It's kind of irrelevant because it's not like the free swimmers are traveling directly into the DE's intake. Let's use velvet as an example. When a velvet tomont ruptures - there can be hundreds of velvet tomonts - it releases around 200 dinospores (free swimmers seeking to infect fish) per tomont. So even just 100 tomonts are capable of producing 20,000 dinospores. Being these are dinoflagellates, they are naturally attracted to light, so they swim upwards using two flagella to propel themselves. They don't just float around waiting to land on a fish.
Even if one was to outfit an overflow box to use with the DE, siphoning dinospores off the surface of the water, there is still a high probability that at least some will come into contact with fish swimming around before the dinospores reach the surface of the water. Now, I can see how a diatom is much more effective at managing diseases than say a UV; due to it's impressive flow rate. I'll even concede that it may be the only thing capable of managing velvet. But the health & well-being of all your fish will forever be dependent upon this one piece of equipment. If a fish housed in an aquarium which utilizes a DE is ever removed and placed in a "non DE system" the few parasites they are still carrying will quickly reproduce and spiral out of control. Or what happens during a prolonged power outage or if the DE breaks?
However, all that being said, I am starting to see how a DE may very well be the most effective disease management tool out there. There are many who will never QT, and are desperate to find a quick fix whenever ich or velvet breaks out in their DT. Maybe this is the answer they've been looking for - 40 years after the fact 
- but we'll need more anecdotal evidence to form a consensus. Who is willing to take the plunge?
Also, do you know whether or not DE removes chemicals/medications such as copper?
First, a maximum of 250 dinospores are released, but average release is 65, and yes, they actively seek a host. Yes, running a properly sized DE filter in a proper manner and on a properly set up tank will extinguish ich and velvet and ultimately lead to a parisite free tank and fish. A tank that once had ich or velvet does not mean it has ich or velvet for life - even if fish remain. No - wrong.
This result has not been waiting forty years for discovery. It is known, documented and has been implemented in practice. It is much more than anecdotal. You're correct not to accept my evidence as common sense always dictates that you evaluate the source. But, the article pointed to in the original link is quite powerful, especially as it's author pretty much wrote the book on velvet.
I light of the qualifications of the author, I invite you to re-read the original link. Then maybe we can move on and discuss the added benefits of DE filteration, how to properly setup flow in a tank, how to size a DE filter, how and when to run a DE filter, the myths which surround DE filteration and why they fell out of popularity.
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Short Biography of Adrian Lawler
Kept various specimens in tanks since a small boy collecting in the woods and creeks of east Tennessee in the 1940’s. Kept piranha, other fish, and a caiman in tanks in dorm at University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y, while going to college.
Received NSF Summer grant to do research at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS), and discovered a fish gill parasite new to science and published on it (See publication list.). Master’s in marine science; Ph.D. in marine biology, minor in parasitology; Post-doctoral fellow in fish parasitology at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) for 2 years, then parasitologist. Co-founder and co-chairman of GCRL Toxicology program, and head of Experimental Organism Culture, l975-l984. Aquarium Supervisor, Scott Aquarium, 1984-l998. Has raised many species of animals and plants, farm and aquatic. Holds patent on fish attractant. Author of over 80 scientific papers and reports (See list.). Also author of various articles for internet (Aquarticles.com).
Partial Research Experience: Aquarium management; diseases and parasites of fishes and control; tank systems & techniques; culture of over 200 species of organisms; soft-shell crab & crayfish shedding; lymphocystis of fishes; parasitic dinoflagellates of fishes; monogenetic trematodes of fishes, leeches of fishes; parasitic barnacles; bot flies; oligochaetes of tree frogs; abnormal development of crabs; fish attractants; trapping of aquatic organisms; toxicology; various bioassays; aquatic diseases transmitted to humans, etc.
Job Experience (related to aquariums or aquatic organisms): photosynthesis lab assistant; microbiology lab assistant; marine biology; parasitology; crabber; fisherman; oysterman; shrimper; aquaculture; seafood store; pet store distributor; bait minnow business; toxicology; fish hatchery; aquarium management, etc.
Some Accomplishments:
--AFS Exchange Student to Sweden.
--First Place, Tenn. Acad. of Science Talent Search.
--Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award.
--Martin F. Tiernan Scholarship, Un. of Rochester.
--NSF Undergraduate Research Participation Program Student.
--Parasitologist, Un. of Miami RV GILLISS cruise to Gulf of Panama.
