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Fishes / Habitat
Koi, Cyprinus rubrofuscus, are ornamental colour varieties of the common carp, developed in Japan from food fish originally kept in rice paddies. Unlike goldfish, koi are unmistakably large-bodied fis
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Fishes / Habitat
The giant danio, Devario aequipinnatus, lives up to its name, reaching ten to fifteen centimetres, considerably larger than the zebra or pearl danio and easily the biggest fish in this danio group. It
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Fishes / Habitat
Copepods and amphipods, generally lumped together as pods by reef keepers, are tiny crustaceans that form the base of a healthy reef tank's food web. They graze detritus and microalgae, and in turn be
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Fishes / Habitat
The hatchetfish, most commonly the marbled or silver hatchetfish species sold in the trade, has a deep, laterally compressed body with a sharply curved belly that genuinely resembles the blade of a ha
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Fishes / Habitat
The kuhli loach has a long, slender, eel-like body banded in orange-brown and black, and spends most of its time burrowing through substrate or hiding in cover rather than swimming in open water. It c
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Fishes / Habitat
Lighting needs in a saltwater tank depend heavily on what you plan to keep. A fish only tank has very different requirements from a coral filled reef, and choosing the wrong type of light either waste
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