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Fishes / Habitat
The dwarf gourami is a small, colourful labyrinth fish, with the red-and-blue striped male being a familiar sight in Indian aquarium shops. It reaches around eight centimetres and is generally peacefu
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Fishes / Habitat
Goldfish have one of the worst reputations in the aquarium hobby for being kept in spaces far too small for them, and the fishbowl image most people grow up with is close to the opposite of what a gol
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Fishes / Habitat
The tiger barb, Puntigrus tetrazona, carries four bold black vertical stripes over an orange-gold body, with a bright red nose and fins in well-coloured individuals. It comes from Indonesia, Malaysia,
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Fishes / Habitat
The common pleco, Hypostomus plecostomus and several closely related species sold under the same name, is the classic armoured suckermouth catfish sold cheaply as a small juvenile algae eater in shops
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Fishes / Habitat
The moonlight gourami carries a plain, pale silvery green to blue-green body with an understated, almost luminous sheen, and lacks the bold patterning seen in the pearl or three spot gourami. It reach
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Fishes / Habitat
Oxygen is easy to take for granted in a home aquarium, since it does not show up on the usual ammonia, nitrite and nitrate test kit, and a tank can look perfectly clear while quietly running low. Unde
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