--Special invitation by USSR Academy of Sciences to write paper.
--Program Chairman & Journal Supplement Editor, Miss. Acad. Sci.
--Co-Chairman, GCRL Toxicology Program, for 10 years.
--Mysids I cultured now used in toxicity testing in Europe and other places.
--Ran largest Aquarium in MS for 15 years (Aquarium destroyed by Hurricane Katrina).
--First hybrid Tilapia hatchery in Mississippi.
--Ran advisory service on many aspects of marine biology & aquaculture for public.
--Ran fish disease diagnostic and control service.
--Patent on fish attractant.
--80 + publications and completion reports (See list.).
--Only scientist in Mississippi to sign Troubled Waters Paper ….(
www.mcbi.org/publications/pub_pdfs/TroubledWaters.pdf).
--Various articles for Aquarticles.com (See list.).
Retired 1998. Now recovering from effects of Hurricane Katrina; the winds and surge damaged or destroyed all structures (trees, buildings, ponds, fences) on farm. Surge inundated almost all my property and came up to front of house, and flooded most houses south of me and some houses north of me. Killed all fish in ponds except those on the highest part of land near house, and drowned most of my goats and sheep.
SOME PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS, AND ARTICLES BY DR. ADRIAN LAWLER
PUBLICATIONS
1. Lawler, A. R. 1967.
Oodinium cyprinodontum n. sp., a parasitic dinoflagellate on gills of Cyprinodontidae of Virginia. Ches. Sci. 8 (1): 67-68.
2. Yamaguti, S. 1943. Concerning the method of infection by
Diplorchis ranae Ozaki, 1931. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 12 (l):84-85. (Translated by A. R. Lawler, VIMS Translation Series No. 18, 2 p., December, 1967).
3. Reichenback-Klinke, H. H. 1959. Two new Tetraonchinae from Southeast Asia (Trematoda: Monogenea: Dactylogyridae). Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde 19: 364-367. (Translated by A. R. Lawler, VIMS Translation Series No. 19, 3 p., February, 1968).
4. Lawler, A. R. 1968. Occurrence of the parasitic dinoflagellate
Oodinium cyprinodontumLawler, 1967 in North Carolina. Va. J. Sci. 19 (4):240.
5. Lawler, A. R. 1968. New host record for the parasitic dinoflagellate
Oodinium cyprinodontum Lawler, 1967. Ches. Sci. 9 (4): 263.
6. Lawler, A. R., and W. J. Hargis, Jr. 1968. Monogenetic trematodes from the southern Pacific Ocean. Part V. Monopisthocotyleids from Australian fishes, the subfamily Trochopodinae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 81:367-402.
7. Hargis, W. J., Jr., A. R. Lawler, R. Morales-Alamo, and D. E. Zwerner. 1969. Bibliography of the monogenetic trematode literature of the world 1758 to 1969. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Special Scientific Report No. 55, v and 195 p.
8. Lawler, A. R. 1969. Occurrence of the polyclad
Coronadena mutabilis (Verrill, 1873) inVirginia. Ches. Sci. 10 (1): 65-67.
9. Hargis, W. J., Jr., A. R. Lawler, and D. E. Zwerner. 1970. Bibliography of the monogenetic trematode literature of the world 1758 to 1969. Supplement 1 (with errata). Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Special Scientific Report No. 55, Supplement 1, iv and 13 p.
10. Hargis, W. J., Jr., A. R. Lawler, and D. E. Zwerner. 1971. Bibliography of the monogenetic trematode literature of the world 1758 to 1969. Supplement 2 (with errata). Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Special Scientific Report No. 55, Supplement 2, v and 25 p.
11. Lawler, A. R. 1971. Zoogeography and host-specificity of the superfamily Capsaloidea Price, 1936 (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea): An evaluation of the host -parasite locality records of the superfamily Capsaloidea Price, 1936, and their utility in determinations of host-specificity and zoogeography. Diss. Abstr. Intl. 32 (10):5900-B.
12. Lom, J., and A. R. Lawler. 1971. Mode of attachment and relation to host tissue in two dinoflagellates from gills of cyprinodonts of Virginia. Program and abstracts, Group of Czechoslovak protozoologists, Second Annual Meeting, Blatna, 19-21 May 1971. J. Protozool. 18 (Suppl):43-44.
13. Hargis, W. J., Jr., A. R. Lawler, and D. E. Zwerner. 1972. Bibliography of the monogenetic trematode literature of the world 1758 to 1969. Supplement 3. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Special Scientific Report No. 55, Supplement 3, 14 p.
