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Fishes / Breeds
Watching a pair of fish court, spawn, and raise a cloud of tiny fry is one of the most rewarding milestones in the hobby, and the encouraging news is that many popular aquarium species will breed read
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Fishes / Breeds
Chromis are close relatives of damselfish and belong to the same family, Pomacentridae, but they are a world apart in temperament. Where damsels are territorial loners that stake out and defend a patc
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Fishes / Breeds
Sea urchins rarely get the attention corals and fish do, yet a healthy urchin does more unglamorous cleanup work than almost anything else in the tank. They graze constantly, they cannot be overfed th
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Fishes / Breeds
Damselfish belong to the same family as clownfish, Pomacentridae, and share the same small, hardy, brightly coloured build, but without the more forgiving temperament. Nearly every damsel on this list
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Fishes / Breeds
Hawkfish bring a different kind of personality to a saltwater tank. Rather than swimming continuously like most reef fish, they perch on a coral branch or a ledge of live rock and wait, darting out th
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Fishes / Breeds
Surgeonfish get their common name from the razor sharp, scalpel like spines set into either side of their tail base, which they can flick out in defence or in disputes with other tangs. In the aquariu
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