2006 Winners
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- Category: Publication Award Winners
To download the First Place winners:
| Cat | Description | Place | Author or Editor | Article Title (if applicable) | Publication | Society |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication more than 6 issues | 1st Place | Alex Priest | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society | |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication more than 6 issues | 2nd Place | Robert Kulesa | Tank Tales | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication more than 6 issues | 3rd Place | James Quattropani | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society | |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication more than 6 issues | Honorable Mention | Arie Gilbert | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society | |
| 2 | Best Editor and Publication 6 or fewer issues | 1st Place | Josè M Centeno | El Ojo de Agua | Associón de Acuaristas de Aguadilla | |
| 4 |
Best Changing Cover, Non-Original Art (564K PDF) |
1st Place | Jason Kerner | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society | |
| 4 | Best Changing Cover, Non-Original Art | 2nd Place | Arie Gilbert | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society | |
| 4 | Best Changing Cover, Non-Original Art | 3rd Place | Josè M. Centeno | El Ojo de Agua | Associón de Acuaristas de Aguadilla | |
| 5 |
Best FAAS-Related Article (300K PDF) |
1st Place | Pat Smith | FAAS Report, March 2006 | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 5 | Best FAAS-Related Article | 2nd Place | Pat Smith | FAAS Report, December 2006 | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 5 | Best FAAS-Related Article | 3rd Place | Pat Smith | FAAS Report, June 2006 | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 6 |
Best Exchange Column (288K PDF) |
1st Place | Kurt Johnston | Piscatorial Pearls, December 2006 | Tank Tales | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County |
| 6 | Best Exchange Column | 2nd Place | Stephen and Donna Sosna Sica | Fish Bytes, August 2006 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 6 | Best Exchange Column | 3rd Place | Pat Smith | X-Change-It!, April 2006 | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 7 |
Best Review Column (298K PDF) |
1st Place | Susan Priest | Wet Leaves, December 2006 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 7 | Best Review Column | 2nd Place | Evelyn Eagan | Tips, Tricks, Gadgets & Gizmoz | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 7 | Best Review Column | 3rd Place | Susan Priest | Wet Leaves, April 2006 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 8 |
Best Spawning Article, under 500 words (267K PDF) |
1st Place | Marti Horan | Spawning Report for Ancistrus dolichopterus, Long Fin Bushynose Pleco | Fin Flap | Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association |
| 9 |
Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words (300K PDF) |
1st Place | Alex Priest | Badis Ruber: A small fish with a big attitude! | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 9 | Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Melanochromis auratus: Molded by Malawi | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 9 | Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words | 3rd Place | Tony Tetro | Breeding Neolamprologus brichardi | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 10 |
Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words (478K PDF) |
1st Place | Alex Priest | A Most Extreme Leaf | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | 2nd Place | Jo Meade | Spawning Arius Jordani | Fin Flap | Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | 3rd Place | Susan Priest | No Pits, No Stems: Barbus titteya - Cherry Barb | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | Honorable Mention | Tony Tetro | Breeding "Aequidens pulcher" - Blue Acara | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 11 |
Best Article on a Genus of Fish (325K PDF) |
1st Place | Dan Radebaugh | Tigerfish! | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | A Neon is a Neon is a Neon. . . NOT! | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | 3rd Place | Bernard Harrigan | The Seahorse Chronicles: Seahorses Classifed | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | Honorable Mention | Glenn Peterson | Fishy Stories | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 12 |
Best Article on a Species of Fish (411K PDF) |
1st Place | Bernard Harrigan | Oscar, Oscar, Oscar | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Who you calling "Four Eyes" (Anableps anableps) | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | 3rd Place | Andy Hudson | A Wolf in Sheeps Clothing or The Hazards of Impulse Buying | Tank Tales | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County |
| 13 |
Best Marine Article (339K PDF) |
1st Place | Bernard Harrigan | A Swimming Dragon | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 13 | Best Marine Article | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Seahorse Chronicles - Seahorse Profile: The Dwarf Seahorse | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 13 | Best Marine Article | 3rd Place | Arie Gilbert | Don't Flush! | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 13 | Best Marine Article | Honorable Mention | Bernard Harrigan | The Seahorse Chronicles- Seahorse Profile: The Lined Seahorse | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 15 | Best Continuous FAAS Column | 1st Place | Pat Smith | The FAAS Report | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 16 |
Best Article on Aquascaping Design (331K PDF) |
1st Place | Horst Gerber | Oddball Tank | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 16 | Best Article on Aquascaping Design | 2nd Place | Elliott Oshins | Let's Cross the Bridge | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 17 |