14. Lawler, A. R., and B. Iv. Lebedev. 1972.
Encotyllabe latridis Lebedev, 1967 and
Mediavagina forsteri Lawler and Hargis, 1968 are identical monogeneans. Proc. Helm. Soc. Wash. 39 (2): 267-268.
15. Lawler, A. R., and J. A. Musick. 1972. Sand beach hibernation by a northern diamondback terrapin,
Malaclemys terrapin terrapin (Schoepff). Copeia 1972, No. 2:389-390.
16. Zwerner, D. E., and A. R. Lawler. 1972. Some parasites of Chesapeake Bay fauna.
InWass, M. (ed). Check-list of Virginia fauna and flora. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Spec. Sci. Rept. No. 65: 78-94.
17. Lawler, A. R. 1973. A non-baited fish trap for shallow water. Prog. Fish-Cult. 35 (4): 237-238.
18. Lawler, A. R., and T. W. Dukes. 1973. Lymphocystis in the eye. The Veterinary Record 93 (10): 297.
19. Lawler, A. R., and W. A. Van Engel. 1973. Triple regeneration of the fifth pereiopod of a blue crab,
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. Ches. Sci. 14 (2): 144-145.
20. Lom, J., and A. R. Lawler. 1973. An ultrastructural study on the mode of attachment in dinoflagellates invading gills of Cyprinodontidae. Protistologica 9 (2): 293-309.
21. Harman, W. J., and A. R. Lawler. 1974.
Dero (Allodero) hylae, an oligochaete symbiont in hylid frogs in Mississippi. Trans. Amer. Micros. Soc. 94 (1): 38-42.
22. Lawler, A. R. 1974. Diseases of estuarine fishes. Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, 24-25 October 1974.
23. Lawler, A. R., H. D. Howse, and D. W. Cook. 1974. Lymphocystis infections in the silver perch,
Bairdiella chrysura. Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi, Mississippi, 21-22 March 1974.
24. Lawler, A. R., H. D. Howse, and D. W. Cook. 1974. Silver perch,
Bairdiella chrysura: New host for lymphocystis. Copeia 1974, No. 1: 266-269.
25. Taylor, P. D., N. Kingston, and A. Lawler. 1974. Trypanosomes of fishes from U.S. coastal waters. Program and Abstracts, Amer. Soc. Parasitol., 49th Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, 4-9 August 1974: 23-24. (Abstract).
26. Dukes, T. W., and A. R. Lawler. 1975. The ocular lesions of naturally occurring lymphocystis in fish. Can. J. Comp. Med. 39 (4): 406-410.
27. Lawler, A. R. 1975. A portable exhaust for laboratory fumes. Prog. Fish-Cult 37 (3): 166-167.
28. Lawler, A. R., H. D. Howse, and D. W. Cook. 1975. Lymphocystis infections in the silver perch,
Bairdiella chrysura. J. Miss. Acad. Sci. 19 (1973-1974): 183.
29. Sawyer, R. T., A. R. Lawler, and R. M. Overstreet, 1975. Marine leeches of the eastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico with a key to the species. J. Nat. Hist. 9 (6): 633-667.
30. Lawler, A. R. (editor) 1976. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Vol. XXI, Supplement. 96 p.
31. Howse, H. D., A. R. Lawler, W. E. Hawkins and C. A. Foster. 1977. Ultrastructure of lymphosystis in the heart of the silver perch,
Bairdiella chrysura (Lacepede), including observations on normal heart structure. Gulf Res. Repts. 6 (1): 39-57.
32. Lawler, A. R. 1977. Dinoflagellate (
Amyloodinium) infestation of pompano. p. 257-264.
In: C. J. Sindermann (ed), Disease Diagnosis and Control in North American Marine Aquaculture. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Vol. 6. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, and New York. (329 p.)
33. Lawler, A. R. 1977. Monogenetic trematodes of pompano. p. 265-267.
In: C. J. Sindermann (ed), Disease Diagnosis and control in North American Marine Aquaculture. Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Vol. 6. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Oxford, and New York. (329 p.)
34. Lawler, A. R. 1977. The parasitic dinoflagellate
Amyloodinium ocellatum in marine aquaria. Drum and Croaker 17 (2): 17-20.
35. Lawler, A. R. 1977. Notes on sarcophagids from the new host
Romalea microptera, and from
Terrapene carolina carolina. Gulf Res. Repts. 6 (1): 69-70.
