The Collected Work of Ron Shimek

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The Collected Work of Ron Shimek


(other works may exist, and will be added as found
Where you see "Link no longer works", the document was moved or deleted BEFORE this list was compiled. I will email the original author in attempt to locate that work.)






Sponges and Tunicates


Sponges: A Bunch of Holes Held Together by Some Cells
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-06/rs/index.php


Tunicates or Sea Squirts: A Wet Link
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rs/index.htm


Some Truths about Sponges
http://web.archive.org/web/20030419051744/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1998/feb/wb/default.asp


Sponges, out from under the counter...
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0697/0697_1.html


Identification and Husbandry of Aquarium Sponges
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rs/index.php


Jellyfish and Hydroids


Comb Jellies
http://web.archive.org/web/20030504051623re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/2000/feb/wb/default.asp


Hydroids
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/1097/1097_2.html


Hydroids — The Ultimate Cnidarians
http://web.archive.org/web/20030624223741re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/wb/default.asp


10-oh-4, Good Buddy!!
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-03/rs/index.php


Shrimp, Crabs and other crusties


Herbivory and Algae (Borneman); Snapping Shrimp (Shimek)
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/snn/index.htm


Sea Spiders
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/index.htm


Possum Shrimps or Mysids
http://web.archive.org/web/20030624213757re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish/library/articleview2.asp?Section=&RecordNo=2215


The Lean, Unmean, Grazing Machines — Chitons in Nature And Aquaria
http://web.archive.org/web/20030618210911re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/aug/wb/default.asp


Crabs
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/rs/index.htm


So... Now You've Found Out You've Gotten The Crabs
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0397/0397_3.html


Hermit Crabs in a Reef Tank
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/r_shimek.html


Bigger Bugs
http://web.archive.org/web/20030624221644re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1998/aug/wb/default.asp


Nudibranchs, Slugs, Flatworms


Beautiful, but Unwelcome; Aeolid Nudibranchs in the Reef Aquarium
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/rs/index.php


Flatworms
http://web.archive.org/web/20030624212041re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1998/sep/wb/default.asp


Snails, Molluscs and other tiny things


Whelks
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-11/rs/index.php


Turbo Snail Problems and Acclimatization, Various Authors
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/snail_acclimatization.html


Naked ...Gills on Snails
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-09/rs/index.htm


The Mollis Clans – A Celebration of Molluscan Diversity
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-08/rs/index.php


Nassarius Snails as Scavengers in Reef Aquaria
http://web.archive.org/web/20010410073108/http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish/library/articleview2.asp?Section=&RecordNo=166


The Grazing Snails, Part I Turbo, Trochus, Astraea And Kin
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.htm


The Grazing Snails, Part II - Abalones, Limpets and Nerites
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/rs/index.htm


The Grazing Snails, Part III: Conchs, Ceriths, Cowries, and Columbellids
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/rs/index.htm


Snail Eggs/White Spots on the Walls
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-02/rs/index.htm


Things with stings....Conus snails
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/rs/index.htm


Snails that ain't...Vermetid Snails In Marine Aquaria
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html


The Predatory Shelled Snails
http://web.archive.org/web/20030625011242re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1998/oct/wb/default.asp


"Okay, Clamrades, the Meeting Will Come to Order..."
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-04/rs/index.php


Nano-Animals, Part 1: Rotifers
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-01/rs/index.php


Life Styles of the Small and Minute: Some Consequences of Tininess
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-10/rs/index.php


The Animal as a Life Cycle — Invertebrate Larvae
http://web.archive.org/web/20030421233919re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/sep/wb/default.asp


Foraminiferens
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-07/rs/index.htm


Ciliated Protozoans — Unseen Marvels
http://web.archive.org/web/20030625012858re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/feb/wb/default.asp


Bryozoans
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/rs/index.php


Various "Pods"


You Can't Tell Your "Pods" Without A Program...
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.htm


Cirolanid Isopods
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/clarke_shimek.html


Bitty Bugs: Copepods in the Reef Aquarium
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/rs/index.htm


Pills, Parasites, and Predators; Isopods in the Reef Aquarium
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.htm


Odd Pods and Tanoids
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-02/rs/index.htm


Amphipods
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rs/index.htm

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Starfish and Related Echinoderms


Little White Starfish, Various Authors
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/little_white_starfish.html


Starfish Acclimatisation, Various Authors
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/starfish_acclimatisation.html


Feather Stars - Fragile Beauty
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/1296/1296_9.html


Sea Stars
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0797/0797_2.html


We Owe Alot to Brainless Dominance
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-04/rs/index.htm


Urchins, Cucumbers, and Other


Sea Urchins, A Testy Subject
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-11/rs/index.php


There is No Reason To Be Spineless
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0497/0497_1.html


Echinoderms in Aquaria
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-12/rs/index.php


The Meat of the Matter(Echinoderms)
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-11/rs/index.php


Echinoderms, Unique and Odd
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/rs/index.php


The Life and Death of Sea Pens
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-08/rs/feature/index.php


Marine Worms


Oh, Those Horrible Worms! Part 1
http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_marine_depot_educational_newsletter_artic les_shimek_oh_those_horrible_worms_1.asp?CartId= [Link not working.]