Best Article on Plant Maintenance Cultivation Reproduction (428K PDF) |
1st Place | Joseph Ferdenzi | The Madagascar Lace Plant: a Case Study in Cultivation | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance Cultivation Reproduction | 2nd Place | Joy Twentyman-Crock | So You Want a Planted Aquarium - Part 1: Introduction, Difficulty, Level, Container and Substrate | Fin Flap | Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance Cultivation Reproduction | 3rd Place | Charley Sabatino | Four (or more) for the Foregroun: Cryptocoryne parva - The Crypt that thinks it's an Anubias | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance Cultivation Reproduction | Honorable Mention | Bernard Harrigan | Java Fern (Microsorium pteropus - The "Super Plant" | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 18 |
Best Show Article (341K PDF) |
1st Place | Claudia Dickinson | A Golden Anniversary Celebration is on the way for the Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 18 | Best Show Article | 2nd Place | Carol Sindelar | The Show, The Entries, and the Winners | Fin Flap | Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association |
| 20 |
Best How To or Do It Yourself Article (361K PDF) |
1st Place | Sharon Barnett | Adventures in Fish Shipping: Part 1 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | 2nd Place | Evelyn Eagan | Winterizing your Pond | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | 3rd Place | Arie Gilbert | DIY . . . Or is that DI Why | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | Honorable Mention | Bernard Harrigan | The Seahorse Chronicles: The ABC's of Acclimation | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 21 |
Best General Article on Society Management (293K PDF) |
1st Place | Margaret Peterson | The View . . . From the Other Side of the Tank (December 2006) | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 21 | Best General Article on Society Management | 2nd Place | Jim Peterson | Club Auction: Bid Early, Bid Often | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 21 | Best General Article on Society Management | 3rd Place | Margaret Peterson | The View . . . From the Other Side of the Tank (May 2006) | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 22 |
Best Article on Health/Nutrition (374K PDF) |
1st Place | Bernard Harrigan | The Seahorse Chronicles: The Q Word | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | The Seahorse Chronicles: Seahorse Sustenance | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | 3rd Place | Claudia Dickinson | HITH Disease: Symptoms, Causes and Cures | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | Honorable Mention | Harry Faustman | Home Grown with Harry: Grindal Worms | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 23 |
Best Collecting Article (354K PDF) |
1st Place | Dan Radebaugh | Natives, Anyone? | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 24 |
Best Traveling Aquarist Article (362K PDF) |
1st Place | Ray Suydam | Report from the West Coast | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 24 | Best Traveling Aquarist Article | 2nd Place | Stephen Sica | Diving in a Fishbowl | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 25 |
Best Humorous Article (379K PDF) |
1st Place | Horst Gerber | The Official Fishmonger Notebook | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 25 | Best Humorous Article | 2nd Place | Sharon Barnett | Strange Things are Happening | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 25 | Best Humorous Article | 3rd Place | Margaret Peterson | The View from the Other Side of the Glass (February 2006) | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 26 |
Best Original Art Work (302K PDF) |
1st Place | Bernard Harrigan | Lined Seahorse - December 2006 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 26 | Best Original Art Work | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Seahorse - March 2006 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 26 | Best Original Art Work | 3rd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Leaf Fish - March 2006 | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 27 |
Best Cartoon (228K PDF) |
1st Place | Bernard Harrigan | Always Cover a Tank with Comet Goldfish (June 2006) | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Domino Damselfish | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | 3rd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Bubblenest Smell | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | Honorable Mention | Robert Kulesa | Is that a fence being built over there? (June 2006) | Tank Tales | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County |
| 28 | Best Continuing Column, Single Author | 1st Place | Sharon Barnett | Mermaid Tales | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 28 | Best Continuing Column, Single Author | 2nd Place | Bernard Harrigan | Seahorse Chronicles | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |
| 28 | Best Continuing Column, Single Author | 3rd Place | Dennis Heltzel | The Fish Files | Tank Tales | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County |
| 29 |
Best Article, All Other Categories (506K PDF) |
1st Place | Pat Smith | Here's to You, Steve | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society |
| 29 | Best Article, All Other Categories | 2nd Place | Ray Suydam | A Final Word from an Ex-President | Paradise Press | Long Island Aquarium Society |
| 29 | Best Article, All Other Categories | 3rd Place | Robert Kulesa | Lists and Things Remembered | Tank Tales | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County |
| 30 | Author of the Year | 1st Place | Bernard Harrigan | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society | |
| 30 | Author of the Year | 2nd Place | Pat Smith | Pisces Press | Nassau County Aquarium Society | |
| 30 | Author of the Year | 3rd Place | Sharon Barnett | Modern Aquarium | Greater City Aquarium Society |