36. Lawler, A. R., J. T. Ogle, and C. Donnes. 1977.
Dascyllus spp.: New hosts for lymphocystis, and a list of recent hosts. J. Wildl. Dis. 13 (3): 307-312.
37. Wharton, J. H., R. D. Ellender, B. L. Middlebrooks, P. K. Stocks, A. R. Lawler, and H. D. Howse. 1977. Fish cell culture: Characteristics of a cell line from the silver perch,
Bairdiella chrysura. In Vitro 13 (6): 389-397.
38. Lawler, A. R. 1978. A partial checklist of actual and potential parasites of some South Carolina estuarine and marine fauna, p. 309-337.
In: Zingmark, R. G. (ed.). An annotated checklist of the biota of the coastal zone of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina. (364 p.)
39. Lawler, A. R. 1978.
Trichodinella lawleri Lom and Haldar, 1977, causing deaths of pinfish in aquaria. Drum and Croaker 18 (2): 1-3.
40. Lawler, A. R. and R. N. Cave. 1978. Deaths of aquarium-held fishes caused by monogenetic trematodes. I.
Aspinatrium pogoniae (MacCallum, 1913) on
Pogonias cromis(Linnaeus). Drum and Croaker 18 (1): 31-33.
41. Lawler, A. R. and R. M. Overstreet. 1976 (1978).
Absonifibula bychowskyi gen. et sp. nov. (Monogenea: Absonifibulinae subfam. nov.) from the Atlantic croaker,
Micropogon undulatus(L.), from Mississippi, U.S.A. Institute of Biology and Pedology, Far-East Science Centre, Academy of Sciences of the USSR 34 (137): 83-91. (In Russian).
42. Lawler, A. R., J. T. Ogle, and C. Donnes. 1978. New hosts for lymphocystis. Gulf Research Reports 6 (2): 183-184.
43. Lawler, A. R. and S. L. Shepard. 1978. A partially albino blue crab. Drum and Croaker 18 (1): 34-36.
44. Lawler, A. R., and S. L. Shepard. 1978. A bibliography of the Rhizocephala (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Gulf Research Reports 6 (2): 153-167.
45. Lawler, A. R., and S. L. Shepard. 1978. Procedures for eradication of hydrozoan pests in closed-system mysid culture. Gulf Research Reports 6 (2): 177-178.
46. Lawler, A. R. 1979. North American fishes reported as hosts of
Amyloodinium ocellatum(Brown, 1931). Drum and Croaker 19 (1): 8-14.
47. Walker, W. W., A. R. Lawler, and W. D. Burke. 1979. Acute toxicity of 3-chloro-4-methyl benzenamine hydrochloride to shrimp and crabs. Bull. Environm. Contam. Toxicol. 21: 643-651.
48. Walker, W. W., A. R. Lawler, and W. D. Burke. 1979. Acute toxicity of endosylfan to
Mysidopsis bahia and
Cyprinodon variegatas. Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jackson, Mississippi, 7-9 March 1979.
49. Lawler, A. R. 1980. Studies on
Amyloodinium ocellatum (Dinoflagellata) in Mississippi Sound: Natural and experimental hosts. Gulf Research Repts. 6(4): 403-413.
50. Lawler, A. R. 1981. Zoogeography and host-specificity of the superfamily Capsaloidea Price, 1936 (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea). Special Papers in Marine Science No. 6, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia. 650 p.
51. Hargis, W. J., Jr., A. R. Lawler, D. A. Thoney, and D. E. Zwerner. 1982. Bibliography of the monogenetic trematode literature of the world 1758 to 1969. Supplement 4. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Spec. Sci. Rep. No. 55, Supplement 4, ii + 56 pp.
52. Lawler, A. R. 1982. Deaths of aquarium-held fishes caused by monogenetic trematodes. II.
Gyrodactylus spp. on
Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus). Drum and Croaker 20 (2): 15-17.
53. Walker, W. W., J. C. Murphy, and A. R. Lawler. 1982. Effects of acids and alkaline solutions on fish eyes. J. Miss. Acad. Sci. XXVII (Supplement): 24 (Abstract).
54. Sealand, M., and A. R. Lawler. 1993. Behavioral studies on cocoa damsel fish (
Pomacentris variabilis) . Miss. Acad. Sci., 57th Ann. Meeting, Jackson, Miss., 18 Feb 1993. (Abstract)
55. Lawler, A.R. 1994. Human
Mycobacterium marinum Aronson infections. J. Aquaricul. & Aquatic Sci. VI (4): 93-94.
