
• General – Losing New Fish? A Few Pointers – a few tips for reducing those stress-related losses.
• General – Mad Dash to Nowhere – fright syndrome and a few tips on preventing it.
• General – Make Your Own Filters – thanks to Jack Heller.
• General – Malaysian (Livebearing) Snails
• General – Moving Fry – One Technique
• General – Overrun by Snails? Try a Natural Solution – a few more ways to get rid of the extras.
• General – Panic Attacks – A Few Strategies – triggers and prevention techniques.
• General – Say It! Understand It! – an overview of that Latin/Greek and what some of it means.
• General – Shipping Fish – An Overview
• General – Shipping Killies – a few basic rules for successful shipment of killifish.
• General – Snails … Snails … Snails – a brief overview of the types of snails common in aquaria.
• General – Snails and Eggs … Good or Bad?
• General – Soft Water/Hard Water – discussion of water parameters for killifish.
• General – Some Good Starter Killies – a few suggestions for that first killifish.
• General – Some Observations on Orinoco Basin Habitat
• General – Something’s Fishy … – another look at aquatic-aquired granuloma.
• General – Species? Subspecies? or Population? How do we tell the difference?
• General – Tank Additives – Oak Leaves – another aid to conditioning water.
• General – The Abbreviations – what are those three letter codes, anyway?
• General – The Laws of Keeping Killies – have a chuckle, courtesy of Al Winstel.
• General – Usefulness of the Slime Coat – what it is, and what it does for your fish.
• General – Vacation Care – What to do When You Won’t Be There To Do It – you may not have to feed them.
• General – Vacation Care for Fry – Revisited – another method.
• General – Water Borne Infections – it can happen to you.
• General – Water Changes – Basic Fishkeeping.
• General – Water Changes – Revisited – why they’re important.
• General – Water Conductivity – another view of water.
• General – Water Hardness – A Comparison – a look at the dH, gH, fH, and US scales of hardness.
• General – Water Values and Water Tests – an overview.
• General – What Is A Fishroom? – definitions, and basic information

Plants: 2 articles, old site

• Plants – Java Moss
• Plants – Water Sprite