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How would you like to access IAH ?

Posted by SysAdmin — 2012-06-21T10:10:21+05:30

Hello Folks,

Many of our members are requesting for ways of accessing IAH through their mobile devices. Please do vote and tell us how you would like to access IAH in the future. Please post comments and let us know your views.

We will work on implementing a system which will enable access from mobile device when we have a clear idea on what you guys own and use.

Thanks. Ravi.

Hayath's Presentation Aquarium Photography

Posted by — 2011-10-26T20:37:24+05:30

Hayath's Presentation at Aquatika 2011, Chennai, on Aquarium Photography.

Results Dec 09 Photo Competition

Posted by ravi — 2010-03-02T10:30:11+05:30

Third Prize goes to PUNNA. Picture Title: Forever Yours. Camera: Sony DSC H3/B. Flash: Yes. Shoot mode: Auto
Second prize goes to Headbanger Title: lets play horsie. Fish: Lepisosteus platyrhincus and polypterus senegalus
FIRST PRIZE is jointly shared by TABBY. Title: ''Friend or a foe, together let us know!!'' Fish: Channa bleheri
First Prize NANDU - Synchronised swimming

December 2009 Photo Competition Forum Post

Results- July 2009 Photo Competition

Posted by ravi — 2009-09-27T08:30:09+05:30

Third Prize - NATURE LOVER Entry no.2
Second Prize - TIRTHA Entry#4 . Caption: Trespassers will be prosecuted...
First Prize - HAYATH Entry #2. Camera model - Sony H2. Owner - Vyas TK. Subject - Badis assamensis. Title - Peeping Tom

May 2009 Photo Competition Winner

Posted by ravi — 2009-08-05T08:41:19+05:30

Stung by My Super Model-The Lion Fish

Posted by nandu — 2008-12-23T11:54:44+05:30

I was stung -by ‘Super Model’. Who is not, but this super model is different. Read on...........

It’s my Lion Fish. Those who remember it was the same Lion Fish whose pictures I have posted some time back in the marine section. http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=10803

Livestock Import Procedure.

Posted by Rohit — 2008-07-02T12:17:08+05:30

There has been a lot of talk regarding the legal method of importing of live stock. Which is why i am putting up this article. Something that needs to be said here is that any one who is interested in importing livestock in our case Fishes & Water Plants etc should go through proper government channels as put in this article. The DGFT Director General of Foreign Trade is the nodal agency to get a license. To import Fishes or Plants you have to apply for a Special Import License from the local DGFT in your area & also send copies of the same to the Delhi DGFT. A visit to your local DGFT office will give you a clearer picture. The procedures & some of the forms that you will encounter are as below.
The reason for this article is so that we can have a lot of people applying for a license. This should help in making the procedures simpler & faster. Licenses can be applied for uder two categories
1.) Importation for Personal use.
2.) Importation for commercial use / sale.
If there is any thing any one thinks i can help with please let me know.
With best regards
Rohit

A Long and Salty Journey...

Posted by SysAdmin — 2008-06-20T14:04:51+05:30

This story is of a cute little Lionfish (Pterois volitans), that has changed the most number of hands Iâ€™ve ever known a marine fish to do. The flashback goes back into the time when I had just begun to experiment with marine invertebrates, having kept and killed every possible fish. : )

I step into a store, Lucky Aquarium, in Thane, near Mumbai, and browse through the tanks as usual. Nothing unusual is expected, until I speak to the LFS guy. He promises me a pair of sea horses at a price I could spend without a second thought. I delightfully pay him an advance and go straight back home to prepare an empty 2 footer for the expected arrivals. Part of the live media from another tank comes in handy here.

a slightly humourous account of starting a planted tank...

Posted by PC — 2008-03-19T15:09:43+05:30

A short account of setting up a planted tankwith a bit of humour and some useful links.

Something unattainable and completely different from what I am surrounded by has always been exciting for me and nothing fascinated me more than watching life underwater â€“ a realm so different from mine own. Spending vacations in a town that was on the bank of a river fueled this and soon enough as a kid in school I had my own tank. With the passage of time and the making of several mistakes I gave it up. When I did restart, my old love for native fish was still powerful and I was keen to make the plants live this time â€“ I first learned that plants to survive cannot live on a bed of pebbles and indirect light so I got the basics sorted out and converted by 4 feet tank into a planted jungle of Vallesneria and Aponogeneton crispus. The laterite rich substrate and 80W lighting kept the plants going for 2 years but slowly growth started depleting and I too began tiring of the look.

Something Fishy

Posted by aquascapes — 2007-10-12T08:40:26+05:30

Local fishermen on the coastline of Dumas (near Surat located in the southern part of Gujarat) reported a strange happening on the 19th of September 2007 as they had seen many fish gasping for air the earlier evening and the very next morning lakhs (no exaggeration) of these fish were found dead and washed ashore by the tide.