56. Morris, G., and A. Lawler. 1994. Color perception in loggerhead sea turtles (
Caretta caretta): blue plastic bags might save turtle lives. Miss. Acad. Sci., 58th Ann. Meeting, Biloxi, Miss., 17 Feb 1994. . (Abstract)
57. Stauter, R. L., and A. Lawler. 1994. Development and implementation of an educational leaflet on the loggerhead sea turtle (
Caretta caretta). Miss. Acad. Sci., 58th Ann. Meeting, Biloxi, Miss., 17 Feb 1994. (Abstract)
58. Adas, S, A.R. Lawler, and J.P. Steen, Jr. 1995. A study on the aggressiveness and territorial behaviors of the sailfin blenny (
Emblemaria pandionis Evermann and Marsh) in an aquarium environment. Miss. Acad. Sci, 59th Ann. Meeting, Biloxi, MS, 10 February 1995. (Abstract, p. 68)
59. Haynes, K., D. Jenkins, and A.R. Lawler. 1995. Infections of
Mycobacterium marinum. Miss. Acad. Sci, 59th Ann. Meeting, Biloxi, MS, 10 February 1995. (Abstract, p. 87)
60. Jenkins, D., K. Haynes, and A.R. Lawler. 1995. Human infections of
Vibrio vulnificus. Miss. Acad. Sci, 59th Ann. Meeting, Biloxi, Ms, 10 February 1995. (Abstract, p. 87)
61. Lawler, A.R. 1995. Some unusual deaths of cobia,
Rachycentron canadum, in display tanks. Drum and Croaker. 26 (Feb 95): 9-10.
62. Rebarchik, L.M., D. Rebarchik, and A.R. Lawler. 1995. Bacterial infections in the spiny soft shell turtle,
Trionyx, spiniferus. Wisc. Acad. Sci., Ann. Publ., April l995 (Un. Wisconsin, Madison)
63. Poole, S.L., and A.R. Lawler. 1996. Some effects of MS-222 on the gulf killifish (
Fundulus grandis). Miss. Acad. Sci., 60th Ann. Meeting, Jackson, MS, 22 February 1996. (Abstract, 41 (1): 67).
64. Sherman, C.T., and A.R. Lawler. 1996. Some effects of plastic pollution on wildlife, and possible solutions to the problem. Miss Acad. Sci., 60th Ann. Meeting, Jackson, MS, 22 February 1996. (Abstract, 41 (1): 83).
COMPLETION REPORTS
1. Lawler, A. R. 1972. Preliminary studies on
Amyloodinium ocellatum (Brown, 1931) in the Gulf of Mexico: Natural hosts, experimental hosts, and control. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. National Marine Fisheries Service, Compl. Rept. 2-85-R, 41 p.
2. Lawler, A. R. 1975. Studies on
Amyloodinium ocellatum (Brown, 1931) in the Gulf of Mexico: Natural hosts, experimental hosts, and control. Gulf Cost Research Laboratory. National Marine Fisheries Service, Compl. Rept. 2-174-R, 12 p.
3. Walker, W. W., and A. R. Lawler. 1977. St. Louis Bay-effluent toxicity evaluations: A supplemental report. E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company , Contract No. ED-5553, 4 p.
4. Walker, W. W., and A. R. Lawler. 1977. St. Louis Bay-effluent toxicity evaluations: Supplemental report No. 2. E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Contract No. ED-5553, 3 p.
5. Walker, W. W., A. R. Lawler, and W. D. Burke. 1977. Acute toxicity of 3-chloro-4-methyl benzamine hydrochloride to shrimp and crabs. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Contract No. 14-16-0009-77-001, 12 p.
6. Walker, W. W., A. R. Lawler, and W. D. Burke. 1977. St. Louis Bay-effluent toxicity evaluation. E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Contract No. ED-5553, 13 p.
7. Walker, W. W., A. R. Lawler, and W. D. Burke. 1977. The determination of the acute toxicity of dredged material to crabs and shrimp under standard, static, bioassay conditions. Broadwater Beach Marina, Biloxi, Mississippi, 6 p.
8. Walker, W. W., and A. R. Lawler. 1979. Toxicity Testing: Inter-laboratory comparison with marine animals. U.S. EPA, Contract No. 68-03-2723, 25 p.
