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There are literally hundreds of well-created websites on the Internet, covering all aspects of aquatic plants. Below is a list of some of the best.

Associations | Resources | Sources for plants
Aquatic Gardener's Personal sites
Algae Eaters | Carbon Dioxide | Supplies
Triangle Area Aquarium shops


Associations/ Societies

Aquatic Gardeners Association

Arizona Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts

Central Illinois Aquatic Gardening Association

Chicago Aquatic Gardeners Association

Dallas/Fort Worth Aquatic Plant Club

Delaware Valley Aquatic Gardeners Association

Greater Washington (DC) Aquatic Plants Association

Madison Aquarium Gardeners

Nature Aquarium Club of Utah

New England Aquatic Plant Society

New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club

Pittsburgh Area Planted Aquarium Society

San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant Society

Southern California Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts

Raleigh Aquarium Society

Charlotte Area Aquarists Society

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Resources/ Information on Aquatic Plants
(Forums, articles, resources, etc...)

Aquatic Gardener Association's forum

Aquatic Plants Digest Excellent mailing list on keeping aquatic plants

Aquatic Plant Central Forum and more

The Planted Tank Forum and more

AquaticQuotient's forum

PlantGeek.net Forum and more

Aquaforest Aquascaping contest #5 (in Japanese)

The Krib  Maintained by Erik Olsen - Tons of answers here (including a plant section)

Age of Aquariums by Marcos Avila

Chuck's Planted Aquarium Pages by Chuck Gadd

Aquamoss.net everything you wanted to know about them

The Crytocoryne Pages by Jan D. Bastmeijer

Echinodorus by Wolfgang Ise (in German)
- the Babel fish translator at Altavista works okay

Aqua Design Amano Takashi Amano's Company (in Japanese)
- the Babel fish translator at Altavista works okay.

North Carolina State University Aquatic Weed site  find out what's illegal in this state

The Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants at the University of Florida

Identification key to Aquarium and Pond Plants of the World by founding CAPE member, Dr. Shaun L. Winterton.

Loh Kwek Leong (of the site killies.com) had made available an excellent article about aquatic mosses which are commonly found in the aquarium trade. Click here to view the moss article published in the "Singapore Scientist" magazine. Note that the article is provided for personal viewing and must not be copied, distributed or reproduced without the permission from Singapore Science Center.

A Visit to Oriental Aquatics of Singapore by Loh Kwek Leong

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Sources for Aquatic Plants

Aquarium Depot a nice store located in Maryland

Aquariumplants.com

Aquarium Supply Store

Aqua Botanic by Robert Paul Hudson

Aquaspot World

Aqua Forest Aquarium by George Lo

Arizona Aquatic Gardens located in Arizona

Freshwater Aquarium Plants

Liveaquaria.com

Planet inverts

Thatpetplace.com

Tropica Aquarium Plants located in Denmark (nice plant database)

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Aquatic Gardener's Personal Websites
(nice photography of aquascapes, information, etc...)

Aquaticscape.com by Ghazanfar Ghori

Aquatic Concepts by George and Karla Booth

Aquatic Eden Planted Aquarium Blog

Aquarium Design Group by the Senske brothers

Aquarium Plants by Steve Hampton

Aquatic Plant Resource Page by Stephen Pushak

Arjan's Aquarium Site

Ben and Ricky's Trip to Japan by Ben Belton and Ricky Cain

Deep Forest Aquatics by Nikolay Kraltchev

e-Aquaria by Erik Leung

Fabio Ghidini Aqua by Fabio Ghidini

Jake's Planted Aquarium Pages

gpodio.com by Giancarlo Podio

Greenstouch by Jay Luto

My Natural Aquariums by Luis Navarro

The Aqua Creator by Oliver Knott

victri.net by Vic Teo


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Algae Eater Information

Algae Eating Cyprinids article by Liisa Sarakontu on the Krib

Algae Eating Cyprinids article by Liisa Sarakontu and Neil Frank on the AGA

Caridina.japonica.online.fr

Everything About Caridina Japonica article by Ryan Stover

Petshrimp.com

Planet Catfish everything you want to know about those loricariidae

Shrimpnow.com Forum

TheShrimpFarm.com

A couple of links to a video clip of Amano shrimps (caridina japonica) on youtube.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_uNuG-HWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezmgjwo77wY

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Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

CO2 and Water Hardness from the Krib

Do-It-Yourself Carbon Dioxide Injection by Cathy Hartland

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Supplies for keeping plants

Aquarium Hobbyist Supply a mailorder source for retrofit kits.

Innovativelights.com a mailorder source for replacement compact fluorescent light tubes/ bulbs. Work well with retrofit kits too.

Planted Aquarium Fertilizer by Alan & Julia Kaufmann (formerly run by Greg Watson)

Prolighting.com a mailorder source for replacement ballasts. Exact replacement for those found in many retrofit kits.

Seachem makers of the Flourish line of products including Flourite.

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Triangle Area Aquarium shops which carry aquatic plants

Fish Pros 5655 Western Boulevard, Suite A, Raleigh 27606 919.233.1122

Fish World 2205 Westinghouse Blvd., Suite 109, Raleigh 919.872.1228

Triangle Tropical Fish 3600 N. Duke St. Suite #36 Durham 919.479.0088

Infinity Pets 100 W Main St Suite C, Youngsville NC 27596 919.570.3039

The Pet Pad 1347 Kildaire Farm Road, Cary 919.481.6614

Petsmart various locations in Raleigh, Garner, Durham, and Cary

Other Aquarium shops which carry aquatic plants

Aquamain's 4645-A West Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27407 336.292.3474

Fintastic 2135 Ayrsley Towne Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28273 704.525.0049

Tideline Aquatics 1271 Yeamans Hall Road, Hanahan, SC 29406 843.744.8551

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