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Fishes / Breeds

Hermit Crabs for Marine Aquariums: The Cleanup Crew India's Reef Keepers Rely On

Walk into any marine fish store in Mumbai, Chennai or Kochi and you will see small bags of hermit crabs sold almost as an afterthought, tucked in beside the clownfish and coral frags. That undersells

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Starfish in Reef Aquariums: Fromia, Sand Sifting, Chocolate Chip and Brittle Stars

Starfish look deceptively low maintenance, a slow moving animal sitting on a rock seems like the easiest thing to keep in a tank. The reality for Indian reef keepers is closer to the opposite. Starfis

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Marine Snails for Reef Tanks: Turbo, Trochus, Nassarius, Cerith and Astraea Compared

Snails do not get anywhere near the attention that fish and coral get in most Indian reef keeping circles, yet a well chosen mix of snails is often the single biggest factor separating a tank that sta

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Butterflyfish

Butterflyfish are named for their flattened, disc shaped bodies and bold patterned colouring, and as a family they range from genuinely easy community fish to some of the most notoriously difficult fe

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1\. Clownfish (Anemonefish)

Clownfish, or anemonefish, are the fish most Indian aquarists cut their teeth on when they move from freshwater to marine. They belong to the damselfish family, Pomacentridae, but unlike their pugnaci

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Soft Corals for the Indian Reef Tank

Soft corals are usually where new reef keepers start, and for good reason. Most tolerate a wider swing in water parameters than stony corals, many propagate themselves without much effort, and the mov

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