9. Lawler, A. R., P. McKinney, and W. Falls. 1980. Toxicity evaluation of Ocean Springs harbor sediments — Marine Mart area. Supervisor, District 4, Jackson County, Mississippi, 8 p.
10. Walker, W. W. and A. R. Lawler. 1980. Effluent toxicity evaluation First Chemical Corportion. First Chemical Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
11. Walker, W. W. and A. R. Lawler. 1981. Three phase sediment evaluation--Mississippi State Highway Department, 6 p.
12. Walker, W. W. and A. R. Lawler. 1981. Effluent toxicity evaluation - First Chemical Corporation. First Chemical Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 14 p.
13. Walker, W. W. and A. R. Lawler. 1981. Effluent toxicity evaluation - First Chemical Corporation. First Chemical Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 14 p.
14. Walker, W. W. and A. R. Lawler. 1981. Effluent toxicity evaluation - First Chemical Corporation. First Chemical Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 8 p.
15. Walker, W. W. and A. R. Lawler. 1981. Three phase sediment evaluation--Broadwater Beach Marina. Broadwater Beach Marina, Biloxi, Miss. , 7 p.
16. Walker, W. W., C. S. Manning, and A. R. Lawler. 1981. Toxicity tests on the early life stages of fish: Inter-laboratory comparison using the sheepshead minnow. U.S. EPA, Contract No. 68-03-2991, 45 p.
17. Overstreet, R. M., W. W. Walker, W. Hawkins, and A. R. Lawler. 1983. Biochemical, pharmacological, and tumorigenic studies on a composite of drinking water carcinogens and mutagens utilizing aquatic animals as a bioassay animal. Progress Report. National Cancer Institute, Contract NOl-CP-26008.
18. Lawler, A. R. 1993- Aquarium management, J. L. Scott Marine Education Center & Aquarium, Biloxi, Miss., 46 p.
19. Walker, S.H., A.R. Lawler, H.D. Walters, and J. Johnson. 1994. A self-guided tour to the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory's J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium. Second Edition. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 21 p.
PATENT
Lawler, A., P. Schwark, and J. Moore. 1991. Artificial aquatic bait article and method of manufacture. U. S. Patent Office, March 12, 1991.
INTERNET ARTICLES (on
www.aquarticles.com, plus other sites)
2004
Aquarium Ideas Sent to Another Country in 1997,
Aquascaping,
Collecting and Handling Aquarium Specimens,
Diseases Transmitted to Humans,
Feeding Fish,
Fish Necropsy,
Monogenea of Fishes,
Parasites and Similar Problem Organisms,
Pond Liners,
Raising mealworms for animal food,
Seeding a Tank/Filter,
Shading to Increase Water (and Oxygen) Circulation in Ponds during the Summer,
Some Infection Details of Aquatic/Fish Tank Infections,
Steps to Follow in Repair and Renovation of a 210-Gallon Tank,
Stocking and Compatibility,
Tank Safety/Fish TB,
The J L Scott Aquarium and Living Displays,
Toxic Algae,
Water Changes (Python/Siphon),
Water the Mosquitoes to Help Control
Water Quality
2005
Bamboo for Ponds,
Fish Tank Aerosols Transmitting Infections to Other Tanks or Humans,
J. L. Scott Aquarium Destroyed,
Hyperplasia in fishes,
Lymphocystis Disease of Fishes,
Natural Cooling and Circulation of Water in Ponds,
Some Items of Interest to an Aquarist,
Substrate Ingestion by Tank Occupants.
2006
A Few Comments on Mycobacterium marinum,
Check List for Setting up a Fish Tank,
Daily Tank Checks,
Nutria: Trouble for Waterways,
Some Signs of a Sick Fish.
2007
Pond Recovery after Storms
Remembering Howard
Predatory Birds and Small Fish PondsDiatom Filters Writing Articles
Tilapia Handout
TouchTanks
Proposed Specifications for Nutria-Resistant Geotextiles
Proposed Tests to Determine if Geotextiles are Nutria-Resistant
Aquarium Management
Human Mycobacterium marinum Aronson Infections
Trapping Snakesin Ponds
Value of Ponds to a Community
Fish TB (Mycobacterium marinum) – FAQ
Controlling Aquatic Litter.
2008
Tank Security
2009
Livebearing Fish Use in Tanks
CartoonsTank Tales...Reading the Minds of Fish
Tank Tales...Reading the Minds of Fish - Part 2
Fish Have Aquarium Clubs too...
Tank Tales, Part IV
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