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Fishes / Habitat
One of the most common questions from someone about to set up their first tank is simply how much of everything to buy. Too little and you are making emergency trips to the shop mid setup; too much an
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Fishes / Habitat
The weather loach, also called the dojo loach, is a long, eel-like, mustard-brown to olive fish with small barbels around its mouth, native to rice paddies, ponds and slow streams across China, Korea,
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Fishes / Habitat
The skunk cory carries a single dark stripe running from the top of its head to the base of its tail against a pale body, resembling the marking of its namesake animal. It comes from South America and
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Fishes / Habitat
The common goldfish was bred from a wild silver-grey crucian carp in China over a thousand years ago. Scientists still debate exactly which wild Carassius population it descends from, but the fish its
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Fishes / Habitat
The sparkling gourami is the smallest commonly kept gourami, rarely exceeding four centimetres, with an iridescent scattering of blue and green spots over a warm pink-tan body that genuinely sparkles
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Fishes / Habitat
The true julii cory carries fine, distinct black spots scattered across a pale body, similar in general effect to the panda cory's markings but spread more evenly, and comes specifically from Peru. It
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