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Archive-name: aquaria/general-faq/README
Rec-aquaria-archive-name: general-faq/README
Alt-aquaria-archive-name: general-faq/README
Sci-aquaria-archive-name: general-faq/README
Posting-Frequency: monthly


    Introduction to FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for *.aquaria 

The monthly posting to rec.aquaria, alt.aquaria, and sci.aquaria will
consist of this introduction followed by the FAQ in five additional
postings.

The FAQ will be available through anonymous FTP on ftp.cco.caltech.edu
(131.215.48.151), located in Pasadena, California, in the directory
pub/aquaria/FAQfiles/Usenet.  Login through ftp with 'anonymous' as
your username.  At the present time it is also available at
caldera.usc.edu (128.125.51.47), located in Los Angeles, California;
the FAQ files are located in the directory pub/aquaria.

The FAQ currently consists of the following files:

File name | Topics                        |  Last update | Size
----------+-------------------------------+--------------+------
README    | Introduction & update notes   | Sept. 03 1994| 6876
beginner  | Beginner stuff and books      | Dec. 23 1993 | 50984
filters   | Filters, Air pumps, misc equip| Jan. 15 1994 | 34694
mail      | Mail order and Magazines      | Jan. 15 1994 | 16050
plants    | Plants, algae, snails	  | Dec. 23 1993 | 50128
water     | Water quality and disease     | Dec. 23 1993 | 27640

Correspondence regarding the FAQ may currently be sent to me, Dustin
Laurence, at laurence@alice.caltech.edu, since we are without a
maintainer.  However, I am _not_ the author, nor even the maintainer.
The FAQ was written by and is owned by the readers of the usenet
aquaria newsgroups.  I merely make it available from a convenient site
in the aquaria archives, and make sure that it is posted regularly.

Please note that the maintainer(s) are editors, not authors.  They're
not experts, they don't know the best fish for you to rear, they don't
conduct surveys and they normally don't write the FAQ itself.  That's
up to you.  They just _edit_.  Thank you -- The management.

HOWEVER:

The FAQ is currently orphaned, without a maintainer.  I will almost
certainly _not_ make changes or additions, no matter how easy, useful,
or necessarily.  I am merely providing a foster home to make sure it
is available while we are without a maintainer.

The Honor Roll:

I think it is only right that we thank the former maintainers of the
FAQ; it is a thankless job, and anyone foolish^H^H^H^H^H^H^H selfless
enough to volunteer to maintain it for a time deserves our thanks.

These are the only names I know at the moment.  Further names should
be added, if anyone can remember who they are.

Dates:

4/22/94 to present   None

??? to 4/22/94       Tony Li (tli@cisco.com) AND
                     Patti Beadles (pattib@netcom.com).

before 4/22/94       Heroes lost in the mists of time.

Revision history:

Rev 1.23 9/3/94

Put the FAQ in official orphan status, changed the headers to reflect
this.  Fixed them up in preparation for posting to the *.answers
groups, including changing file name from FAQ.README to just
README.  Added the honor roll. -- Dustin

Rev 1.22 1/15/94

Updated filter prices, mail order phone numbers.  Added a FAQ mirror site.

Rev 1.21 12/23/93

Added "Archive-name" lines to all files.

Rev 1.20 12/7/93

Added pointer to Marine Fish Monthly from Brad Eacker.

Rev 1.19 11/22/93

Add cycling section from Davin Milun.

Rev 1.18 8/12/93

Fix phone number for MOPS.

Rev 1.17 8/6/93

Patch from Mark Hebets for tank sizes.

Rev 1.16  6/1/93

Plant patch from Shaji Bhaskar.  Change of FAQ host to caldera.

Rev 1.15  5/4/93

Added plant basics from George Booth.

Rev 1.14  4/15/93

Hardness, algae, snail sections from George Booth.  More plant stuff from
Dennis Bednarek.  Power consumption and tank size data from Peter Stonard.
Nitrogen tests from Dustin Laurence, et. al.

Rev 1.13  2/26/93

Added mail order survey from Dean Fear.

Rev 1.12  2/23/93

Added Drosophila handling hint from Matt Rhoten.

Rev 1.11  1/11/93

Addition from Paul Prior on filtering, esp. cannister filters.  Fixed
spelling errors.

Rev 1.10  1/4/93

Remove dangling pointer to Pat White.  Add address for Vinny Kutty.

Rev 1.9   10/24/92

Added contributions on chiller sizing, fixed minor bug in plants. added
mail order info on live rock.

Rev 1.8   10/10/92

Added contributions on live food, mail order pond places.  Added missing
disclaimer to FAQ.plants.

Rev 1.7   8/21/92

Added plants

Rev 1.6   7/7/92

Removed a contributor per their request.

Rev 1.5   7/3/92

Added contribution from Dave Beverstock on power filters.

Rev 1.4   6/1/92

Added a recommendation to test air pumps under load.

Rev 1.3   2/11/91

Added Oleg's recommendations on books.  Updated phone numbers for mail
order houses.

Rev 1.2   10/4/91

A few other minor administrative changes.

Rev 1.1	  6/19/91

Minor administrative changes, ran it through a spelling checker.

Collected the contributors names and addresses into a "phone book" at the
end of this file.  This will make it easier to change addresses when people
move around, as the address is only listed in one place.

Rev 1.0   3/23/91

UPDATE NOTES:  What's changed in the FAQ:
-------------
I thought I would just write this when I enter new stuff into the
four part FAQ.  The newest set of the FAQ (dated 3/23/91) contains:

-    stuff about moving aquaria,
-    yet another modification of the protein skimmer description
     (will we ever get this right :-)
-    a brief (very very brief) description of the history behind
     *.aquaria
-    useful data on weight/volume of water
-    brief description of air pumps
-    miscellaneous stuff.

You may notice that I've begun to include names (and addresses) of
other authors.  I did not include this practice when we were just
booting up because it would have been too confusing, and there were
quite a lot of contributors.

If you would like to be included in a list of contributors (and be
famous through posterity), please re-email me.  (Unfortunately, to
conserve disk space and preserve sanity, I purged old inputs).

Thanks to y'all.

Tim Yiu


Contributors:
Dennis Bednarek 		bednarek@picard.med.ge.com 
Dave Beverstock			bever@erim.org
George Booth 			booth@hpmtlgb.lvld.hp.com
Ron Burns 			ron@minnow.sp.unisys.com
Diane DeMers			demers@MDCBBS.COM
Dean Fear			dxf6@po.cwru.edu
Georg Jander 			gjander@warren.med.harvard.edu
Oleg Kiselev			oleg@veritas.com
Ken Koellner      		kvk@questor.sw.stratus.com
Vinny Kutty			cichlid@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Dustin L. Laurence		laurence@Alice.Wonderland.Caltech.EDU
Mike Loughlin     		IO00829@MAINE.CAPS.MAINE.EDU
Paul Prior			pprior@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Mathew Rhoten			mrhoten@cs.stanford.edu
Keith Rogers      		krogers@javelin.sim.es.com
Timothy Shimeall		shimeall@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil
Greg Smith        		FSSMITH@venus.lerc.nasa.gov
Spass Stoiantschewsky		spass@midas.wr.tek.com
Peter J. Stonard		pjs@gvgdsd.gvg.tek.com
Ray Wallace       		wallace%oldtmr.enet@decwrl.dec.com
Tim Yiu				tyiu@mipos3.intel.com
???				jj@alice.att.com