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Fishes / Getting Started
Not every snail that turns up in a saltwater tank is part of the clean up crew. Two in particular, vermetid snails and pyramidellid or pyram snails, are genuine pests that arrive uninvited on live roc
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Fishes / Getting Started
Sooner or later, most saltwater aquarists find a small, translucent anemone with wispy tentacles has appeared on a rock, seemingly overnight. That is Aiptasia, and it is one of the most persistent pes
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Fishes / Getting Started
A new fish that spends its first days or weeks hiding behind decor or in a corner is showing a completely normal stress response, but a fish that never settles into more confident, visible behaviour o
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Fishes / Getting Started
A stand rarely gets the attention it deserves until a tank is already filled with water, rock, sand and livestock, at which point it is far too late to discover the furniture underneath was not built
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Fishes / Getting Started
Walk into any aquarium shop in India as a first-time buyer and you will be shown dozens of colourful, tempting species, not all of which are actually forgiving enough for a beginner's tank. The fish b
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Fishes / Getting Started
A tank that was crystal clear yesterday and suddenly looks like diluted milk today has almost certainly experienced a bacterial bloom, a rapid, harmless-looking but genuinely important event that alar
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