Oh, Those Horrible Worms! Part 2
http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_marine_depot_educational_newsletter_artic les_shimek_oh_those_horrible_worms_2.asp?CartId= [Link not working.]


Hints About the Diets and Habitats of Host Anemones by Ron Shimek
[Link not available.]


Invertebrate Differences
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/rs/index.php


Invertebrate Strippers
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-09/rs/index.php


Dinoflagellates
http://web.archive.org/web/20030625010430re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1998/nov/wb/default.asp


Waste Extraction, The Invertebrate Way
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-08/rs/index.php


Oh, Bartender, I'll Have a Glass of "Old Aggression" on the Rocks
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-09/rs/feature/index.php


Faunal Extinction and Coral Reefs; What Can Hobbyists Do?
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rs/feature/index.php


Dem Bones...
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-05/rs/feature/index.php


Why Are There So Many Kinds of Reef Animals?
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rs/feature/index.php


Survivors
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/rs/index.php


What is a “Scientific Name,” Anyhow? And why bother with them?
http://web.archive.org/web/20030421234142/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/aug/forum/default.asp


Iodine Coral's Prey Response by Eric Borneman and Ron Shimek (Discusses Iodine)
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/borneman_shimek.html


What are Natural Reef Salinities and Temperatures
http://web.archive.org/web/20030218193420re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/nov/features/1/default.asp


The Great Temperature Debate, Various Authors
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/reef_temperature.html


Live Rock As A Biological Filter: Hit or Myth?
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/feature/index.php


Its in the Water
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0997/0997_4.html


It Is Still in the Water
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/rs/feature/index.php


What We Put in the Water
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-04/rs/feature/index.php


Our Coral Reef Aquaria - Our Own Personal Experiments in the Effects of Trace Element Toxicity
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-08/rs/feature/index.php


Coldwater Scorpaeonids - The Rockfishes of the Northeastern Pacific
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/rs/index.php


Down the Drain, Exports from Reef Aquaria
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-12/rs/feature/index.php


Reef Aquaria as Ecosystems
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/rs/feature/index.php


Feeding The Reef Aquarium, A New Paradigm
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-02/rs/feature/index.php


The Toxicity of Some Freshly Mixed Artificial Sea Water; A Bad Beginning For A Reef Aquarium
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/rs/feature/index.php


A Guide to Building a DIY BS-o-meter
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-06/rs/index.php


Bristleworm Spawning and Sandbed Questions, Various Authors
http://%22http//www.reefs.org/library/article/bristleworm_sandbed.html [Link no longer working.]


As the worms turn...or vermiform, it's a way of life in all aquaria
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/1197/1197_4.html


Segmented and Vermiform
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/1096/1096_3.html


The Infamous Detrivore
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-03/rs/index.htm


Spaghetti and Hair Worms… What's in a Name?
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/rs/index.htm


Annelid Worms
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/rs/index.htm


Peanuts
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-04/rs/index.htm


Featherless Duster Worms and Lamp Shells
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-12/rs/index.htm


Polychaete Annelid Identification
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/rs/index.htm


The Large Worm Turns...
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-04/rs/index.htm


The Worms Crawl In...
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-05/rs/index.htm


Worms that ain't....Vermetid Snails In Marine Aquaria
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0897/0897_8.html


Nematodes
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-12/rs/index.php




Corals


Colouring / Browning of Corals, Eric Borneman, Ron Shimek and Dallas Warren
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/borneman_shimek_warren.html


Soft Corals — The Basics
http://web.archive.org/web/20030421174745re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/nov/wb/default.asp


Soft Corals
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0998/0998_5.html


Feed Your Corals It Is The Natural Way
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0197/0197_4.html


Why and What: Foods, and feeding in Aquarium Coral Husbandry
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0297/0297_6.html


The Reef Aquarium Consequences of Suspension-Feeding as a Way of Life
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0498/0498_3.html




Sandbeds


How Sandbeds REALLY Work
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-06/rs/feature/index.php


Ecosystem Population Dynamics - Borneman/Shimek/Warren
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/borneman_shimek_warren2.html


Live Sand Examination
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/r_shimek4.html


The Why's and How's of Sand Beds
http://www.reefs.org/library/talklog/r_shimek_090698.html


DSB
http://www.rshimek.com/reef/sediment.htm[link no longer working]


Heavy Feeding, Vacuuming, and Sand Beds by Eric Borneman, Bob Mankin and Ron Shimek
http://www.reefs.org/library/article/borneman_mankin_shimek.html


Muddy Waters
http://web.archive.org/web/20030605101639re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/june/features/1/default.asp


What lives in live sand? (Do you really want to put your hands in this stuff?)
http://web.archive.org/web/20030629231000re_/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1997/oct/wb/default.asp


Full credit goes to "Curtswearing" on reeffrontiers.com for originally compiling this list.


[a few links were removed by me because they were duplicates from other sections of the same document.]


in addition to these links listed here, i have taken the liberty of saving the complete contents of each link as a full .html file seperate from the internet. This way - in case ANY of the content gets lost with any of the servers hosting it - I'll always have a copy (images & all).


If anyone is interested in having this collection, email me: tempset@gmail.com


It has been combined into an .rar file for easier management. File size = 23MB