Subj : Welcome to the Aquaria Ne To : All From : Flash Wilson Date : Sun Jan 04 2004 03:08 pm Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! 1. Copyright. The text for the Welcome (this posting), except for the copyright paragraph, was written by Mark Stone. The Aquaria FAQs were compiled and are maintained by Erik Olson. The articles incorporating the FAQs were written by: Shaji Bhaskar, Gary Bishop, George Booth, Rick Clark, Neil Frank, Bruce Hallman, Dean Hougen, Oleg Kiselev, Dustin Laurence, Matt McCabe, Davin Milun, Thomas Narten, Erik Olson, Jeff Pfohl, Howard Rebel, Mark A. Rosenstein, Thomas Sasala, Anne Hull Seales, Elaine Thompson, Betsy Wilson, Don Wilson and Todd Zebert. Erik Olson writes: The FAQs owe their existence to the contributors of the net, and as such it belongs to the readers of rec.aquaria and alt.aquaria. Articles with attributions are copyrighted by their original authors. Copies of the FAQs can be made freely, as long as it is distributed at no charge, and the disclaimers and the copyright notice are included. Much of the material for this new FAQ comes from the FAQ Working Group. We spent nearly a year initially putting this collection of documents together, and hope you find them useful in your aquaria endeavors. Since the FAQ is (we hope) an evolving document, we'd appreciate any and all suggestions for material we may have left out, factual changes, or just comments in general. We'd also appreciate volunteers to replace our burnt-out set of authors! Mail your comments or requests about the FAQs to faq at thekrib.com (please use this address for FAQ development-related topics only; pleas for help in diagnosing your sick fish will be cheerfully ignored or redirected to the newsgroups). Thank you. 2. What Are the Aquaria FAQs? FAQs are answers to the Frequently Asked Questions relating to knowledge of modern fishkeeping and general Newsgroup usage. We like to think that the Aquaria FAQs are especially important because we are in a hobby that deals with live animals, and as such it is imperative that information on fishkeeping be easily available and as accurate as modern findings dictate. So often people buy a new aquarium and a group of fishes before doing research into the hobby and finding out what is required to keep fish alive and healthy. Additionally, there has always been the notion afloat that they are just fish and it doesnt matter if they are unhealthy or die. It is the goal of the FAQs to dispel this notion and to make information relating to fishkeeping easily available and understandable, particularly to new fishkeeping hobbyists. People that are experienced aquarists will find a wealth of helpful information here, too! 3. Newsgroup Usage Included in the Aquaria FAQs is an extensive section on newsgroup usage, written by Todd Zebert. Here you will find information on etiquette, posting guidelines, and other helpful topics. It is very important to read this document before posting to the *.aquaria newsgroups! 4. Where are the FAQs located? In years past, the entire text of the FAQs was posted periodically to the aquaria newsgroups in addition to news.answers. However, for the purpose of brevity and for ease of use, it has been decided to post links to the websites containing the FAQs in the body of this introductory message instead of the FAQs themselves. The FAQs are located at: http://faq.thekrib.com http://www.actwin.com/fish/mirror/ A text version is available at: http://faq.thekrib.com/map.html Non-English Versions: Finnish: http://www.jmp.fi/~liaani/akvaario/aquafaq/ffaq.html French: http://www.cyberaqua.org/faq Spanish: http://faq.thekrib.com/es/ Portuguese: http://faq.thekrib.com/pt/ Italian: http://acquariofilia.hypermart.net Korean: http://www.insamo.pe.kr/faq 5. To What Newsgroups do these FAQs apply? The groups currently covered by these FAQs are: rec.aquaria rec.aquaria.marketplace rec.aquaria.misc rec.aquaria.tech rec.aquaria.marine rec.aquaria.marine.misc rec.aquaria.marine.reefs rec.aquaria.freshwater rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants alt.aquaria alt.aquaria.guppy alt.aquaria.killies alt.aquaria.marketplace alt.aquaria.oscars sci.aquaria Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 1/4/04 3:08:35 PM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .